24/25* - 26 March 1998
Building Research Establishment
Garston, Watford, UK
The 1998 European Event for
Managers, Developers, and Users of Product Data Technology
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
AND CALL FOR PAPERS
| The Time is Now ... |
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Continuing the work of PDTAG-AM Product Data Technology Advisory Group ESPRIT 9049 |
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This event is co-organised with the
European Commission, DG III (Industry)
3rd November 1997
The conference organisers QMS are very pleased to announce that PDT Days 1998 is going to 'join forces' with the European STEP Centres Network (Esprit Project 24883), to present an enhanced and more comprehensive PDT Days event.
The revised event will include:
The final programme will be decided on 24th November. To accommodate this increased programme, it may be necessary to extend PDT Days 1998 to 3 days, to include Tuesday 24th March.
To allow time for the project cluster members to submit papers, the deadline for submission of papers has been extended to 17th November.
| Product Data Technology |
European Product Data Technology Days is an annual event, previously organised by PDTAG. Now the PDTAG project has concluded, the continuity of this highly successful event is being maintained by QMS. PDT Days will continue to provide an opportunity for the business, industrial, and scientific communities to report, monitor, and discuss the increasingly rapid progress made in PDT methodologies and its industrial/commercial applications.
Following the success of the PDTAG project as a whole, PDT Days 1998 will continue to provide a platform to launch PDT developments into the marketplace which show tangible business benefits, and invites developers and users to progress PDTAG’s "Visions 2000" theme into reality.
Product Data Technology includes all aspects of the defining and processing of information pertinent to a product throughout its development and operational life. PDT thus includes the entire product information required from early conception to eventual disposal of the product. PDT provides a unified perspective for all elements in this domain and offers a sound strategy for integrating and re-engineering the business processes related to the product through its entire life-cycle. Effective application of PDT means reduced costs and faster times to market, and the time to make the most of the opportunities from PDT implementation, is now ...
PDT is strongly supported by the international product data definition standard 'STEP' - ISO 10303, but it is by no means limited to the scope of STEP. The need for a concerted use of several existing standards and technologies (e.g. EXPRESS, HTML, etc) is recognised in the business community and will form an important theme for the Conference, along with new initiatives such as AI, IiM, etc.
| The rôle of PDTAG |
PDTAG - the Product Technology Advisory Group was an 'Accompanying Measure' ESPRIT Project (no. 9049), whose goals included the promotion of European co-operation on Product Data Technology, especially in standardisation, the improvement of the European PDT infrastructure, and dissemination of information. PDTAG was a three year project which ended in July 1997. A proposal is already in course of preparation to continue this work with a second PDTAG project, which, like the original, will consist of a working team in several work packages who will take responsibility for organising conferences, workshops, tutorials, and other PDT co-ordination and communication actions. PDT Days 1998 provides the continuity link between these activities.
| Conference objectives |
The overall aim of the Conference is to raise awareness within industrial and commercial enterprises, of the business advantages that can be achieved by adopting and using modern PDT methods, and to share experiences on how measurable benefits can be realised. This topic is of particular relevance at a time when many companies are about to enter into a new generation of PDT methodology, and realise the business opportunities achievable by implementation of the latest product data technologies. The time to seize the opportunities from PDT implementation, is now ...
| Who should attend? |
The 1998 PDT Conference is for Managers, Developers, Project Engineers, and Electronic Data Technologist who are involved in developing and introducing technologies such as Concurrent Enterprise, STEP, BPR, EDI, Data Warehousing, 'virtual offices', and other 'product data-dependent' business innovations.
The 1998 PDT Conference is expected to attract more than 150 delegates from the major engineering business sectors of Process Engineering, Aerospace, Building and Construction, Automotive, Ship Building, Power Generation, Petrochemical, and Manufacturing.
| Conference topics and requested contributions |
Contributions are sought for PDT Days 1998 on the importance of acting now on the business opportunities available from Product Data Technology implementation. Abstracts are invited in all areas of Product Data Technology and related disciplines.
This Call for Papers invites original contributions to the following main conference topics:
| Submission of papers |
Interested authors are invited to submit abstracts of papers for consideration by 17 November 1997 to:
PDT Days 1998
QMS
Beech House, 1 Yorktown Road
Sandhurst, Berkshire
GU47 9DX, UK
Abstracts should be of approximately 350 words in length, and must be clearly marked with author's name, organisation, address, fax and phone numbers, and e-mail address. A fully completed 'Confirmation' reply slip must be returned as soon as possible to the Organisers, QMS, Sandhurst, Berkshire, UK.
| Submission schedule |
| Abstracts submitted by: | 17 November 1997 |
| Abstracts selected, authors advised: | 24 November 1997 |
| Publication of complete Conference programme: | 05 December 1997 |
| Deadline for submission of complete manuscripts: | 30 January 1998 |
| Requested revision from authors: | 14 February 1998 |
| Camera-ready final manuscripts by: | 27 February 1998 |
| Publication of Proceedings (with ISBN no.): | 25 March 1998 |
Proceedings will be printed before the Conference. Please note that final acceptance of papers to be included will be based on the quality of the manuscript, and its conformance with submitted abstract and formatting instructions (to be issued on acceptance of paper).
| Live demonstrations |
Active demonstrations of PDT applications in support of presented papers are welcome. If you would like to include a 'Live Demonstration' in the presentation of your paper, please indicate on the Confirmation reply slip and supply brief details.
| Exhibition opportunity |
Companies and research bodies involved in Product Data Technology will be participating by taking exhibition space. This exposure will offer excellent promotional and product/project awareness opportunities. If your company or organisation is interested in participating in this 'mini exhibition' please indicate your interest on the Confirmation reply slip. The cost of this exhibition facility will be £500.
| Extensions to PDT Days 1998 |
Discussions are taking place to extend PDT Days to include additional PDT or other STEP technology awareness events. Details cannot be confirmed at this time, but exhibitors and delegates would be interested to know that associated events might extend the PDT Days 1998 programme to 3 or even 4 days.
If you require more information about exhibition facilities, live demonstrations, associated events, or other promotional opportunities at PDT Days 1998, please contact the Organisers, QMS, on +44 (0) 1252 878482 or Email billm@qmsstep.demon.co.uk.
24/25* - 26 March 1998
Building Research Establishment
Garston, Watford,
Hertfordshire, WD2 7JR, UK
(Located 21 km north-west of London,
25 km from Heathrow Airport)
| "The Time is Now ..." |
| PDT Days 1998 Organisation |
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Continuing the work of PDTAG-AM Product Data Technology Advisory Group ESPRIT 9049 |
To further the work of PDTAG, the Programme Committee for PDT Days 1998 includes many active members of the former PDTAG-AM project, which was led by Prof. Horst Nowacki (TU Berlin), and to whom an unqualified acknowledgement is readily given. |
| Sponsored by and co-organised with: | ||
| - | European Commission, DGIII (Industry)> | |
| - | Building Research Establishment (BRE) | |
| - | DTI (EAM Directorate) | |
| - | EPSRC (Engineering for Manufacturing Programme) | |
| Programme Committee: | ||
| - | Erastos Filos | European Commission, Brussels, Belgium |
| - | John Gillis | DTI, London, UK |
| - | Günther Zintl | Siemens AG, Germany |
| - | Alain Bézos | Association GOSET, France |
| - | Reiner Anderl | TH Darmstadt, Germany |
| - | Tor Dokken | SINTEF, Norway |
| - | Fikry Garas | Taylor Woodrow, UK |
| - | Stuart Lord | ICI Engineering, UK |
| - | Jon Owen | University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK |
| - | Tony Rowe | Shell Information Services, UK |
| - | Dietmar Trippner | ProSTEP, Germany |
| - | Johan Vesterager | TU Denmark, Denmark |
| - | Patrice Poyet | CSTB, France |
| - | Anne-Marie Walters | Intergraph, UK |
| - | Paco Sastrón | DISAM, Univ. Politécnica de Madrid, Spain |
| - | Robert Amor | BRE, UK |
| - | Vince Osgood | EPSRC, UK |
| Conference Manager: | ||
| - | Bill Mesley | Quality Marketing Services, UK |
| (Organisers of PDT Days 1996 and co-organisers of PDT Days 1997) | ||
| For more information .......... |
Call the organisers:
| Quality Marketing Services, Telephone: +44 (0)1252 878482 Fax: +44 (0)1252 877386 Email: billm@qmsstep.demon.co.uk Beech House, 1 Yorktown Road, Sandhurst, Berkshire, GU47 9DX, UK. Or see PDTAG web site: http://www.cadlab.tu-berlin.de/~PDTAG. | 
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