[ogf20pc] Possible Panel Members and Speakers

[Robert Cohen]

Dear PC,

I think some of the best speakers on what Grids are doing might come 
from the auto and aerospace industries. I have heard all of these people 
present in English at conferences during the past year. I think their 
presentations have been very clear and highlighted some of the more 
advanced ways that Grids are being used.

I think in some of the cases, aerospace firms are beginning to use Grids 
coupled with SOAs and Product Life Cycle Management software to automate 
interactions with supplier networks in the design process (Volvo and 
Airbus are pushing this). In the auto sector, simulations are 
increasingly used in design, particularly to build on common platforms, 
but the need to manage the huge amount of analysis that is being done is 
putting pressures on auto firms to develop better systems to manage the 
results of this work and the exchange of critical data.

These people include:

Philippe Homsi, coordinator of the VIVACE project and head of 
architecture and Integration capabilities at Airbus, France

Mats Lindeblad, CAE Systems Integration Specialist, Advanced Design 
Engineering of Volvo Aero, Sweden

Jamil Appa, Group Leader, Integration Technologies, BAE Systems, Bristol

Ulrich Knaust, head of computer aided methods, or Walter Wirch, CAE 
Methods, Audi, Ingolstadt

Bob Cohen