350+ Attend LEDAS isicad Forum in Russia
 NOVOSIBIRSK,
Russia, June 10, 2008 - On 7th June 2008, LEDAS Ltd., an independent provider
of software components and services on the market of product lifecycle
management (PLM), announced that the Third
International Forum isicad-2008 “PLM+ERP: Informational Environment of a
Modern Enterprise” was held successfully in Novosibirsk Academgorodok on 4-6
June 2008. The isicad Forum was organized by LEDAS, with support of
SibCongress and Sib3. The general sponsor - Autodesk. Information
sponsorship was provided by the “PCWeek/RE” newspaper, the “CAD/CAM/CAE
Observer” and “CAD and Graphics” informational and analytical magazines, the
Open Systems Publishing House, TenLinks.com, CNews, and ERP News
Internet-publications, as well as the Novosibirsk Club of IT-Directors.
For three days the third isicad Forum, following the first two venues (in
2004 and 2006), got together in the House of Scientists, the Siberian Branch
the Russian Academy of Science, many industry representatives, interested in
implementing PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) and ERP (Enterprise Resource
Planning) technologies — the two key business-strategies for
computer-integrated manufacturing, enabling to shorten the product lead
time, decrease production costs and boost innovations.
Our Forum provided opportunities for various diverse events – plenary
reports, thematic sessions, round tables with representatives of the leading
vendors, an exhibition displaying commercial solutions, official
negotiations and informal communication of the participants in the Forum
couloirs as well as during the social program organized every evening. It
enabled achieving the main objective of isicad-2008 – to open the market of
advanced informational solutions to the rapidly developing Russian
industries as well as to assist in establishing business contacts between
enterprises and the leading providers of computer-aided design and
manufacturing tools.
The participants listened to the presentations given by representatives
of the leading companies – Autodesk, Oracle, Siemens, Dassault Systemes,
PTC, ASCON, Top Systems, etc. The venue was opened with an invited lecture
“PLM: solutions to manage innovations for manufacturing” by Francis Bernard,
the founder of Dassault Systemes, who has now become an independent expert.
Alexander Tasev, head of the Moscow Autodesk office, presented the
strategy of the company and its implementation in Russia and CIS.
The “Infrastructure for PLM and ERP” section, addressed to the executives
and experts of IT-units, included reports by the leaders in system
integration — Sun Microsystems, Jet Info systems and EMC.
The “CAD/ PLM Training” section was aimed at the lecturers of Novosibirsk
technical universities, who were given an opportunity to listen to the
leading vendors presenting their academic programs for co-operation with
educational institutions. Reports by the lecturers, who shared their vision
of the problems and prospects for training engineers for Siberian industries
with vendors and with each other, also caused significant interest.
The “PLM and ERP Projects: Implementation Experience” section included
reports on implementing various solutions at the enterprises that gained
advance positions in computer-integration and innovations.
Seminars organized by Autodesk, Dassault Systemes and SolidWorks gave the
participants detailed information regarding their solutions portfolios.
The Round Tables on “PLM Technologies of Tomorrow” and “Vendors –
Customers - Press” attracted a wide range of participants and raised
considerable interest.
Overall, the Forum program comprised more than 50 reports and
presentations.
Representatives of Microsoft, SolidWorks, Oracle, Sun Microsystems,
Autodesk, Dassault Systemes, PTC, ASCON, Top Systems and LEDAS took part in
the isicad-2008 Round Table and answered a lot of questions from clients and
mass media.
Along with the plenary sessions and section, during all three days of the
forum, the House of Scientists became the site for the isicad-expo technical
exhibition. All leading vendors - Autodesk, Oracle, Sun, SolidWorks, ASCON,
Top Systems, Pro/TECHNOLOGIES, CSoft and others – had their stands at the
exhibition. Participants were offered a unique opportunity to obtain
professional consultation regarding the products of their interest and
discuss supply and implementation terms and conditions.
Presentation of the PLM Encyclopedia
became an important part of the Forum. The first Russian thematic
publication in this field was prepared by LEDAS with participation CIMdata
and solution providers. The book has a hard master cover and more than a
hundred colored illustrations. The content includes an in-depth introduction
to the subject, written by Kenneth Amann, the Research Director of CIMdata,
the chapter “From the first hand”, where products and services are presented
by the companies themselves (from Autodesk to SolidWorks), a PLM and ERP
Glossary defining over 300 technical terms and concepts, a detailed list of
vendors and products, as well as information regarding the specialized mass
media.
Participants enjoyed a varied social program: buffet meals to facilitate
informal communication after the sessions, a trip around the Novosibirsk
artificial lake on the Remix boat, a dinner at the “Once Upon a Time” theme
restaurant with live music and a picnic at the beautiful Bylina resort.
isicad was attended by more than 350 people representing around 200
various companies and organizations, including software and hardware
developers in CAD, PLM and ERP, system integrators, analytical experts and
consultants, researchers, representatives of educational institutions and
specialized media, and, certainly, the main users – representatives of
Russian manufacturers who were the majority of Forum participants. Geography
of the participants also was very impressive – 30 cities in Russia, CIS and
other countries.
The organizers published a catalogue with full information about the
venue; all participants were given a nice package of informational materials
and souvenirs. In the near future presentations and photographs, describing
the outcome of the work at the Forum, will be published at the official web
site – www.isicad.ru/2008. All
participants will receive a compact disk with complete set of presentations.
It was the third isicad Forum, which has now become a recognizable brand
for the Russian IT-community. “In 2004 we decided to organize the first
conference in order to exchange experience with solution providers, markets
analysts, researchers and the users. We created a unique venue that had no
analogues in Russia. Two years later we tried to strengthen out success with
the bigger emphasis on production solutions, the market, and an all-round
approach to creating efficient informational environment of a modern
enterprise”, - said David Levin, the General Director and founder of LEDAS.
“The third isicad forum demonstrated an increased interest of the Russian
industry to such events. The participants’ geography has expanded
significantly – out Forum has overgrown regional boundaries and became an
All-Russian event. Undoubtedly, we will continue organizing isicad at a
regular basis.”
The work of the isicad informational community, organized by LEDAS to
follow-up the success of the 2004 Forum, will not stop after the third forum
is over. The isicad.ru informational portal will continue reporting on the
most important events in the world of PLM and ERP, and will be expanded with
up-to-date reference materials, while participants of isicad-2008 will
continue their discussions on the e-forum -
http://forum.isicad.net/.
About LEDAS
LEDAS Ltd. is an independent software company founded in 1999; it is
based in Novosibirsk Scientific Centre (Akademgorodok), Siberian Branch of
the Russian Academy of Science. A leader in constraint-based technologies,
LEDAS is a well-known provider of computational software components for PLM
(Product Lifecycle Management) and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
systems: geometric constraint solvers for CAD/CAM/CAE, optimization engines
for Project Management, Work Scheduling and Meeting Planning as well as
interval technologies for Knowledge-Based Engineering and Collaborative
Design.
The company also provides services for PLM and ERP markets: software
development, consulting, reselling as well as education and training. More
information about LEDAS is available on the Internet at:
www.ledas.com.
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