Agenda: ACE 2020

Monday, March 16, 2020
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Training - Pre-Conference Configurable User Interface Bob Ellis - Aras
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Training - Pre-Conference Configuring the New BOM Structure Tab MaryLou Francis - Aras
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Training - Pre-Conference Implementing Extended Classification Connie Burke - Aras
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	Networking Reception ACE Welcome Reception
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	General Session Aras Community Update Peter Schroer - Aras board member
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM	Keynote Engineering Change Management at General Motors – Challenges and Successes Sheryl Balsley - General Motors Carlo Giugliano - General Motors Peter Swartz - General Motors Maria Schoenefeld - General Motors
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM	Keynote Maximizing Value by Asserting Control Over Your Enterprise Digital Transformation Douglas Orellana - SAIC Michael Vinarcik - SAIC
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM	General Session What's New From Aras? John Sperling - Aras
1:45 PM - 2:40 PM	The Build with Aras Experience (ACE) Rapid Prototyping Your First Application Iteration Sean Coleman - Aras Eli Donahue - Aras Aihoa Le - Aras		The Digital Thread in Action (ACE) The Digital Twin in Maintenance and Service Mark Reisig - Aras Lopa Subramanian - Aras Graeme Taylor - Aras			Training Configurable User Interface Bob Ellis - Aras
2:55 PM - 3:50 PM	The Build with Aras Experience (ACE) Experiment, Pivot and Fulfill Your Vision Sean Coleman - Aras Eli Donahue - Aras Aihoa Le - Aras		The Digital Thread in Action (ACE) Engineering Change in a Connected World Mark Reisig - Aras Lopa Subramanian - Aras Gary Wilmot - Aras			Training Creating New Effectivity Scope & Adding Effectivity Variables MaryLou Francis - Aras
4:20 PM - 5:15 PM	The Build with Aras Experience (ACE) Expand Your Vision and Leverage the Aras Community Sean Coleman - Aras Eli Donahue - Aras Aihoa Le - Aras		The Digital Thread in Action (ACE) Systems Thinking and Digital Transformation Tim Keer - Aras Mark Reisig - Aras Lopa Subramanian - Aras			Training Quality Management Systems Connie Burke - Aras
5:20 PM - 5:50 PM	General Session Platform Foundation for Digital Transformation: How Companies Use Product Innovation Platforms in a Digital Transformation Strategy Craig Brown - CIMdata Tom Gill - CIMdata
5:50 PM - 6:30 PM	General Session Panel Discussion: What They Have Built and Why Sheryl Balsley - General Motors Navin Budhiraja - ANSYS, Inc David Edwards - Microsoft Brad Goff - Huntington Ingalls Industries Peter Bilello - CIMdata
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Networking Reception Aras Community Reception
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM	Keynote Optimizing The Entire Value Chain Using PLM As The Backbone Yutaro Mishima - Kawasaki Heavy Industries
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM	General Session What's Ahead: Aras Product Vision Rob McAveney - Aras
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM	Keynote Legacy Warship Data: The Ingalls Shipbuilding Consolidation Journey Amanda Cunningham - Huntington Ingalls Industries
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM	Keynote Seaspan Vancouver Shipyards’ Aras Journey – From Document Management System to Integrated Shipbuilding PLM Tool Chris Phillips - Seaspan
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM	Aerospace & Defense Digital Transformation in Today’s US Air Force Brench Boden - US Air Force Research Laboratory	Automotive Technical Reports Database Modernized Wesley Struble - DENSO International America, Inc.		Business How NuScale Power is Generating PLM Resiliency for Decades to Come Neil Olivier - NuScale Power	Technical Moving Ahead—Implementing a New PLM and 3D CAD Across Four Divisions Jonathan Hays - Rheem Manufacturing Company Chris McKenna - Raypak Shreya Gharia - Rheem Manufacturing Company		Training Requirements Engineering Connie Burke - Aras
2:20 PM - 3:05 PM	Aerospace & Defense Meeting Strategic Goals and Unifying Engineering Across the Enterprise Bob Deiter - Cubic Corporation Terry Quan - Aras	Automotive Highlights and Lowlights. Denso International America, Inc (DIAM) 2019 PLM Journey William Hall - DENSO International America, Inc. Gary Nieman - DENSO International America, Inc.		Business Customer Breakout	Technical Communication Through the Engineering Change Process Sherilyn Stalker - Andersen Corporation Cliff Yu - Aras		Training What’s New in Aras Innovator 12 MaryLou Francis - Aras
3:10 PM - 3:55 PM	Aerospace & Defense Using Innovator to Comply with Regulations for International Trade Kevin Murray - SRC	Automotive Enabling Enterprise Democratized Simulation – Leverage Simulation Data and Expertise Across the Enterprise Glenn Valine - GKN Automotive		Business Accelerating New Product Development Donovan Hardenbrook - Littelfuse	Technical Creating an Electric Motor Information Management System with Aras John Saint - Nidec Motor Corporation Kamran Aftab - Nidec Motor Corporation		Training Defining User Access with MAC Policies Bob Ellis - Aras
4:25 PM - 5:10 PM	Aerospace & Defense Taking a “Bottom-Up” Approach to PLM Jeffrey Hanson - Sandia National Laboratories	Automotive Creating a Global Solution for Testing Facilities Juho-Matti Jaaskelainen - Maxion Wheels		Business Global Visibility to the Design and Manufacturing Process Aaron Adams - Flexco Glen Wielgos - Flexco	Technical Aras Innovator Solves Real World Challenges in an Academic Setting, While Preparing Engineering Students for the Workforce Jorge Camba - Purdue University Travis Fuerst - Purdue University		Training Manufacturing Process Planning Connie Burke - Aras
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM	Aerospace & Defense Enabling Mission Success Through Strong Collaboration Brenda Byrd - Sandia National Laboratories	Automotive Customer Breakout		Business Raising the Bar for Product Quality in an age of ever increasing Product Complexity Paul Sheehy - Parata	Technical Customer Breakout		Training What’s New in Aras Innovator 12 MaryLou Francis - Aras
6:05 PM - 6:50 PM	General Session Aras in the Round Rob McAveney - Aras Peter Schroer - Aras board member
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Networking Reception Aras 20th Anniversary Party!