Wednesday, June 4, 2025
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM
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Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
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Welcome & Opening Remarks, Kristofer Westbrook, Dassault Systèmes
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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SIMULIA Brand Insights: Executive Overview, Dinesh Panneerselvam, Dassault Systèmes
The SIMULIA brand was established 20 years ago as a central component of Dassault Systèmes' mission of providing businesses and individuals with science-based v...

Dinesh Panneerselvam
Industry Process Consultant Director
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
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Dents with Cracks That Shouldn’t Be, A Review of Failure Strain, Liam Hagel, TC Energy

Liam Hagel, TC Energy
Integrity Engineer
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
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Morning Break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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Level 3 Assessment of Deformed Tank with Automated Workflow for Laser Scan Data to FEA, Arindam Chakraborty, VIAS3D

Arindam Chakraborty, VIAS3D
CTO – Engineering Consulting
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
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Modeling & Simulation (MODSIM) on the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform, Yogesh Parkhi, Dassault Systèmes

Yogesh Parkhi
Senior Industry Process Consultant
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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High Fidelity Sim Models to Dramatically Enhance Machine Learning, Hicham Farid, Dassault Systèmes

Hicham Farid
SIMULIA Industry Process Consultant
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
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Practical Discussion on Using CAE: Geometry and Partitioning for Mesh Quality, Trevor Seipp, Becht
In this back-to-basics presentation, Trevor will show how the Abaqus/CAE Geometry and Meshing tools can be used to make good quality meshes. He will go through...

Trevor Seipp, Becht
Engineering Fellow Mechanical Division
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
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From Test Data to Simulation: Evolving Practices in Material Model Calibration, Farid Benvidi, TriMech
As material models become increasingly sophisticated to capture complex behaviors such as rate dependence, cyclic loading, and nonlinear deformation, the challe...

Farid Benvidi, TriMech
Solution Consultant and FEA Application Engineer
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
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Afternoon Break
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
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Buried Pipeline Stress Analysis Tool, Mohammad Salem, Stantec
The Buried Pipeline Stress Analysis Tool is developed in Python to generate Abaqus input files for long-distance buried pipelines. The tool creates a Pipe-Soil...

Mohammad Salem, Stantec
Pipeline Integrity Engineer
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
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Abaqus Product Updates, Will Alcott, Dassault Systèmes

Will Alcott
Industry Process Consultant Expert, 3DEXPERIENCE Structures
3:45 PM - 3:55 PM
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Closing Remarks, Jack Adamson & Kristofer Westbrook, Dassault Systèmes
3:55 PM - 5:00 PM
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Reception