Conference Presentations & Recaps
Engineering software conferences covered by DemystifyingPLM.
- 📂 Presentation decks — events Michael Finocchiaro presented at, where slides are available with the presenters' permission.
- 📝 Written summaries — events attended as press, covered through recap articles, podcast episodes, and LinkedIn posts. No slides hosted here.
🎤 Threaded Conferences I Hosted
Events with slides on file
Threaded Miami 2026
Miami, FL · April 2026Two-day event connecting the next generation of engineering software startups and industrial AI companies. Michael Finocchiaro presented "Envision: Beyond the Digital Thread."
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Presentation Decks
Threaded Warwick 2026
Warwick, UK · 2026European edition of the Threaded conference series, showcasing engineering software innovators and industrial AI startups from across the UK and Europe.
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📝 Conferences Covered
Attended as press · written summaries2026
Siemens PLM Components 2026
Cambridge, UK · April 2026Two days at Downing College Cambridge on Parasolid, hybrid geometry kernels, agentic AI in engineering, and the strategic 'openness' play behind Siemens' Altair acquisition.
External Coverage
CDFAM Barcelona 2026
Barcelona, Spain · April 2026Computational Design Symposium curated by Duann Scott. AI multi-agent systems, the exponential gap in simulation tooling, and the rise of agent-native engineering.
ProveIt! 2026
Dallas, TX · February 2026Annual industrial operations conference run by 4.0 Solutions / Walker Reynolds. 51 software vendor sponsors and hundreds of manufacturers, five days of live demos and honest factory-floor conversation.
2025
Aras ACE 2025
Hamburg, Germany · March 2025Annual Aras Community Event covering Innovator releases, customer deployments, and the evolution of the Aras platform.
Capgemini Engineering Horizons 2025
Paris, France · March 2025Capgemini's flagship engineering conference covering digital engineering, simulation, and the integration of AI across the product lifecycle.