A Who's-Who of the engineering software community (CAD/CAE/CAM/PDM/PLM/BIM/GIS) are expected to participate in COFES 2012, including (as of April 4, 2012):  

• Abe Reichental, CEO, 3D Systems
• Alan Baljeu, President, Cornerstone Intelligent Software
• Alan Kay, President, Viewpoints Research Institute
• Alan Stacklin, CTO, Akoya
• Alex Bausk, Lead Structural Engineer, PSACEA
• Alex Kelley, Director, Imagination Technologies
• Alexey Ershov, CEO, LEDAS
• Allan Behrens, Managing Director, Taxal
• Allan Naim, Senior Architect - Azure, Microsoft
• Allen Bourgoyne, Director, AMD Professional Graphics ISV Alliances, AMD
• Allen Chung, OEM Manager, Tableau Software
• Alper Bozkurt, Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University
• Amy Rowell, Founder and Principal Analyst, Four Winds Research
• Andreas Vlahinos, Principal, Advanced Engineering Solutions
• Anne Isaacs, Managing Partner, Satory Global
• Antoine Reymond, Senior Strategic Alliances Manager, Professional Graphics, AMD
• Antonio Pascucci, Vice-President, Products, 3Dconnexion
• Beth Ambaruch, Director, Corporate Communications, PTC
• Bill Barnes, General Manager, Lattice Technology
• Bill Carrelli, Vice-President, Strategic Marketing & Business Development, Siemens PLM
• BJ Anderson, Co-Founder, Computer Graphics Pioneers
• Blake Courter, Co-Founder and Director, Customer Development, SpaceClaim
• Bob Bean, Consultant, Kubotek USA
• Bob Courtland, President, Robert D. Courtland, Chtd.
• Bob Deragisch, Manager, Enterprise Systems, Parker Hannifin
• Bob McNeel, President, Robert McNeel & Associates
• Brad Holtz, President & CEO, Cyon Research
• Brenda Discher, Vice-President Industry Marketing, Autodesk
• Brian Seitz, Enterprise Architect, Cyon Research
• Brian Williams, Business Development, Tableau Software
• Bruce Jenkins, CEO, Ora Research
• Bruce McCallum, National Design Technology Manager, DIALOG
• Carol Popovich, Microchip FIRST Community Relations Manager, Microchip Technology
• Carolyn Castillo, Business Operations Specialist, Boeing
• Chad Jackson, Industry Analyst, Lifecycle Insights
• Chris De Neef, Owner, Fast Track Consulting
• Chris Garcia, Executive Vice-President, Anark
• Chris McLennan, CEO, Ilesfay Technology Group
• Chris Randles, President & CEO, SpaceClaim
• Chris Williams, CEO, Vuuch
• Chris Wood, Vice-President, Santa Fe Institute
• Christine Easterfield, Principal Consultant, Cambashi
• Clive Davies, Busines Development Director, Lightwork Design
• Clive Longbottom, Service Director, Quocirca
• Corey Salka, Advisor, BI & Analytics, Panoramic Power
• Craig Trudgeon, Chief Technical Officer, Tetra 4D
• Cristiano Sacchi, CEO, Novedge
• Cyrena Respini-Irwin, Senior Editor, Cadalyst, Longitude Media
• Dallas Beddingfield, Product Strategist, Evolution Computing
• Dan Meyer, President & CEO, Comet Solutions
• Dan Raker, President & Founder, ConnectPress
• Darren Young, Systems Integration Manager, Southland Industries
• Dave Burdick, President, Collaborative Visions
• Dave Corcoran, President, LC Design
• Dave Forrester, Chief Executive Officer, Lightwork Design Limited
• Dave Hutchinson, COO, Lightwork Design
• Dave Labuskes, Vice-President, RTKL
• Dave Ullman, Chief Scientist, Robust Decisions
• Dave Weisberg, Chief Industry Strategist, Cyon Research
• David Hammond, COO, The Center for Understanding Change
• David Heller, President, IBSystems
• David Opsahl, Executive Director, 3D PDF Consortium
• David Prawel, President, LongView Advisors
• David Segal, Director, Mechatronics Design Domain Leader, Dassault Systemes ENOVIA
• David ten Have, CEO, Ponoko
• David Thomas, Senior Project Leader, The Aerospace Corporation
• Dean Keith, President, Datura
• Debankan Chattopadhyay, Manager - ISV Accounts, CCE
• Deelip Menezes, General Manager, Sycode, 3D Systems
• Deke Smith, Senior Analyst, Cyon Research
• Dick Morley, Senior Consultant, Cyon Research
• Dmitri Kondakov, Owner, CTO, IRISOFT
• Doc Hall, Chairman, The Compression Institute
• Doug Cochran, CTO, IMSI/Design
• Ed Caracappa, Director, Worldwide Sales and Business Development, AMD
• Ed Maghboul, President, x-Spatial
• Eric Doubell, President, Razorleaf
• Eric Snow, Vice-President, Corporate Communications, PTC
• Evan Yares, Senior Editor & Analyst, WTHW Media
• Fabien Chauviré, Vice-President of Sales, Redway3D
• Fielder Hiss, Vice-President, Product Management, Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
• Franco Folini, President, Novedge
• Geoff Butlin, CEO, TranscenData Europe
• George Wong, Senior Principal Engineer, Boeing
• Gian Paolo Bassi, Vice-President, R&D, Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
• Glen Smith, CEO and Co-Founder, DriveWorks
• Glenn Kennedy, 3D Channel Manager, Roland DGA
• Hans Ehrnrooth, President, Tekla
• Hap Hoffman, Senior Director, Oracle
• Hod Lipson, Associate Professor, Cornell University
• Igal Kaptsan, Vice-President, Product Definition, PTC
• Igor Khanin, CEO, Nanosoft
• Igor Tsinman, CTO, AMC Bridge
• Jack Ring, Senior Analyst, Cyon Research
• James Podgorski, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft
• Jami Shah, Professor, Arizona State University
• Janos Barbero, Co-creator, Foldit, University of Washington
• Jason Cooper, Senior Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Jason McVay, Director of Operations, Compression Institute
• Jay Vleeschhouwer, Managing Director, Griffin Securities
• Jean-Marc Guillard, COO, Dassault Systemes Spatial
• Jeff Jaje, Marketing and Business Development Manager, Sescoi USA
• Jeff Mottle, CEO, CGarchitect Digital Media
• Jeremy Howard, President and Chief Scientist, Kaggle
• Jerry Laiserin, Principal Analyst, The LaiserinLetter
• Jesse Devitte, Managing Director, Borealis Ventures
• Jim Balding, Founder, The ANT Group
• Jim Brown, President, Tech-Clarity
• Jim Gordon, Vice-President of Development, Kubotek USA
• Jim Wick, Consulting Director, Software, 3Dconnexion
• Joe Walsh, CEO/Founder, IntrinSIM
• Joel Hurt, Director, Global Business Development, Leica Geosystems
• Joel Orr, Chief Visionary, Emeritus, Cyon Research
• John Alpine, Vice-President of R&D, Geomagic
• John Bacus, Product Manager, SketchUp, Google
• John Cummings, Chief Scientist, The Center for Understanding Change
• John Fox, Vice President, Marketing, Siemens PLM
• John Kizior, Global Director, Delivery Technologies, AECOM
• John Lynch, Partner, Ascentage Group
• John MacKrell, Vice-President, CIMdata
• John Miller, Mechanical/Aerospace Engineer, The Durbin Group
• Jon Jarrett, Director, ATK Aerospace Systems
• Joseph Juhnke, Owner, NovemberKiloEcho
• Joshua Fisher, Tech Lead, Cyon Research
• Judy Veatch, Director of Project Systems, Black & Veatch
• Karen Caswelch, CEO, Akoya
• Karlheinz Peters, Director, International Business Development, IntrinSIM
• Karsten Newbury, Senior Vice-President, General Manager Velocity Series, Siemens PLM
• Kate Dramstad, Intern, Olin College of Engineering
• Keith Meintjes, Practice Manager, Simulation and Analysis, CIMdata
• Ken Anderson, Co-Founder, Computer Graphics Pioneers
• Ken Hall, Director, Sustainable Design Systems, Gensler
• Ken Wong, Editor, Desktop Engineering
• Les Elby, Vice-President, Business Strategy, AVEVA
• Leslie Gordon, Senior Editor, Machine Design, Penton Media
• Leslie Minasian, Manager, Business Development, Kenesto
• Linda Lokay, Vice-President, Marketing & Business Development, Dassault Systemes Spatial
• Liz Chodosh, Director of Strategic BIM Management, BIM Specialist, Cannon Design
• Lori Parrott, Manager, Policy and Decision Analytics, Sandia National Laboratories
• Lynn Allen, Evangelist, Autodesk
• Malcolm Panthaki, CTO, Comet Solutions
• Manu Parpia, Managing Director & CEO, Geometric
• Marc Halpern, Vice-President of Research, Gartner
• Marc Lind, Senior Vice-President, Global Marketing, Aras
• Maria Sarkar, Vice-President and Co-Founder, DriveWorks
• Marilyn Adan, Business Development, Synopsys
• Mark Driscoll, Senior Sales Director, 3Dconnexion
• Mark Guthrie, Director PLM Business Development, Smart2Market
• Mark Kiker, Executive Director, AUGI
• Mark Vorwaller, President, ZWCAD Software America
• Martha Russell, Executive Director, Media X at Stanford University
• Martin Fischer, Director, Center for Integrated Facility Engineering
• Martin van der Roest, President, The vdR Group, Inc.
• Maryam Khorshidi, Graduate Student, Arizona State University
• Matt Klassen, Director, ALM Solutions, PTC
• Matt Loew, Chief Engineer, P&H Mining Equipment
• Maxim Bogdanov, CEO, ASCON
• Michael Facello, Director of R&D, Geomagic
• Michael Gorden, Strategic Planning Director, The Capitol Group
• Michael Kaplan, Director for Product Management, Imagination Technologies, Inc.
• Michelle Boucher, Senior Research Analyst, Aberdeen Group
• Mike Coleman, Vice-President, Business Development, GoEngineer
• Mike Payne, CEO, Kenesto
• Mike Peery, President & CEO, Tecplot
• Mike Riddle, CEO, Evolution Computing
• Miriam Heller, Director, Data & Model Integrity, The Center for Understanding Change
• Mohsen Rezayat, Chief Solutions Architect, Siemens PLM
• Monica Schnitger, President, Schnitger Corporation
• Nancy Johnson, Editor-in-Chief, Cadalyst Magazine, Longitude Media
• Naotake Kakishita, President & CEO, Kubotek USA
• Nathanael Miller, Mechanical Engineer, NASA Langley Research Center
• Naury Birnbaum, Chief Strategy Officer, ESI Group
• Neil Mackenzie, Windows Azure Lead, Satory Global
• Neil Peterson, CTO, Open Design Alliance
• Nicholas Phelps, CEO, e-on software
• Nick Nisbet, Director, AEC3
• Nitin Rao, President & Co-Founder, Sunglass.io
• Oleg Shilovitsky, CEO, Inforbix
• Oleg Zykov, Innovation Project Manager, ASCON
• Owen Allen, Vice-President, Solutions, Pingar
• Pam Kilpatrick, Customer Program Specialist, Autodesk
• Paul Stallings, Vice-President of Research & Development, Kubotek USA
• Pete Wells, President, Smart2Market
• Peter Schroer, CEO, Aras
• Phares Noel, Senior Analyst, Cyon Research
• Phil Spreier, Translator Solutions Product Manager, Tech Soft 3D
• Ragnar Wessman, Chief Product Strategist, Tekla
• Rajesh Bhartiya, President and Founder, ProtoTech Solutions and Services
• Randall Newton, Contributing Analyst, Jon Peddie Research
• Renaud Deparis, CTO, Redway3D
• Ric Jackson, CEO, The Center for Understanding Change
• Richard Doyle, User Community Manager, Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
• Richard Riff, Ford Technical Fellow, retired, Ford Motor Company
• Rick Chin, Director of Product Innovation, Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
• Rick Rundell, Senior Director, AEC Strategic Technology, Autodesk
• Rick Stavanja, Editor-in-Chief, CADwire.net
• Rohit Nagpal, Analyst, The Citadel Group
• Ron Close, Chief Marketing Officer, Nuage
• Ron Fritz, CEO, Tech Soft 3D
• Roopinder Tara, CEO, TenLinks
• Sam Abu-Hamdan, President, Alcove 9
• Sam Miller, Electrical Engineer, NASA Langley
• Scott Brinks, COO, TransTrade
• Scott Lamond, Vice-President, Sales and Marketing, Synergis Software
• Scott Leemans, Composite Structures Analysis Software Development, Advatech Pacific
• Serge Neuman, Bioclimatic Façade Initiatives Program Director, SOMFY
• Shaun Ennis, Director of Analyst Relations, Siemens Industry Automation
• Shyamal Roy, Senior Consultant, Cyon Research
• Sidney Anderson, International Service Manager, Océ Reprographic Technologies
• Silvana Nani, Senior Management Consultant, SNMC
• Simon Floyd, Director, Innovation Solutions, Microsoft
• Stefan Jockusch, Vice-President of Product Development, Siemens PLM Software
• Steve Bodnar, Vice-President, Manufacturing and PLM Thought Leadership, Autodesk
• Steve Coy, President, Timelike Systems
• Steve Johnson, User Interaction Manager, Nemetschek Vectorworks
• Steve Robbins, CEO, Desktop Engineering Magazine
• Steve Wolfe, Research Director, Cyon Research
• Ted Blacker, Department Manager, Sandia National Laboratories
• Terry Swack, CEO & Founder, Sustainable Minds
• Terry Wohlers, President, Wohlers Associates
• Tetsuo Kubo, President & CEO, Kubotek
• Tim Thomas, CEO, PARTsolutions, LLC
• Todd Cummings, Vice-President, Research & Development, Synergis Software
• Todd Geiser, Product Manager, Synergis Software
• Todd Reade, CEO, TransMagic
• Tom Conlon, Publisher, Desktop Engineering Magazine
• Tom Pennino, President, TP Technologies
• Tom Salomone, MDA Segment Manager - Worldwide, HP
• Tom Sisler, Engineering Services, Knoll
• Tom Stegmann, Vice-President, Business Development, CyDesign
• Tony Baer, Principal Analyst, Ovum
• Tyler Miller, Engineering Manager, Google
• Uli Sendler, Consultant & Analyst, Sendler\Circle
• Venkatesh Jagannath, Senior Vice-President, Strategy and Innovation, Geometric
• Vic Sanchez, COO, Inforbix
• Vinay Wagle, Vice-President, Sales and Marketing, CCE
• Vladimir Panchenko, R&D Team Leader, ASCON
• Wendy Li, PhD Candidate, Stanford University
• Wes Shimanek, Senior Manager, Workstations, Intel
• Xiuzi Ye, Chairman and CEO, New Dimension Systems
• Yanick Fluhmann, Co-Founder and Vice-President, Tech Soft 3D