Liege, Belgium, 4th of March 2009. SAMTECH, the leading European provider of simulation software for Finite Element Analysis and Optimization, is pleased to announce the next SAMTECH Users Conference to be held from 31st March to 1st April 2009 at the Musée Dapper, Paris, France. Considered as a must-attend event, the SAMTECH Users Conference will provide an outstanding opportunity for CAE professional users, engineering executive and senior managers from a wide range of industries to meet and exchange views in order to develop their business.


The programme has been devised to stimulate effective interactions between attendees, while keeping the entire conference to two days. It is designed to bring delegates together to hear high level presentations that impact their daily simulation work. At this conference, designers, engineers, analysts and managers will learn how industry experts are using SAMCEF, CÆSAM, BOSS quattro, OOFELIE, professional products like TEA Pipe, SAMCEF for Wind Turbines (S4WT), SAMCEF for Rotors (S4R), SAMCEF for Power Lines & Substations (S4PL&S)...

Participants will be welcomed by Eric Carnoy, SAMTECH CEO, to Paris where SAMTECH will let the attendees know more about the company strategy and communication policy. “We are delighted to welcome AIRBUS and PSA at this occasion for our introduction lectures”, said Eric Carnoy. “They will give attendees an exclusive strategic view on the Virtual Prototyping technologies used in the aeronautic and automotive sectors.”

With this international panel of speakers, the 2009 SAMTECH Users Conference will be a unique place-to-be to discuss the latest developments in CAE simulation and analysis, classical FEA for structure analysis, Motion in FEA for flexible mechanisms analysis, Multi-Disciplinary Optimization, Multi-Physics, CAE integration and advanced professional applications…

This upcoming Conference promises to be especially interesting, with about 30 technical presentations showcasing applications from industrial sectors as varied as aeronautics, space, automotive, energy, … We will welcome speakers from universities and research centres collaborating with SAMTECH as well as scientists representing a broad range of well known companies including in particular AIRBUS, ASTRIUM Space Transportation, CEAT, MBDA, MET, PSA, SAFRAN Group (AIRCELLE, SNECMA, TEUCHOS), ONERA, ISMANS, IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON, GyeongSang National University, RWTH Aachen university…

SAMTECH is also very honoured to welcome new SAMTECH software customers including TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, GAS TURBINE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT-DRDO, AREVA T&D India, KOREAN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE, 01dB-METRAVIB …

For more information about the 11th SAMTECH Users Conference 2009, including programme, online registration, venue information and sponsors supporting the conference, please visit the SAMTECH Users Conference website at www.samcef.com/conference2009.

About SAMTECH
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SAMTECH is a European leading provider of Computer Aided Engineering software. Founded in 1986, SAMTECH develops and markets the general-purpose Finite Element Analysis code SAMCEF, the Multi-Disciplinary Optimization platform BOSS quattro and the Open CAE Integration Framework CAESAM. These core engineering software tools answer to a wide range of industrial needs from the preliminary phases of design to the most advanced verification analyses. The software technology of SAMTECH has an unsurpassed reputation for its quality and reliability. It has been adopted by many major companies across all engineering disciplines as an integral part of their design process. SAMTECH Group currently employs about 240 people, with 11 direct offices in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK and China for technical support, sales and services. SAMTECH is a Dassault Systemes partner for the development of its products embedded in or connected to CATIAV5. SAMTECH is certified to ISO9001:2000 quality standards and operates more and more through a network of subsidiaries and representatives in key locations around the world.

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