Agenda: ACE 2019

Monday, April 15, 2019
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Registration Opens Phoenix Ballroom Foyer
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM	ACE Kickoff Reception Valley Overlook

Tuesday, April 16, 2019
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM	Registration/Breakfast Phoenix Ballroom A, B, C
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM	Welcome Phoenix Ballroom D, E
8:15 AM - 9:00 AM	Aras Community Update Peter Schroer - Aras board member Phoenix Ballroom D, E
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM	Customer Spotlight - Transforming the Organization – The Microsoft PLM Journey Boris Cononetz - Microsoft Erika Klein - Microsoft Phoenix Ballroom D, E
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Networking Break Phoenix Ballroom A, B, C
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	What's New From Aras? John Sperling - Aras Phoenix Ballroom D, E
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Fireside Chat Peter Schroer - Aras board member Joseph Anderson - IpX Phoenix Ballroom D, E
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Lunch Phoenix Ballroom A, B, C
12:50 PM - 1:35 PM	Application: Simulation Process and Data Management (SPDM) - Get Simulation Out of the Silos! Malcolm Panthaki - Aras Encanto B	Business: Variant Management Cave Creek			Demo: Aras Impresa MRO - Handling Base and Line Maintenance Graeme Taylor - Aras Encanto A			Med Devices: Challenge and Solutions in QMS with Aras Innovator 照美星野 - 富士フイルム株式会社 Desert Sky			Technical: User Experience in Aras Innovator 12 Kenny Sperling - Aras Laveen				Training: Quality Management Systems Connie Burke - Aras Ahwatukee A			Training: MAC Policies Bob Ellis - Aras Ahwatukee B		True North Training with IpX Joseph Anderson - IpX South Mountain
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM	Application: Component Management in PLM Craig Currie - Aras Encanto B	Business: A Mini MES for R&D Kevin Murray - SRC, Inc. Cave Creek			Demo: Managing Simulation in Aras Innovator Tim Keer - Aras Encanto A			Med Devices: Project and DHF Management Using Minerva Device PLM Solution Eli Tuber - Carestream Health Desert Sky			Technical: Discover Aras Technical Documentation Kevin Richard - Aras Laveen				(Continued) Training: Quality Management Systems Connie Burke - Aras Ahwatukee A			Training: Using Batch Loader MaryLou Francis - Aras Ahwatukee B		True North Training with IpX Joseph Anderson - IpX South Mountain
2:25 PM - 2:55 PM	Networking Break Phoenix Ballroom A, B, C
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	Application: Aras Impresa MRO Overview Graeme Taylor - Aras Encanto B	Business: Data Migration Perspectives and Lessons Learned Michael Kostek - LORD Corporation Wes Palmer - LORD Corporation Cave Creek			Demo: "I See What You're Saying" - Utilizing Aras Visual Collaboration in a Product Engineering Environment Gary Wilmot - Aras Encanto A			Med Devices: Risk Management & Traceability Slavko Jovanovic - Minerva USA Desert Sky			Technical: Aras Upgrades James Gehan - Aras Tom Turner - Aras Laveen				Training: Manufacturing Process Planning - Ahwatukee A			Training: Configurable User Interface Bob Ellis - Aras Ahwatukee B		True North Training with IpX Joseph Anderson - IpX South Mountain
3:50 PM - 4:35 PM	Application: End-to-End CAD Process - Encanto B	Business: Office Connector Use Case Mike Bower - Andersen Corporation Sherilyn Stalker - Andersen Corporation Cave Creek			Demo: V12 Preview Gary Wilmot - Aras Encanto A			Med Devices: Unconferenced Slavko Jovanovic - Minerva USA Eli Tuber - Carestream Health Desert Sky			Technical: Access Control Mechanisms - Laveen				(Continued) Training: Manufacturing Process Planning - Ahwatukee A			(Continued) Training: Configurable User Interface Bob Ellis - Aras Ahwatukee B		True North Training with IpX Joseph Anderson - IpX South Mountain
4:40 PM - 5:25 PM	True Stories of PLM Development and Implementation: A Panel Discussion April Martin - Huntington Ingalls Industries Lopa Subramanian - Aras Kay C Jamison - HII-Ingalls Shipbuilding Sherilyn Stalker - Andersen Corporation Phoenix Ballroom D, E
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	Aras Community Reception Phoenix Ballroom A, B, C
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration/Breakfast Phoenix Ballroom A, B, C
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM	Welcome Don McMillan - Keynote Phoenix Ballroom D, E
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM	A Journey to Change Management on the Aras Platform Mark Saraceno - Aras Randy Klinefelt - General Motors Peter Swartz - General Motors Carlo Giugliano - General Motors Phoenix Ballroom D, E
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Networking Break Phoenix Ballroom A, B, C
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM	What's Ahead: Aras Product Vision Rob McAveney - Aras Phoenix Ballroom D, E
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM	Systems Thinking: Bringing It All Together Michael Pfenning - Aras Boris Cononetz - Microsoft Stephen Denman - Sandia National Laboratories Martin Eigner - EIGNER Engineering Consult Malcolm Panthaki - Aras Phoenix Ballroom D, E
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch Phoenix Ballroom A, B, C
1:05 PM - 1:50 PM	A&D: Panel Presentation Brian Bendele - Anautics, Inc Greg Bateman - Microsoft Denis Morais - SSI Desert Sky		Application: Managing Documentation with Aras Office Connector Crystal Brandl - Aras Encanto B			Business: Large Model Visualization: DMU, TechDoc Authoring for Aras Innovator Germar Nikol - KISTERS AG Cave Creek				Demo: Integrated Requirements Engineering - Encanto A			Technical: Product Data Exploration - Using the Query Builder Kevin Richard - Aras Laveen				Training: Release 12 Navigating and Searching MaryLou Francis - Aras - Ahwatukee A				Training: Configuring Custom ItemTypes to Support Visual Collaboration Bob Ellis - Aras Ahwatukee B
1:55 PM - 2:40 PM	A&D: Aras Innnovator as Enabler of Digital Engineering at Sandia Labs Stephen Denman - Sandia National Laboratories Desert Sky		Application: Aras Requirements Engineering – Breaking the Shackles of Text-based Requirements Paweł Chądzyński - PZC Horizon Consulting Encanto B			Business: Change Can Be Hard, But Change Management Doesn't Have to Be Dennis Lindinger - Razorleaf Cave Creek				Demo: V12 Preview Gary Wilmot - Aras Encanto A			Technical: Aras Federation Services Eli Donahue - Aras Laveen				(Continued) Training: Release 12 Navigating and Searching MaryLou Francis - Aras - Ahwatukee A				(Continued) Training: Configuring Custom Item Types to Support Visual Collaboration Bob Ellis - Aras Ahwatukee B
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM	Networking Break Phoenix Ballroom A, B, C
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM	A&D: Update - MIT Lincoln Labs and Razorleaf Denise Fitzgerald - MIT Lincoln Laboratory Jonathan Scott - Razorleaf Corporation Steve Stojanovski - Razorleaf Corporation Desert Sky		Application: What's New in Product Engineering 12 Ayla Singhal - Aras Encanto B			Business: Track Break Cave Creek				Demo: Technical Documentation Connected to the Digital Thread - Encanto A			Technical: Make Sense of Your PLM Data Using Graph Navigation - Laveen				Training: Requirements Engineering - Ahwatukee A				Training: PDF Watermarking MaryLou Francis - Aras Ahwatukee B
4:05 PM - 4:50 PM	A&D: Industry Roundtable Discussion Desert Sky			Application: Process Planning with Aras MPP Craig Currie - Aras Encanto B					Business: Aras Innovator in the Classroom Travis Fuerst - Purdue University Cave Creek					Demo: CE: A Critical Component of Your Product Design Gary Wilmot - Aras Encanto A					Technical: User Experience in Aras Innovator V12 Kenny Sperling - Aras Laveen
4:05 PM - 5:20 PM	Training: Configuring Office Connector: Mapping Properties to/from MS Office Applications Connie Burke - Aras Ahwatukee A											Training: Query Builder and Graph Visualization Bob Ellis - Aras Ahwatukee B
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM	ACE Off-Site Reception
Thursday, April 18, 2019
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Breakfast Phoenix Ballroom A, B, C
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Aras in the Round Rob McAveney - Aras Peter Schroer - Aras board member Phoenix Ballroom D, E
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Networking Break Third Street Foyer
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM	Product Strategy Input Session: Extending PLM services to Systems Models (MBSE) and Software development (ALM) Part 1 Michael Pfenning - Aras Encanto A						Product Strategy Input Session: Aras for Manufacturing & Maintenance - MPP / MES / MRO Craig Currie - Aras Graeme Taylor - Aras Encanto B									Product Strategy Input Session: Aras Federation Services Eli Donahue - Aras Laveen
11:20 AM - 12:05 PM	Product Strategy Input Session: Extending PLM services to Systems Models (MBSE) and Software development (ALM) Part 2 - Encanto A						(Continued) Product Strategy Input Session: Aras for Manufacturing & Maintenance - MPP / MES / MRO Craig Currie - Aras Graeme Taylor - Aras Encanto B									Product Strategy Input Session : Data Input Usability Kenny Sperling - Aras Laveen

Joseph Anderson
IpX
CEO

Greg Bateman
Microsoft
Managing Director, Federal Industry Ecosystem

Brian Bendele
Anautics, Inc
President

Bruce Bookbinder
Aras
Product Marketing Manager

Mike Bower
Andersen Corporation
Engineering Change Services Manager

Crystal Brandl
Aras
Product Manager