ACE 96 - The First Annual Conference on Applied Concurrent Engineering
November 5-7, 1996 - Seattle, Washington
Sponsored By: Concurrent Technologies Corporation
CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
ACE 96 is the major forum for international industry, government and academia, to exchange experiences on the application of
information technologies and business practices in concurrent engineering.
ACE 96 will promote the tools, technologies, and methodologies that U.S. businesses and manufacturers need to compete
globally. The focus will be on industrial applications of concurrent engineering using innovative business practices, electronic
collaboration tools, life cycle design and virtual prototyping.
CONFERENCE TOPICS
* Integrated Product & Process Design
Architectures for building concurrent engineering systems, integration of design and manufacturing, knowledge-based integration
* Environmentally Conscious Design & Manufacturing
Alternative manufacturing processes, waste minimization, environmental information networks, life-cycle engineering
* Collaborative/Distributed Design
STEP Application Protocols, cross platform design and development, neutral file formats, International Standards, collaborative tools and environments, Wide Area and Local Area Networks, Work Wide Web applications, video conferencing, groupware, and case studies
* Concurrent Engineering in Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
* Concurrent Engineering in Customer Driven Design
Tools, reverse engineering, multi-user design methodologies, modeling and simulation, computer-aided virtual environments, system design, corporate commitment, as well as the Virtual Enterprise concept and its enablers, methodologies, barriers and case studies
* Education in Concurrent Engineering
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
Presentations should be case studies or in-progress reports of Concurrent Engineering applications. The suggested
presentation medium will be Microsoft Powerpoint; via this homepage we will provide a downloadable Powerpoint template
for your presentations to facilitate publication of the Conference Proceedings.
TIMELINE OF DEADLINES
June 30, 1996 - 1/2 Page Synopsis
Sep 15, 1996 - Final copy of Presentations
CONFERENCE AGENDA
Day 1
Morning Registration
Afternoon Tutorials - Two sessions with two 1 1/2 hour long tutorials
Day 2
Morning Technical Sessions
Lunch with Keynote Speaker
Afternoon Technical Sessions
Evening Mixer and Dinner
Day 3
Morning Technical Sessions
Lunch with Closeout Speaker
Afternoon Tour
Please visit our ACE 96 Homepage. Information on, registration, tour, and speakers will be forthcoming. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you at ACE 96...!
Technical Information 1.800.478.3933
Registration Information 1.800.282.4392 ext. 2627
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