The 2026 SIMULIA Americas Users Conference (SAUC) will return to Novi, Michigan, for a 4th year at the Vibe Credit Union Showplace, formerly known as Suburban Collection Showplace. This in-person-only conference is free to attend and combines all of our Regional User Meetings into one Americas-wide event.
We want engineers from all industries to come together to spark conversations, network with your peers and learn the latest in simulation. Attendees can expect to hear industry-leading customer presentations as well as key technology updates and demonstrations, including the game-changing power of using simulation on the 3DEXPERIENCE® platform. Register for Advanced Seminars on Wednesday, May 13. Guess what? – they’re free, too! Register Now!
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Keynote Presenters
Jason Action, Lockheed Martin
Jason Action, Lockheed Martin
Jason Action is an Associate Technical Fellow at Lockheed Martin, where he has worked as an Aeronautical Engineer for the past 22 years. Jason currently manages Project Gamma, a Stardrive initiative tasked with developing and implementing modeling and simulation best practices within Lockheed’s Advanced Development Programs, aka “Skunkworks.” Jason’s team has several years of experience implementing 3DEXPERIENCE generative design and analysis in industrial applications. Throughout his career, Jason has worked in structural analysis and finite element modeling ranging from full air vehicle to detailed part models. He has used Abaqus extensively, performing and helping to develop progressive damage analysis methods for composite parts and joints.
Satyendra Savanur, Ford Motor Company
Satyendra Savanur, Ford Motor Company
Satyendra is a People Leader at the Ford Motor Company. Leading the Underbody systems Engineering CAE Team with the focus on Durability, MBD and the automation techniques.
Satyendra supports product development of the FNA programs and collaborates with the global teams worldwide, these include the teams in Germany, England, Mexico, Australia, and Brazil. Satyendra works on the development of all the product offerings of the Ford Motor Company. These include Heavy Duty, Super Duty, and Medium Duty Trucks. He also works on the product development of the commercial vans, pick-up trucks, SUVs, and the Mustang platforms.
His leadership helped to establish and grow the team with the local talent in Mexico, it was a very successful international assignment in Mexico from 2017-2020. Now the team in Mexico is well established and able to operate independently to support the program workstreams.
He is a long-time user of Abaqus, Tosca, Isight and all other SIMULIA products and a SIMULIA Champion. Now using 3DXPlatform to support the program milestone and gateway workstream projects. He has successfully migrated few of the V5 Parametric CAD/CAE templates to the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform with minor updates.
The vison of the Ford Motor company is to use the entire ecosystem of the 3DXPlatform for all the engineering workstreams, I and my team are completely aligned with that vision. I and my team keep collaborating with Kaustubh and the entire Dassault team for learning all the new features and leveraging the 3DXPlatform to the best of our abilities.
Satyendra began his career in the Aeronautical Industry. He helped design, develop and build an all-composite twin seat trainer aircraft. He is an alumnus of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA.
Gold Sponsors
GoEngineer
GoEngineer
GoEngineer is North America's leading SIMULIA partner, now more than ever with the acquisition of both Inceptra and Caelynx. No partner is better equipped to provide technical support, custom training, methodology development, and analysis consulting using Dassault Systèmes world-class simulation tools. Discover GoEngineer's end-to-end product development software solutions for both SOLIDWORKS- and CATIA-based companies at goengineer.com.