UK Aerospace & Defence: CATIA & SIMULIA Industry Days - Agenda

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM BST

Registration

With light refreshments

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM BST

Welcome & Introduction

This session begins with a warm welcome to our community

9:45 AM - 10:15 AM BST

A&D Global Picture

Discuss the current drivers within the Aerospace & Defence market and how Dassault Systemes play a key role in the Innovation and development of Global A&D Prog...

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM BST

CATIA 3DX What's New

Discover how the latest versions of CATIA create Design efficiencies for Aerospace Design Engineers focused on core Mechanical Engineering

10:45 AM - 11:05 AM BST

Mid-Morning Break

With refreshments

11:05 AM - 11:50 AM BST

Customer Presentation | Vertical Aerospace Digital Twin | Vertical Aerospace

Our 3DExperience Journey By John Russell

11:50 AM - 12:20 PM BST

Virtual Companions for the Engineer

Introducing the Virtual Companions and discover how they could transform the life of a design engineer.

12:20 PM - 1:50 PM BST

Lunch & Stadium Tour

1:50 PM - 2:20 PM BST

Designing for Quality

Move from fire-fighting quality management to continuous quality improvement using a model based approach.

2:20 PM - 2:50 PM BST

Customer Presentation: Next-Gen Teaching & Research: The 3DEXPERIENCE Shift | Cranfield University

High-value manufacturing relies on complex product design and global, multidisciplinary teams. Because conventional development methods are often too slow and i...

2:50 PM - 3:20 PM BST

CATIA Magic End to End Story

More information coming soon!

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM BST

Mid-Afternoon Break

With refreshments

3:40 PM - 4:10 PM BST

CATIA Specialist Apps

Update on Composites end to end capability within the 3DEXPERIENCE platform and how this applies to the Aerospace & Defence Industry.

4:10 PM - 4:40 PM BST

CATIA On Web

Discover how CATIA will be fully embedded into a web browser in the future.

4:40 PM - 4:55 PM BST

Conclusion and End of Day 1

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM BST

Registration

With light refreshments

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM BST

Welcome & Introduction

This session begins with a warm welcome to our community

9:45 AM - 10:15 AM BST

SIMULIA Brand Update

Last year, we celebrated twenty years of the SIMULIA brand, using the milestone as an opportunity to showcase our commitment to enhancing and expanding our simu...

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM BST

MODSIM ( +AI )– Enabling Transformation from Sequential to Concurrent Engineering

Exploring how the MODSIM paradigm is allowing customers from many industries to shift their engineering and product development processes from sequential to con...

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM BST

Mid-Morning Break

With light refreshments

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM BST

Customer Presentation: Re-Vector®: From Multiphysics Simulation to Physics-Informed Control

Philip Ross Norman of Ross Innovation will introduce Re-Vector®, a new highly articulated robotic architecture for confined and complex environments. He will de...

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM BST

Validation & Verification

More information coming soon!

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM BST

Lunch & Stadium Tour

1:45 PM - 2:15 PM BST

Bridging Mechanics, Controls, and Multiphysics Through Simpack

Modern aerospace and defence platforms require advanced simulation capabilities to predict complex interactions between mechanical systems and control architect...

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM BST

Advanced Vibroacoustic Simulation for Aerospace & Defense with Wave6

Wave6 is the vibro-acoustic simulation solution from Dassault Systèmes. This presentation highlights a selection of representative industrial applications in th...

2:45 PM - 3:15 PM BST

Beyond the Center of the Flight Envelope: Fluid Simulations for the Defense Industry

Virtual testing and certification have emerged as a cornerstone of digital transformation in the defence industry, enabling programmes to expand their flight en...

3:15 PM - 3:45 PM BST

Mid-Afternoon Break

With light refreshments

3:45 PM - 4:15 PM BST

Connected Aircraft Experience - Accelerate Antenna Design, Placement, and Interference Mitigation

Connected aircraft technology is transforming aviation by enabling seamless, real-time communication between aircraft, ground systems, airlines, maintenance tea...

4:15 PM - 4:45 PM BST

Empowering Aerospace & Defense Through Structural Analysis

This session will introduce Dassault Systèmes SIMULIA Brand for realistic simulation and in particular the Abaqus Finite Element Analysis product. We will focus...

4:45 PM - 4:55 PM BST

Conclusion & Close