Speakers

With more than two decades of professional experience, Florens started his career in the renewable energy sector as an engineer at GE Energy. His expertise encompasses mechanical design, research and development (R&D), and the management of CAD/PLM applications.

Currently, at Suzlon Energy Ltd., Florens spearheads business transformation, process optimization, and enhancement. He is responsible for overseeing the 3DEXPERIENCE platform and its suite of tools, including ENOVIA.

With 20 years of experience, in designing and manufacturing special machines, Daniel Schöpf, Managing Director at automation.eXpress, leads and manages many international automation projects. His knowledge in various aspects of the business; ranging from engineering to finance and project management.
Daniel led a mechanical engineering company that was a start-up to a world market leader in the automotive interior business. With his various experiences, he showcases how automation meets passion throughout his professional career.

Based in Belgium, Reginald started his career as Project Engineer in the Nuclear Industry. Gradually evolving to a PMP certified Program Manager on international safety upgrade programs. After 16 years, almost 5 years ago, he started as Program Manager at OIP, leading the India programs combined with internal R&D programs. Today he combines this with leading the implementation of the Transformation Vision at OIP Sensor Systems, by defining the business processes to be implemented into ENOVIA and a new ERP system. Reginald enjoys all kind of (water) sports, study and spending time with the family.

Based in Belgium, Jurgen started his career 15 years ago as a Mechanical Design Engineer at OIP Sensor Systems.
Today, as the 3DEXPERIENCE platform Manager, he is leading the implementation of business processes best suited for OOTB with ENOVIA.
When not working, Jurgen enjoys cycling throughout Europe.

With more than three decades of professional experience in automotive industry, Franck started his career as a product engineer in various car domains (powertrain, seats, chassis).

From specialized technical domains to global vehicle project management, his experience gave him a wide view of way of works and specific needs, both for technical detailed developments and for global vehicle project management.

Once having his main days in OEM organization, Franck also works for 1st row supplier.

Franck is now in charge at Renault Group Engineering to lead transformation projects of engineering way of work, such as development logic and the necessary deployment in the enterprise processes model.

He currently develops a project with an objective of full digitization of the engineering repository (all engineering activities business model), that relies on Catia magic and 3DX products

Neerav Mehta has over 22 years of experience working in civil and structural engineering. He currently serves as the Joint General Manager of Digitalization at L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Limited. Over the past 23 years, Neerav has gained rich experience in Design Engineering, Project Control, and Digitalization for Oil & Gas - EPC Projects while working with L&T Hydrocarbon. He has led an Enterprise-wide Digital Transformation Program (EPSILON), which covers the entire EPCC Value chain. Neerav has 17+ years of experience in EPC and EPCM Projects in areas of Oil & Gas, Refinery & Petrochemicals fields. He is responsible for driving the implementation and adoption of Integrated Project Management and Business Analytics Landscape, enabling Virtual Twins by establishing Digital Thread, and for the adoption of the latest digital technologies across projects to enhance overall operational efficiency. Neerav Mehta has significant experience working with multi-cultural teams for various International & Domestic Projects. He received his Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Civil Engineering from Sardar Patel University and has completed post-graduate programs in Data Science and Business Analytics from the Great Lakes Institute of Management and the University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Cara Lenore Antoine is a renowned global leader, innovative speaker, and bestselling author, who is passionate about creating positive change in society, the economy and our planet. A technology advocate, education champion and empowering executive, Dr. Antoine enables people and organizations to achieve their full potential in the digital era. With three decades of dedicated experience, Dr. Antoine is a powerful agent of growth and transformation, driving impact at the intersection of technology and humanity.
With a strong background in digital technology, innovation, B2B and B2C operations, digital marketing and sustainability, she has flourished at some of the world's most prestigious companies, including Microsoft, Royal Shell, Hewlett-Packard, Compaq and Polaroid and most recently, as the as the Executive Vice President and Chief Technology, Innovation & Portfolio Officer Capgemini Europe.
A beacon of excellence in the industry, she has been honored with recent accolades such as Women Changing the World’s 2023 “Global Leader of the Year Award” and the “Top Woman in Corporate Award”, Women in Governance, Risk and Compliance’s 2023 “Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Officer of the Year Award", Global Women in Tech's 2022 "Global Excellence Award," Computable’s 2021 “Top 100 Most Influential Women In Business" and multiple Digital Leader of the Year titles, as well as being named Global Digital Female Leader at the Global Digital Women's Conference in 2022.
Leveraging her success to help future generations break down barriers to creating a better future in tech-focused fields, she serves on several boards. As a Patient Leader, Dr Antoine is a catalyst for digitalising visual health and this led her to join the board as Awards Chairwoman at the Cornea Patient Association, to serve on the Advisory Board of Easee (the first CE and FDA-certified online eye-exam), and as transformation leader at the Digital Health Committee and Registries of the European Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgeons. She is the Chair for Digital Literacy at the G100 and the Chairwoman at Women In Tech Netherlands, where she is a fierce advocate and pioneer dedicated to promoting diversity and equity while empowering women within Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) worldwide.

For over 20 years, Valentin TOFANA has been immersed in the critical areas of environmental science protection and and compliance. His education includes Environmental Engineering and Economical Informatics at the University of Cluj Napoca, and professional roles include Waste Management, Environmental Inspection, Technical Expert and Advisor, and since 2015, EHS Manager / LCA at COMAU Romania. He has written several publications, especially related to Waste Recycling Research.

With 20 years of experience at Airbus in various Engineering roles, Damien is currently the Head of the Airframe Digital Twin team. His expertise encompasses information system architecture, mechanical engineering, structural analysis, and digital twin & analytics.

In this role, Damien is responsible for managing business solutions and implementing the technical strategy and roadmap related to airframe initiatives.

With 13 years of professional experience in the Aeronautics Industry, Romain Ecault, Ph. D. is currently the Airframe Digital Twin Large Solution Manager at Airbus. His experience includes leading digital transformation projects and end-to-end digital solution development.

Jos Voskuil, also known for his blog VirtualDutchman.com has been active in the domain of PLM for over 20 years. Initially, as PLM implementer, trainer, and coach in the mid-market, later mediating between PLM solution providers, implementers, and their customers, building up a vast experience thanks to his coaching model. In 2008, Jos started his blog, sharing PLM concepts, methodologies, experiences, and best practices, often explaining the importance of the human side of PLM. 

As a speaker at PLM conferences, Jos is currently actively explaining and promoting modern data-driven approaches for PLM towards a model-based enterprise in all its aspects, the business side, the impact on an organization, and the required methodologies/technologies. As the co-founder of the PLM Global Green Alliance in 2020 Jos is coaching and bringing together the needs for a sustainable future and the need for modern data-driven technologies.

Stéphane DÉCLÉE joined Dassault Systèmes in 1991 as an R&D Engineer: After 8 years of evolving from software engineer to product manager and CATIA Domain leader (Electrical Equipment & Systems, Digital Mockup & Synthesis), he has held several executive positions: From 1999 to 2002 as VP Strategy & Research working with Bernard Charles & Dominique Florack.

From 2003 and 2008 as VP ENOVIA R&D based in the US, driving the acquisition & integration of MatrixOne in 2006 and the first deliveries of ENOVIA V6.

From 2009 to 2011 as VP R&D Industry Solutions Mr. DECLÉE is a graduate of the HBS AMP 2009 program as well as a graduate of the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées in Rouen (France), specializing in thermo-energetics

Morgan Zimmermann is the Chief Executive Officer of Dassault Systèmes NETVIBES, where he is responsible for all aspects of the brand strategy, portfolio, and business operations.

He has over 20 years of experience in AI, big data and digital transformation.

Since joining Dassault Systèmes in 2010 upon the acquisition of EXALEAD, a market leader in search platforms and search-based applications, Morgan has been devoted to furthering the capabilities of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to reveal information intelligence using AI and big data to transform implicit or explicit information into actionable knowledge and know-how.

While in charge of EXALEAD Strategy, Sales and Business Development, Morgan expanded the brand’s presence across international markets. He was appointed CEO of EXALEAD in 2015, quickly restructuring the product portfolio serving all Dassault Systèmes customers. After leading the acquisition of PROXEM to empower the 3DEXPERIENCE platform with state-of-the-art, AI-driven natural language, Morgan spearheaded the consolidation of all data and AI brands under a single brand: NETVIBES.

A frequent speaker at international conferences, Morgan Zimmermann is passionate about helping customers to realize the power of data to transform their business.

Susan LENZI joined Dassault Systemes, ENOVIA in 2008, and since then, has led roles encompassing marketing, sales enablement, and the development of the 3DEXPERIENCE ecosystem. Currently, she serves as the global User Advocacy Director for ENOVIA. Susan is dedicated to extending her passion for advocacy and innovation to empower customers, partners, and industry experts, fostering collaboration to address challenges and achieve new growth. Before joining Dassault Systèmes, Susan spent two decades in customer-facing positions at Sun Microsystems. In addition to her professional endeavors, Susan volunteers as the co-chair of the Massachusetts chapter of Women in Manufacturing.

After a professional experience as a PLM Consultant @AIRBUS, Marc-Olivier joined Dassault Systemes in 2007 in the ENOVIA pre sales department. Mainly supporting Aerospace and Defense customers, as well as Transportation and Mobility, he actively contributed to the first deployments of the V6 platform at Renault and PSA. Marc Olivier transitioned to the T&M Industry organization, developed and introduced to the market the flagship Industry Solution Experience called Global Modular Architecture. He then moved to ENOVIA R&D, leading the Define team dedicated to Virtual Product Development, which hosts collaborative ENOVIA roles serving core industries.

Naim Dalal leads a team of 3DEXPERIENCE platform and ENOVIA experts that has a mission to create, maintain and promote the Go to Market content of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform as well as all ENOVIA portfolio.

Prior to joining DS, Naim took the role of pre-sales consultant for an international ERP-based company where he conducted worldwide pre-sales activities within PLM and ERP domains.

Naim has a B.SC. degree in the Industrial Engineering and Management from the Technion, Israel Institution of Technology

Originally with SmarTeam, Anat LANDAU joined Dassault Systems ENOVIA in 2008 as a Senior Solution Consultant. Today she is a Portfolio Marketing Expert supporting ENOVIA's Go to Market strategy by creating and delivering content to support user advocacy and offer marketing programs.

Rick entered the industry in the late 1980s, specializing in the implementation of CAD/CAM systems. Subsequently, he spent fifteen years as a project manager overseeing the deployment of SMARTEAM PDM in both North America and Europe. For the past decade he has been involved in the development of various CAD integrations for Dassault Systems culminating in his current role as a Portfolio Manager for all ECAD and MCAD integrations linked to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

Prasad is a passionate Mechanical Engineer, Toastmaster, and a Polymath. He started working at Dassault Systèmes in 2018 to support ENOVIA User Assistance Development. In his role today as a ENOVIA Portfolio Marketing Manager, he contributes to the product marketing content creation, user experience enhancements, and assists in overall product management process of the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform and core ENOVIA products.

Laurie is a computational linguist expert with more than 10 years’ experience with Natural Language Processing products, notably Proxem Studio, both as a computational linguist and as a team leader.
Laurie’s deep knowledge of Proxem Studio internals has enabled her to provide critical insights and mentoring to more than 100 customers and partners across a wide range of industry sectors.

Karim joined 3DS in 2015, leading the worldwide quality solutions at 3DS. Expertise in the Quality domain includes APQP, FMEA, PPAP, Lean SixSigma, CAPA and Continuous Improvement. And the main standards (IATF 16949, AS/EN 9100, ISO 13485).

In addition, to quality, Karim is an expert within the environmental sustainability area. Including, lifecycle assessment methodologies, understanding of carbon footprint vs. product materials and choice of suppliers, circular business and business models, energy efficiency and performance, impact of and possibilities with digitalization and automation and REACH, RoHS regulations.

After graduating as a computational linguist (Automatic Language Processing), Roald started his career as an E-reputation and web monitoring technology consultant for the account of a world-leading advertisement company. Roald joined Dassault Systèmes in 2014 as client success manager for NETVIBES, a central position to support and coordinate Sales and R&D in order to deliver best in class solutions to our clients. he joined then the NETVIBES Center of Excellence, where he is in charge today of promoting NETVIBES Cloud offers and supporting industries strategies in relation with NETVIBES core business, the Data science experiences.

Christophe SCHUBER has worked for Dassault Systems for more than 30 years. After many years in development in France, Christophe SCHUBER spent seven years at BMW Munich's R&D site to integrate BMW’s legacy systems with ENOVIA and CATIA applications. After this fruitful experience, he has held various positions in ENOVIA presales and marketing. He then moved to ENOVIA R&D, leading the Define for Program & Project domain working closely with lead customers such as Dassault Aviation, Renault, Airbus, and Schindler. He is also a 3DEXPERIENCE Champion active in various internal and external communities, paying attention to user feedback

Stephan Erben brings over 20 years of experience as a system integrator in diverse production domains, specializing in process control, optimization, and manufacturing information systems. His expertise lies in bridging Enterprise Resource Planning systems with Operational systems to enhance production efficiency and quality.

Since 2020, Stephan has held the position of Senior Product Portfolio Manager at NETVIBES. In this role, he utilizes Artificial Intelligence and Big Data technology to develop smart solutions. These solutions empower customers to make informed decisions by leveraging data-driven insights provided by Machine Learning models within the Virtual Twin Experiences.

Stephan journey with Dassault Systèmes began in 2008 when he joined as a Program Manager. In this capacity, he successfully implemented large projects for the Discrete Manufacturing industry. His contributions were instrumental in the deployment of DELMIA Manufacturing Operations Management solutions for clients in Energy & Materials, Consumer Packaged Goods, and Industrial Equipment industries.

Antoine, a seasoned Sales and Solution Executive, brings over 25 years of expertise in the EMEA Manufacturing Industries, having served major System Integrators and Software companies. Aligned with customer objectives, he introduces value-added solutions targeting contemporary challenges such as "First Time Right" for driving Growth and Innovation with NPI, "Sustainable practices for decreasing your Carbon Footprint," and "Improving profitability through process efficiency and inter-departmental collaboration." In achieving these goals, he seamlessly integrates Cloud, Hybrid-Cloud, and On-Premise Solutions. 
Antoine embodies a pragmatic mindset that fosters idea generation and supports closer collaboration among diverse departments. This approach not only saves time but also fuels innovation and enhances efficiency through automation by dismantling existing silos. Consequently, this contributes significantly to the ongoing "War on talent," aiding in the retention of experienced professionals, minimizing turnover, and managing unique knowledge. The tools provided under Antoine's guidance empower the current generation of engineers, procurement specialists, and financial professionals.

With over 15 years of experience in the field of PLM, Software Development, and Data Analytics, Kishanraj Khatri (Kishan) is an expert in leveraging the NETVIBES technologies available today to help organizations drive innovation and enhance decision-making. In his previous roles, he's helped many large OEMs leverage their data to drive Business transformations and deliver capabilities that bring Value to the Business.
He was also part of the R&D teams within Dassault with CATIA and ENOVIA teams. In the conference, Kishan will discuss how organizations can leverage their Data from various sources (from Virtual and Real-world) and will offer a roadmap for organizations seeking to embark on their own data-driven PLM journey.

Christian joined EXALEAD in 2007 as a freelance search engine consultant, developing search portals for many big accounts in Germany. After Dassault Systèmes acquired EXALEAD, he joined Dassault Systèmes and participated in the transformation of a search engines-based portfolio into a graph-based, data science platform, leveraging the virtual twin experiences.

Christian has a deep knowledge of the NETVIBES product portfolio with a focus on sourcing and standardization, based on OnePart Reuse and Data Science Experiences. In his current role as a senior process specialist, he is developing rich data perspectives leveraging data within the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform as well as outside the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, providing actionable insights.

After graduating from EDHEC Business School, Alizée joined Dassault Systèmes in 2017. After three years in a Marketing role (Event Manager for Europe and Africa), she became a Change Manager on a mission to define and build a global change management strategy to boost the adoption of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform by the 23,000 Dassault Systèmes’ employees, and to drive the implementation of this transformation with her team.

In 2022, she joined the Business Experience Transformation team as a Communication Manager to elevate this transformation as a key success lever for 3DS and its ecosystem of clients and partners. In 2023, she took over the role of Business Experience Portfolio Manager to define the Business Experience strategy and roadmap, develop the associated portfolio with partners, and successfully bring it to the market.

Passionate about creative design and leatherwork, Alizée is also an auto-entrepreneur in her spare time. She founded MATIERE, proposing unique and customizable objects from leather scraps (upcycling).’

Emilie joined Dassault Systèmes in 2012. Her journey in 3DS started in Transportation & Mobility Industry R&D where she was actively supporting customers, working closely with them to define the future solutions while supporting their deployment.
In 2020, she joined ENOVIA to take the lead of the ENOVIA Portfolio organization. In this role, she defines the overall strategy of the products, ensuring that the ENOVIA Roles, Industry Processes and Business Experiences align with the market demands and technological advancements.

With more than 20 years of experience working on PLM projects in Europe and as the head of the Industrial Equipment industry portfolio team of Dassault Systèmes, Frédéric is now responsible for the NETVIBES global portfolio, empowering customer decision-making with new perspectives thanks to artificial intelligence and data science experiences.

Passionate about data and artificial intelligence, Ania AGGAR began her career at Dassault Systèmes as a data analyst and data engineer, then became a project manager on the same team.
She currently works in the NETVIBES Center of Excellence where she's in charge of sharing the vision of the Sourcing & Standardization Intelligence portfolio.

Dr. Julien Law-To received his PhD in Computer Vision from the University of Versailles Saint Quentin in 2007. He was working during his Ph.D. at INA (French National Video Archive) and at INRIA.
He has joined Netvibes R&D to work on the Sourcing & Standardization Intelligence portfolio and defined, developed, and promoted the solutions called OnePart Reduce and Procurement Intelligence.
He is now part of the tech sales team as an industry Process Expert focusing on Value Network and Data Science Experience.

Antoine started his career in Dassault Systemes 7 years ago as a Eurowest PreSales consultant for France, Iberia, and Africa. Since 2022, Antoine joined the Business Experience transformation team as an Ecosystem manager helping Partners involved in this new initiative to build a relevant & disruptive portfolio of experience for the Mainstream and Enterprise markets.
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Eric is the worldwide Sales Manager of NLP solutions within Netvibes which is a Brand of Dassault Systèmes. Our NLP solutions are use across industries to uncover the knowledge within textual data. It is possible to implement in fully autonomous way projects of management of the customer experience, market search on web contents or among others analysis of requirements documents based on tailor-made ontologies in more than thirty languages.

With over 25 years of professional experience, with roles both technical and business oriented, Rémi spent most of his career on exploring and expand new activities.

Rémi started his career in 1998 in Finance as an engineer, in Risk modelling and simulation, Products structuring and Funds raising for innovative solutions and new businesses to develop. Then, Rémi joined Dassault Systèmes in 2011, to take the ownership of Market Intelligence and modelling activities and build a team to accompany 3DS growth an Industry focus transformation. After several years as Head of Solutions and Business Consulting of 3DS Business services Industry, Rémi led large engagements in EUROWEST region, to help customers build digital transformation roadmaps aligned with their business strategy and priorities. 

Since 2021, Rémi has been Technical Executive of Renault account team, accompanying the Renault Virtual Twin transformation program and making the 3DEXPERIENCE Cloud Platform a full Renault Enterprise Business Platform.

Ahmed LGUAOUZI is in charge of Marketing for the Dassault Systèmes NETVIBES data science brand. Following his degree in Engineering and Business, he worked in Procurement with Airbus.

For the last six years, he has held various functions with NETVIBES, including in Pre-Sales, Product Strategy and Management.

Ahmed has a firm belief that the data revolution creates endless opportunities to overcome the challenges of the 21st century.

Gopal BHAT is currently a Senior Sales Expert who is leading the monetization of Sustainability Solutions at Dassault Systèmes in the central Europe region. He specializes in promoting cutting-edge solutions to address environmental challenges. His professional career spans over two decades mainly in the Automotive industry working in various areas like product development, IoT, and Engineering IT. The foundation in Mechanical Engineering, acquired through a Bachelor's degree, and complemented by an MBA, provided Gopal with a solid background to navigate and excel in the dynamic landscape of sales and technology.