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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
Following a record-setting inaugural event in 2020, Ansys Simulation World 2021 is designed to inspire and educate executives, engineers, R&D, and manufacturing professionals about the transformative powers of engineering simulation.
Engage in a full and exhilarating experience including inspirational keynotes from change-making leaders, thought-provoking breakout sessions, and Ansys expert-guided training — for free!
Explore interactive sessions and spontaneous group discussions and engage in numerous opportunities to network with like-minded professionals.
Take advantage of the Simulation World Solutions Center to gain insight from highlighted tech partners that are bridging the digital divide. Registration for Simulation World 2021 is now open.
Save your spot by registering today!
FEATURED PRESENTATIONS
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13:30 - 14:00
Simulation World Opening Keynote
Ajei Gopal, President & CEO, Ansys
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14:15 - 14:30
Simulate Mighty Things – How Simulation Enables JPL to Expand the Frontier of Space Exploration
Larry James, Lt. Gen. USAF (Ret.), Deputy Director, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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14:30 - 14:45
The Art of Possible: Engineering new business value in today’s disruptive times
Çağlayan Arkan, VP of Manufacturing Industry, Microsoft
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14:45 - 15:00
Ferrari: Innovating and Winning with Ansys Simulation Technologies
Ferdinando Cannizzo, Head of GT Racing Car Design and Development, Ferrari Competizioni GT
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15:00 - 15:15
Simulation as a Tool to Plan Complex Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
David Hoganson, MD, Assistant in Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital | Peter Hammer, Staff Scientist, Instructor in Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital
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15:15 - 15:30
5 “Mega Trends” That Will Have the Biggest Impact on the Simulation Industry
Carol Erikson, Vice President, Systems Engineering and Digital Transformation, Northrop Grumman Space Systems
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15:30 - 15:45
The Supercomputer Comes to Everyone: Leveraging Exascale Era Technology in Today’s Computing Environment
Bill Mannel, VP & GM, High Performance Computing (HPC) Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) | Mark Papermaster, CTO and EVP of Technology and Engineering, AMD
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15:45 - 16:00
Pushing the Boundaries of Simulation
Matt Cadieux, Chief Information Officer, Red Bull Racing Honda
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16:45 - 17:30
CTO Roundtable: Digital Twin
Prith Banerjee, CTO, Ansys | Sam George, Corporate VP of Azure IoT, Microsoft | Donato Matinez Perez de Rojas , Group CTO, Navantia | Tauseef Salma, Group CTO, Flowserve | Hakan Yilmaz, CTO, Aerospace, Honeywell
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17:30 - 17:45
Protecting Medicine Through Multiphysics Simulation
Nico Ros, CTO, Skycell
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17:45 - 18:00
Engineering What's Ahead at Intel
Guido Appenzeller, CTO, Data Platform Group, Intel
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18:30 - 18:45
Accelerating Sustainable Aviation Through Competition
Jeff Zaltman, CEO, Air Race E
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14:00 - 14:15
Digital Transformation for Our Future
Geoff Hunt, Senior Vice President, Engineering & Technology, Pratt & Whitney, a Raytheon Technologies Company
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14:15 - 14:30
How Lucid Partnered with ANSYS to Deliver its Groundbreaking Lucid Air in 2021
Peter Rawlinson, CEO, Lucid Motors
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14:30 - 14:45
Digital Twin Journey: Product, Process and Production
John Perrigue, Senior Director, Digital Process Design, Johnson & Johnson
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14:45 - 15:00
Five Key elements that Augment the Modeling & Simulation and Amplifies the Business Impact
Praveen Poojary, Global Director of Engineering and Simulation-based Design Whirlpool
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15:30 - 15:45
CTO 1:1: The Impact of Simulation on AI/ML
Prith Banerjee, CTO, Ansys | Jeremy White, Executive Editor, Wired Magazine
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15:45 - 16:00
A Virtual certainty – the expanding role of modeling/simulation ahead for Medtronic
Mike Hess, Vice President, Corporate Technology and Innovation, Medtronic
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16:00 - 16:15
The Future of Adaptable Computing in the Data Center
Salil Raje, Executive Vice President and GM, Data Center Group, Xilinx
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16:15 - 16:30
USAF Digital Campaign
Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
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16:30 - 16:45
Sense The Unknown: Modern Method to Designing Chips
Mahesh Tirupattur, Executive Vice President, Analog Bits
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16:45 - 17:00
Designing the fastest bike ever using simulation
Frédéric Grappe, Director of the Performance Department, Groupama-FDJ Cycling Team | Stefan Küng, Cyclist, WorldTour Groupama-FDJ cycling team
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18:00 - 18:45
CTO Roundtable: Product Innovation
Prith Banerjee, CTO, Ansys | Erik Ekudden, Group CTO, Ericsson | Joachim Fetzer, Head of Electric Powertrain Business Unit, Marelli | John Morris, CTO, Seagate | Scott Parent, CTO, Baker Hughes

Speakers
Ajei Gopal
President & CEO, Ansys
Ajei Gopal has served as Ansys’ president and chief executive officer since January 2017. From August 2016 to December 2016, he serve
Bill Mannel
VP & GM, High Performance Computing (HPC) Hewlett Packard Enterprise Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
Bill Mannel manages the High Performance Computing Business Unit in the HPC/MCS Global Business Unit (GBU). Bill is also HPE executive
Blake Moret
CEO Rockwell Automation
Blake Moret is Chairman and CEO of Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital tr
Çağlayan Arkan
VP of Manufacturing Industry, Microsoft
As Vice President of Manufacturing Industry at Microsoft, Çağlayan Arkan is currently responsible for managing the digital transforma
Carol Erikson
Vice President, Systems Engineering and Digital Transformation Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Carol Erikson is Vice President of Systems Engineering and Digital Transformation for Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems sector, a spac
Charles Litalien
Engineering Senior Director Pratt & Whitney
Charles Litalien is an aerospace executive with a passion to develop people, products, processes and technologies. He has been with Pra
Christopher Garrett
Technical Advisor for Systems Engineering Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
Christopher A. Garret, is a Senior Level Executive, Technical Advisor in Systems Engineering at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Cen
David Hoganson, MD
Assistant, Department of Cardiac Surgery; Director, Computational 3D Visualization Program; Instructor of Surgery Boston Children's Hospital & Harvard Medical School
Dr. David Hoganson is an Assistant in Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital, and is an Instruc
Donato Matinez Perez de Rojas
Group CTO Navantia
Donato Martínez Pérez de Rojas has developed his professional career mainly in Navantia, starting as Deputy to the Technical Director
Dr. Alec Gallimore
Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering University of Michigan
Dr. Alec D. Gallimore is the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering at the University of Michigan. Dean Gallimore is a rocket scientist,
Erik Ekudden
Group CTO Ericsson
As Group CTO, Erik Ekudden is responsible for setting the direction of technology leadership for the Ericsson Group. In 2017 he was re-
Ferdinando Cannizzo
Head of GT Racing Car Design and Development Ferrari Competizioni GT
Ferdinando Cannizzo is Head of GT Racing Car Design and Development in Attività Sportive GT. In other words, he is the technical direc
Frédéric Grappe
Director of the Performance Department Groupama-FDJ Cycling Team
red Grappe is Performance Director of the FDJ professional cycling team engaged on the UCI World Tour. He has been working in this team
Geoff Hunt
Senior Vice President, Engineering & Technology Pratt & Whitney, a Raytheon Technologies Company
Geoff Hunt is Senior Vice President of Engineering & Technology at Pratt & Whitney. He leads the company’s global Engineering
Guido Appenzeller
CTO, Data Platform Group, Intel
Guido Appenzeller is the Chief Technology Officer for Intel’s Data Platforms Group, where he is responsible for technical direction a
Hakan Yilmaz
CTO, Aerospace Honeywell
Jaswinder Walia
Engineering CIO GE Aviation
Jeff Zaltman
CEO Air Race E
Jeff Zaltman knows a thing or two about organising competitive air racing events. This long-time devoted ambassador for air racing on a
Jeremy White
Executive Editor Wired Magazine
Jeremy White, Executive Editor of Wired magazine, is in charge of all product coverage for Wired UK (print and online) — finding the
Joachim Fetzer
Head of Electric Powertrain Business Unit Marelli
Joachim Fetzer has been with Marelli since December 2018. Prior to this position he worked as Managing Director and Member of the Board
John Morris
CTO Seagate
John Morris is responsible for accelerating technology partnerships with Seagate’s customers, and cultivating emerging customers glob
Kim Boucher
Technology Commercialization Leader - Office of the CTO Analog Devices
Kimberly Fay Boucher is a business executive who has driven high performance organizations over the past 20 years. She is currently the
Larry James
Deputy Director NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Larry D. James was appointed Deputy Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in August 2013, where he is the Chief Operating Officer r
Mahesh Tirupattur
Executive Vice President Analog Bits
Mahesh Tirupattur is the Executive Vice President at Analog Bits responsible for business partnerships, IP licensing, and joint venture
Maki Ikeda
Director of the Energy Innovation Center Baker Hughes
Maki Ikeda is currently the Director of the Energy Innovation Center for Baker Hughes, located in Oklahoma, USA. Her career in Oil &
Mark Papermaster
CTO and EVP of Technology and Engineering AMD
Mark Papermaster is Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Technology and Engineering at AMD. He led the redesign of
Matt Cadieux
Chief Information Officer Red Bull Racing Honda
Matt Cadieux has over 25 years of IT experience in engineering and manufacturing environments. He oversees the IT department that is re
Matthew DeBord
Senior Correspondent Business Insider
Matthew is a Business Insider senior correspondent who covers transportation (and chess, guitars, home-audio equipment, cocktails, and
Mike Hess
Vice President, Corporate Technology and Innovation Medtronic
Mike Hess, VP of Corporate Technology and Innovation at Medtronic, has been at Medtronic for 21 years, working in R&D, clinical, pr
Nico Ros
CTO Skycell
Nico Ros is cofounder and CTO of Skycell AG, a company that is changing the face of global pharmaceutical supply chains through a combi
Nicole Anasenes
CFO and SVP of Finance, Ansys
Peter Hammer
Staff Scientist, Instructor in Surgery Boston Children's Hospital
Peter E. Hammer's primary research interests include mathematical modeling of cardiac biomechanics and electrophysiology as well as bio
Peter Rawlinson
CEO Lucid Motors
As CEO, Peter is responsible for all strategic and business aspects of the company. As CTO, he is responsible for the creation and deli
Praveen Poojary
Global Director of Engineering and Simulation-based Design Whirlpool
Praveen Kumar Poojary is an engineering executive with an MBA, an M.S, degree, and 22 years of global experience in driving New Product
Prith Banerjee
CFO and SVP of Finance Ansys
Prith Banerjee is Chief Technology Officer at ANSYS, a leader in engineering simulation. In this role, he leads the evolution of ANSYS'
Salil Raje
Executive Vice President and GM, Data Center Group Xilinx
Dr. Salil Raje, Ph.D., has been Senior Vice President of Software & IP Products Development at Xilinx, Inc. since April 26, 2017. D
Sam George
Corporate VP of Azure IoT Microsoft
Scott Parent
CTO Baker Hughes
Scott Parent is the Chief Technology Officer for Baker Hughes Digital Solutions and Enterprise Technology. In this role he is responsib
Tauseef Salma
Group CTO Flowserve
Dr. Tauseef Salma is Vice President, Marketing & Technology at Flowserve. Previously, Salma worked for Baker Hughes, a GE Company,
Tessa Myers
VP, Product Management Rockwell Automation
Tessa Myers is the Global Vice President–Software & Control at Rockwell Automation, Inc., and is on the board of Badger Meter, In
Thomas Fischer
Director of Engineering and Technical Management, Air Force Materiel Command United States Air Force
Thomas M. Fischer, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Director of Engineering and Technical Management and Chief Engineer
Tiernan Ray
Writer/Editor ZDNET and The Technology Letter
Tiernan Ray has been a writer and editor in technology, business and finance for over 26 years. He is currently a journalist a ZDNet,