Autosim 3rd Technology Workshop Announced
Glasgow, UK, November 16th
2006 –
NAFEMS, The International Association for the Engineering Analysis
Community, has announced the 3rd Autosim Technology Workshop, to be
held in Lisbon, Portugal, on November 24th-25th 2006.
 AUTOSIM is a European initiative to support, strengthen and develop
the use of simulation within the European automotive industry. The
intention is to research Best Practices and potential Breakthrough
Technologies in three key areas:
Integration of Simulation into the Development Process
Materials Characterisation
Increasing Confidence in the Use of Simulation
AUTOSIM is operating through a series of Technical Workshops. This
is the third in the series, but it is not necessary to have been to
the previous two: the results of the previous workshops will be
summarised at the start of this meeting.
If you are interested in the automotive applications of engineering
simulation, you should attend.
The specific objectives of this workshop are:
Definition and Development of Best Practices
Initial suggestions for Standard Procedures
Identifying Potential Breakthrough Technologies within the State of
the Art
AUTOSIM also intends to interact with the entire European
automotive industry through a proactive consultation process. The
final objective of this workshop is to Provide Material for Input
to the Consultation Report. For this reason, delegates from
consortium members and those outside of the consortium are equally
welcome.
Full details and registration are available at www.autosim.org
About NAFEMS
NAFEMS is a not for profit organization aimed at promoting best
practices and fostering education and awareness in the engineering
analysis community. In line with its objectives to promote the
effective use of simulation technologies, NAFEMS is continually
seeking to create awareness of new analysis methodologies, deliver
education & training, and stimulate the adoption of best
practices and standards by offering a platform for continuous
professional development.
About Autosim
Major organisations in the European automotive industry have seen
substantial benefit from the integration of modelling and
simulation into their design process.
Today, there is a need for more widespread adoption of engineering
simulation throughout the supply chain. At the same time,
technology is being developed that offers the potential to reach a
new generation of advanced applications.
A number of key issues are currently holding these developments
back, including:
A lack of sufficiently skilled personnel and inefficiencies in
their use.
Smaller organisations not being ready or able to deploy the
technology.
Limits to the confidence placed on the reliability of analytical
results.
Suppliers using different procedures when supplying to different
companies.
Researchers needing a coordinated industrial view on priorities for
the development of breakthrough technologies.
AUTOSIM established an international team of leading experts
representing much of the European automotive industry. They develop
a preliminary set of Best Practice Guidelines, standard analytical
procedures and research strategies. They then consult with the
wider automotive industry to gain feedback on the preliminary
documents and establish credibility of the final documents.
Final authoritative versions of these Best Practice Guidelines,
standard analytical procedures and research strategies will be
delivered and widely disseminated. Their adoption throughout the
industry will:
Increase the efficiency and improve the quality of simulation.
Increase the efficiency of the supply chain.
Enable simulation to be practiced more effectively by a broad range
of personnel.
Coordinate ongoing research by providing a focused set of
priorities.
Assist industry to plan its future implementation strategy for
simulation.
With these actions, AUTOSIM will contribute substantially to
advancing design techniques in the European automotive industry.
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NAFEMS Press Contact
David Quinn
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