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Wednesday, March 11, 2026
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM EDT Welcome
Arrivals and Guest Check-In
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM EDT Plenary
Welcome to Day 1 - Opening Remarks
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM EDT Plenary
Executive Welcome
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT Plenary
Empowering Organizations and Their People for AI Success: Unlocking Opportunity and Driving Transformation
In this engaging and insightful session, Dr. Anna Litvak-Hinenzon will unravel the complexities of AI, explore practical ways to reframe and activate AI opportu...
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM EDT Plenary
Organizational Change Management: Real-World Strategies for Preparing Your Organization for Transformation
At Vermeer, we’ve navigated the complexities of digital transformation firsthand. Your company may be investing hundreds of thousands of dollars in systems to b...
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM EDT Break
Morning Break & Explore the 3DEXPERIENCE Playground
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM EDT Plenary
Customer Testimonial | Lockheed Martin
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM EDT Plenary
Driving PLM for Business Impact at Grundfos
Grundfos, a global leader in water solutions, has embarked on a foundational PLM business transformation journey. Transitioning from products to solutions, from...
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM EDT Plenary
Wrap Up Plenary Day 1
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT Lunch
Lunch & Explore the 3DEXPERIENCE Playground
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
Participate in 1 of 6 Parallel Breakout Sessions (1.5 Hours Each)
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT Breakout session
Session 101: Sustainable Sourcing and Standardization
Learn how to embed sustainability into your procurement strategy by standardizing components and selecting eco-compliant suppliers. Explore how to mitigate supp...
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT Breakout session
Session 102: Capital Project Management
This session demonstrates how 3DEXPERIENCE lays the foundation for a Virtual Twin in Capital Projects, empowering organizations to efficiently plan, execute, an...
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT Breakout session
Session 103: Supplier Engineering Collaboration (Embedded / Distributed)
Global cooperation with suppliers is crucial for reducing development cycles, maintaining quality, and fostering innovation. In this presentation, we will learn...
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT Breakout session
Session 104: Hands-On - Data Science Experience [BYOD]
Join this hands-on session to learn how to harness the power of data. Explore tools for data analysis, visualization, and predictive modeling to uncover actiona...
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT Breakout session
Session 105: Configured Design Engineering to Manufacturing Best Practices
Bridge the gap between engineering and manufacturing. This session will detail an integrated approach to managing configured products, from design engineering h...
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT Breakout session
Session 106: Augment Your On-Premise Environment with Cloud Services
Understand how to design and implement a flexible cloud strategy. Explore the benefits of combining on-premise infrastructure with the scalability of the cloud...
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDT Break
Afternoon Break & Explore the 3DEXPERIENCE Playground
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
Participate in 1 of 6 Parallel Breakout Sessions (1.5 Hours Each)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT Breakout session
Session 107: Proactive Quality Management
Launching a new product comes with a myriad of potential risks – internal and external. The Advanced Product Quality Planning framework (APQP), commonly used in...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT Breakout session
Session 108: Supply Chain Volatility Intelligence: From Turbulence to Control
By combining PLM engineering twins with supply chain digital twins and AI, companies can anticipate disruptions such as rare earth shortages, tariff changes, or...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT Breakout session
Session 109: Cost Intelligence
Achieve financial resilience by managing product costs from early design phases to manufacturing and delivery. Explore how to establish powerful digital continu...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT Breakout session
Session 110: Hands-On - Streamline Your Sourcing Process [BYOD]
Join us for a hands-on session to explore how you can streamline the sourcing process, leveraging the qualification of the Manufacturer Equivalent Items (MEI) i...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT Breakout session
Session 111: Elevate! Transformation Acceleration - From Legacy to 3DEXPERIENCE
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT Breakout session
Session 112: MBSE Powered by Data Science Experience
Discover how Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) with Data Science Experience helps save engineering time through system architecture progress and traceabili...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT Networking
Evening Celebratory Reception
Thursday, March 12, 2026
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM EDT Welcome
Arrivals and Guest Check-In
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
Participate in 1 of 6 Parallel Breakout Sessions (1.5 Hours Each)
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT Breakout session
Session 201: Generative AI Experiences
Explore how generative AI can enhance efficiency across design and operations. This session demonstrates how AI can automate and optimize processes, suggest inn...
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT Breakout session
Session 202: Personalized Sales Experience (CPQ)
Creating accurate quotes for complex, configurable products can be time consuming and error prone, leading to delivery risks and lost opportunities. The new Con...
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT Breakout session
Session 203: Rediscover 3DSwymer
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT Breakout session
Session 204: Hands-On - Data Science [BYOD]
Join this hands-on session to learn how to harness the power of data. Explore tools for data analysis, visualization, and predictive modeling to uncover actiona...
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT Breakout session
Session 205: Data Science to Supercharge your PLM
Explore how data science is transforming Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). This session will showcase advanced use cases that demonstrate how complex datasets...
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT Breakout session
Session 206: Configured Design Engineering to Manufacturing Best Practices
Bridge the gap between engineering and manufacturing. This session details an integrated approach to managing configured products, from design engineering hando...
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT Break
Morning Break & Explore the 3DEXPERIENCE Playground
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
Participate in 1 of 6 Parallel Breakout Sessions (1.5 Hours Each)
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT Breakout session
Session 207: Augment Your On-Premise Environment with Cloud Services
Understand how to design and implement a flexible cloud strategy. Explore the benefits of combining on-premise infrastructure with the scalability of the cloud...
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT Breakout session
Session 208: Proactive Quality Management
Launching a new product comes with a myriad of potential risks – internal and external. The Advanced Product Quality Planning framework (APQP), commonly used in...
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT Breakout session
Session 209: Supplier Engineering Collaboration (Embedded / Distributed)
Global cooperation with suppliers is crucial for reducing development cycles, maintaining quality, and fostering innovation. In this presentation, we will learn...
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT Breakout session
Session 210: Hands-On - Business Process Management [BYOD]
Learn to model, automate, and optimize your business processes directly on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. This hands-on lab will guide you through creating and mana...
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT Breakout session
Session 211: Sustainability (Life Cycle Management)
It is often mentioned that 80% of the environmental impacts of a product stem from choices made during the first phase of design, so it is essential to integrat...
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT Breakout session
Session 212: Power'By for ECAD-MCAD Collaboration
Explore how MCAD and ECAD design disciplines interact on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. We will explore both initial design capture in multi-discipline product deve...
12:15 PM - 1:55 PM EDT Lunch
Lunch & Explore the 3DEXPERIENCE Playground
1:55 PM - 2:00 PM EDT Plenary
Return to the Plenary Room
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM EDT Plenary
Welcome Back! Day 2
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM EDT Plenary
R&D Update: Strategy and Drivers
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM EDT Plenary
Customer Testimonial
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM EDT Plenary
Customer Testimonial
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM EDT Plenary
Customer Innovation Panel
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM EDT Plenary
Executive Conference Wrap-Up
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT Networking
Networking Reception & Explore the 3DEXPERIENCE Playground
Move to 3DEXPERIENCE Forum Reception.