This ASSESS Insight Webinar will share highlights from the recent 2026 ASSESS Simulation Leadership Summit. The webinar will also cover some of the upcoming projects and ideas that emerged from the summit working sessions across the 7 active themes; Business, AI/ML, Digital Twins, Integration, Certification, Credibility, and Democratization. The webinar will also introduce two new themes that will be launched.

O​ur Speakers

Nick Appleyard has over 30 years of experience in the CAE simulation market, spanning technical, sales, and leadership roles globally. He is currently an independent consultant in the Digital Engineering space, specializing in Engineering Simulation and strategic management.

H​ubertus Tummerscheit, PhD
President, Model Based Innovation LLC
Co-founder, Modelon

Hubertus Tummescheit is the President and Chief Engineer of Model Based Innovation LLC., and a co- founder of Modelon. Model Based Innovation LLC provides software solutions and AI-powered expert services to organizations that use model-based simulation tools to design and develop cyber-physical systems.

He has been involved in the Design of the Modelica language from the beginning and is the developer of a number of open source and commercial Modelica Libraries in the energy and HVAC domains. In 2003 he worked as a research scientist at United Technologies Research Center and returned to Sweden in 2004 to start Modelon AB, the first company fully dedicated to tools and services based on Modelica and FMI. Dr. Tummescheit is also a member of the board of the Modelica Association, and of the FMI steering committee. He is active in the future development of both standards.