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PANEL
SESSION
Collaboration and Technology
Expert's Roundtable
Tuesday,
October 17 - 4:30pm-5:30PM
Moderator: Steve Wolfe, Publisher, The CAD Report and PDM Report
What are the real keys to
successful collaboration? What are the roadblocks? Are they technical or
cultural? What can the new generation of web-based technologies really
do? Do you need full-fledged Collaborative Product Commerce systems or
is "virtual meeting" software enough? How do you get the biggest bang
for your buck?
And what about
infrastructure? How do you reconcile ease of access with the need for
security? What organizational (and unspoken political) issues must you
address first?
You probably have questions
of your own. This exclusive panel discussion brings together a group of
experts who have first-hand experience with a variety of real-world
implementations. The format will be primarily Q&A and dialogue -- it
will be moderated by Steve Wolfe who is realistic, practical,
sometimes controversial, and known for cutting to the chase.
Panelists
include:
Dave
Howells, of CSC Consulting, who can talk about PDM and CPC from both
the technical and strategic viewpoint. But he won’t talk from the 10,000
foot level -- he’s a down-to-earth guy who has definitely gotten his
hands dirty.
Scott Elliott,of
Product Development Consulting, Inc., spent most of his career at H-P as
a technology manager – his expertise is in collaborative design and
development and design for the supply chain. He currently works with
lead users and is an avid user himself of web-based collaboration tools
– he has seen what works and what doesn’t, both technically and
organizationally.
Preston Smith,
co-author of Developing New Products in Half the Time, has a
great deal of insight into the processes and practices that enable teams
to perform at maximum speed and cost-efficiency. His latest research
focuses on dispersed teams, and he has uncovered some surprising
findings.
Robert J. Thomas, of
Andersen Consulting’s Institute for Strategic Change, specializes in the
area of transformational organizational and technological change. Noted
author, founding faculty member of MIT’s Leaders for Manufacturing
Program, and senior lecturer in the MIT School of Engineering, he has
guided implementation of new technology in a wide variety of global
companies.
Mark Silvestri,
president of Life Cycle Solutions, Inc., has over 16 years experience in
CAD/CAM/CAE, PDM and standards. He has seen both commercial and
homegrown solutions as well as the sometimes dark, political "underside"
of DAMA.
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