PTC/USER Benelux event
2025

2025 Program & Presentations

09:00-10:45 | Plenary (Auditorium Einstein)

Welcome by Hugo van Andel, PTC/USER Benelux (Auditorium Einstein)
Neil Barua, Steve Dertien, Emily Abeling (PTC) – Accelerate Transformation with the Intelligent Product Lifecycle (Auditorium Einstein)
Pierre de Witte (Lenovo) – Showcase (Auditorium Einstein)
Jos Voskuil (TacIT) – What can Digital Transformation combined with AI bring in the PLM domain to the user? (Auditorium Einstein)

11:15-11:50 | Round 2 (Parallel sessions)

2.1 Paul Sagar (PTC) – Creo Roadmap (Auditorium Einstein)
2.2 Lukas Kirschner (Inneo) – Automate. Accelerate. Save Costs. (Ernst)
2.3 Kristian Rother (XPLM Solution GmbH) – Mechatronic bill of materials: ECAD integrations… (Curie)
2.4 Dirk Luwaert (Transition Technologies PSC S.A.) – Accelerate Your Industrial Projects with a Full-Service PLM Partner (Planck)
2.5 René van den Hooff, Wybo Wagenaar (Infinite) – Simulation-Based Digital Twins with ANSYS… (Bohr)
2.6 Dennie Rijk (Fenix 3D) – Additive Manufacturing: from prototype to production (Raman)
2.7 Norbert Simán, Guido Banning (PTC) – ALM-Codebeamer, Introduction to Codebeamer (Zernike)

12:00-12:35 | Round 3 (Parallel sessions)

3.1 Philip Olieux (Savaco) – Creo Tips & Tricks with Philip (Auditorium Einstein)
3.2 Ayora Berry (PTC) – AI Across the Product Lifecycle… (Ernst)
3.3 Jan Stothfang (B&W Software) – How to make your CAD models MBD ready? (Curie)
3.4 Jacques Weijtmans (Inneo) – Simplify. Speed up. Standardize. (Planck)
3.5 Frank Rood (Modular5) – The Hidden Art of Modular Design (Bohr)
3.6 Pierre de Witte (Lenovo) – How to configure your hardware for optimal performance (Raman)

13:40-14:15 | Round 4 (Parallel sessions)

4.1 Raik Schwermer, Georg Fleischmann (Goldhofer) – Driving Customer-Centric Automation… (Auditorium Einstein)
4.2 John Haller (PTC) – Windchill Roadmap (Ernst)
4.3 Bart Brejcha (Design Engine) – 100-speed modeling tips Creo 12.0 (Curie)
4.4 Petra Kluth, Jenghis Lem (Zuken) – PTC & Zuken workflows (Planck)
4.5 Gilles Combette (SIGMAXIM) – Data Driven Design Automation… (Bohr)
4.6 Georgios Haniotis (Infinite) – Ansys Material applications and their possible workflows (Raman)
4.7 David van Och, Matt Carr (PTC) – CAD-Creo, EZ-Tol, GD&T Advisor, Generative Topology Optimization (Zernike)

14:25-15:00 | Round 5 (Parallel sessions)

5.1 Maarten Gijselaar (Thales) – A PLM business approach to ensure sustainable safety… (Auditorium Einstein)
5.2 Pieter Steen (Innoptus) – From Complexity to Clarity… Creo View Driven Design… (Ernst)
5.3 Sander Jörg, Christian Gaier (MAIT Benelux) – JANUS the Multi-CAD Configurator & the Future of CTO (Curie)
5.4 Jelle Bout (9altitudes) – Efficient CAD generation with the 9A Smart Configurator (Planck)
5.5 Peter Pfalzgraf & Mirko Theiss (PROSTEP) – PROSTEP’s Digital Thread Platform… (Bohr)
5.6 Enrique Krajmalnik (PTC) – Codebeamer Roadmap (Raman)
5.7 David van Och, Matt Carr (PTC) – CAD-Creo, Simulation Live, ANSYS Simulation (Zernike)

15:10-15:50 | Round 6 (Presentations during coffee break)

6.2 Wessel de Haan (Elfsquad) – When Sales Dreams, Engineering Screams (Ernst)
6.3 Dominik Dlugosch (Vaillant), Pranav Khurjekar (HCLSoftware) – Struggling with the Manufacturability of your designs?? DFMPro is here to Help (Curie)

15:55-16:30 | Round 7 (Parallel sessions)

7.1 Ralf Vlaming (Tobroco) – The Real Price of Change: Aligning People, Processes and Systems (Auditorium Einstein)
7.2 Serdal Yeter (9altitudes) – From PLM for engineers to PLM for the entire organization (Ernst)
7.3 Charles M. Farah (SIGMAXIM) – MBD: Prepare Today for Tomorrow’s Success… (Curie)
7.4 Lien Geirnaert; Jan Van Koetsem (Savaco) – Design for Manufacturing: MPM & digital work instructions (Planck)
7.5 Bart Vos (CAD Services) – ISO GPS (GD&T, etc.) & Model-Based Definition… (Bohr)
7.6 Hans Smits, Benjamin David (MAIT Benelux) – ModelSearch Multi-CAD: Find, Reuse, Accelerate (Raman)

16:40-17:15 | Round 8 (Parallel sessions)

8.1 Alireza Tousi, René Hooijsma (Alfen) + Rik Schmale (Innoptus) – Customer success story at Alfen (Auditorium Einstein)
8.2 Bauke van Dijk (Thales) – Finding the Right Part, Every Time. (Ernst)
8.3 Afschin Dideban, Alexander Dideban (Innoface) – CoreFace – Windchill (+) ERP Integration (Curie)
8.4 Harald Heymans, Pim Bekker (Etteplan) – 3D Visualization Pipeline for Optimized Visual Content Creation (Planck)
8.5 Daniel Alexander (Simus Systems) – AI-powered Automation: From 2D Drawings to Cost-Optimized 3D Models… (Bohr)
8.6 Frederik Taleman, Stijn De Mulder (Hive CPQ) – Hey AI, build me a Porsche configurator (Raman)