Held in conjunction with the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in CAE Applications Conference
Download SPDM-AIML-Invitation + Conference Agenda
The NAFEMS SPDM Conference is returning for 2026. This event offers a unique forum for experts from different industries, academia, consultancies, and software vendors to share their knowledge, concepts, challenges, and solutions in Simulation Process and Data Management. NAFEMS has played a key role in establishing the value of SPDM systems, and this event is a great opportunity to connect with peers and continue this essential work.
Best practice methodologies–and challenges–in SPDM deployment, including rollouts to the engineering organization for corporate-wide usage.
Real-world examples of the business benefits and competitive advantages that can be gained from the adoption of SPDM solutions, including early AI deployments utilizing SPDM.
Standards for exchange and collaborative working, as well as those for long-term archival of simulation datasets.
How best to achieve technical interoperability between CAE tools, PDM/PLM systems, and AI agents to ensure seamless data flow.
The SPDM Conference takes place in conjunction with the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in CAE Applications Conference. The second day of the SPDM Conference is dedicated to SPDM and AI/ML, which will also be the focus of the first day of the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in CAE Applications Conference.
Delegates will be able to attend either one or both conferences with an overlapping session on day two to exploit the synergies between the two focus subjects.
Preliminary - subject to change!
10:30 – 12:20 SPDM plenary presentations and keynote speakers
12:20 - 13:20 Lunch
13:20 – 18:30 SPDM presentations (coffee break in between)
18:30 – 20:30 SPDM conference get-together in the exhibition
08:30 – 09:40 SPDM presentations
10:30 AIML Conference starts - SPDM Conference continues
10:30 – 12:25 SPDM/AIML plenary presentations and keynote speakers
12:25 – 13:20 Lunch
13:20 – 16:50 SPDM/AIML presentations (coffee break in between)
16:50 End of SPDM Conference - AIML Conference continues
17:30 - 18:50 AIML presentations
18:50 – 20:50 AIML Get-together in the exhibition
08:15 – 10:10 AIML plenary presentations and keynote speakers
11:10 – 12:30 AIML presentations
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 16:50 AIML presentations (coffee break in between)
16:30 End of AIML Conference
Schedule and agenda subject to change.
SPDM Conference day 1:
Practical Knowledge Lineage Management for CAE: A 20-Year Industrial Experience Evolving from Daily Engineering Challenges
Kiyoshi Tsujimoto (Fujiseat)
CAD Data in SDM Systems – A Practice-Oriented Report
Michael Göttlinger (Hilti Entwicklungsgesellschaft)
Twenty-Five Years as an SPDM User - Lessons From Our Journey
Steve Howell (Abercus)
SPDM Conference day 2 / AIML Conference day 1:
Making the Match for CAE: Process, Data Management and AI
Georg Eichmüller (Volkswagen)
Trust the Brakes, Not the Engine: How Controlled AI Turns Faster Simulation into Defensible Design Decisions
Max Kassera (yasAI)
AIML Conference day 2:
Accelerating Industrial Engineering: From Product Design to Manufacturing in the AI Supercomputing Era
John Linford (Nvidia)
From CAE Data to Simulation Intelligence Agents: A Readiness Guide for Industry
Astrid Walle (Pasteur Labs)
AI and ML – Industrial Application and Expectation
Thorsten Pohl (Stellantis)
(4 Sept. 2026)
| Event Type | User Conference |
|---|---|
| Member Price | £735.93 | $987.71 | €860.00 |
| Non-member Price | £941.31 | $1263.36 | €1100.00 |
| Credit Price | Free when using 4 Member Credits |
| Start Date | End Date | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| | Munich, Germany | |
You have two registration options:
Conference fees include attendance, lunches, coffee breaks, a get-together and conference proceedings.
Accommodation is not included.
If you are a member without sufficient seminar credits, we can simply invoice €215 for each missing credit. .
Science Congress Center
Walther-von-Dyck-Straße 10
85748 Garching bei München
Germany
Science Congress Center Munich
We look forward to welcoming you at the Science Congress Center Munich. Thanks to its excellent location between Munich Airport and Munich Central Station, you can easily reach the congress center by train, car, plane or bus/taxi. The underground station "U6 - Garching Forschungszentrum" is located directly in front of the entrance, parking is available for a fee in the nearby parking garage.
Connected and close-by hotels:
Courtyard by Marriott München Garching
Walther-von-Dyck-Straße 12
85748 Garching bei München
info@courtyard-garching.de
+49 (0) 89 61425 0
Stellaris Apartment Hotel Garching
Walther-von-Dyck-Straße 16
85748 Garching bei München
info@stellaris-apartment.de
+49 (0) 89 614250 61
There are several outstanding opportunities available for your company to sponsor or exhibit at the conference, giving you maximum exposure to a highly targeted audience of delegates, who are all directly involved in the topic. Please have a look at the brochure below:
2026-european-spdm-ai-ml-exhibition-sponsoring.pdf
English
We kindly ask all presenter to register their attendance until July 15.
Speakers affiliated with companies engaged in the production/processing of material goods/goods in factories/plants as well as keynote speakers will be registered by us. Please contact us if you are not sure if this applies to you.
Special offer - save 25%:
You have two registration options:
Please send:
Please send following documents by latest September 25, 2026 at the latest to info@nafems.de:
Extended Abstract
Please send us an English-language extended abstract of typically 2-6 pages as Word and PDF in the specified layout ("NAFEMS_EA_template.docx").
Short biographie / CV
Short description of your professional career and your current position/responsibility (“NAFEMS_CV_e.docx”). Just a few key words please. The session chair will briefly introduce you at the beginning of your presentation.
Your presentation:
Your powerpoint presentation
You are welcome to use the template ("NAFEMS Standard Presentation Template.potx") for your presentation.
nafems_standard_presentation_template_2025.potx
Presentation on-site
For the presentation on-site you can use your own laptop (HDMI!!) or bring a ppt file on a USB stick and upload it to the existing presentation laptop. Please test the technology in the room during the breaks or at least 30 minutes before the start of your session to ensure that everything runs smoothly.
After the conference:
After the conference, we will make your Powerpoint presentation (pdf) online available for the conference participants at our Resource Center. However, we will delete all lectures from the laptops etc. for security reasons.
Therefore, please send a version (ppt or pdf) of your presentation that has been released for publication to info@nafems.de immediately after the conference.
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