Proceedings

Roger Assaker

e-Xstream engineering, CEO
MSC Software, Chief Material Strategist
Hexagon HMI, SMART Factory leader

“How CAE can make your factory smarter”

Abstract
For the first time in history it’s now possible for factories to harness the full potential of their manufacturing and simulation data. If we look backwards to what was called ‘Industry 3.0’, factories in the 20th century were focused on simple automation of tasks. The term ‘Smart Factory’ is just another way of saying that companies who want to move their manufacturing towards a fully connected and intelligent ecosystem to leverage a constant stream of data from simulations, connected operations, and production systems to learn and to adapt to new and changing conditions. By removing the common problems of data silos, data gaps and data wastage, processes can be continuously optimized in a Smart Factory. The result, we believe, will be a more efficient and agile ecosystem, less downtime, and a greater ability to predict and adjust to changes within the facility, as well as changes in the supply chain or in customer demand, thus promising a more sustainable future for manufacturing.

Curriculum vitae of Roger Assaker
Roger is a Technology Entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of e-Xstream engineering & Chief Customer Engagement Officer for MSC Software, an Hexagon Company.
Roger holds a PhD and MS in Aerospace Engineering. He complemented his engineering education with an MBA in International Business and several advanced technology, business and entrepreneurship courses from prestigious universities such as MIT & Harvard. In parallel to growing e-Xstream, Roger sits on the Board of the National Research Fund (FNR) of Luxembourg and the Composite Industry Association of Luxembourg.
Roger received multiple awards for his entrepreneurial and technical innovations including: R&D100, JEC Composites (3 times), CAMX, SPE, Young Entrepreneur of the Year…
Outside of work, Roger is a Business Angel aimed at encouraging entrepreneurship and enjoys outdoor sports such as scuba-diving and sailing.

Mauro Barbieri

Ferrari Competizioni GT Performance Engineer

“Winning Le Mans”

Abstract
For true motor racing enthusiasts, Mauro Barbieri will explain how Ferrari Competizioni GT went about dominating and then winning this last great competition, demonstrating how the use of cutting-edge technologies and a close-knit and competent team create a winning alchemy.

Curriculum vitae of Mauro Barbieri
Born in Milan in 1988, Mauro Barbieri is a Performance Engineer operating in the Ferrari Competizioni GT dept. at Maranello. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano where he graduated in 2013.
Mauro started his on-track activity in GT racing in 2009 as Performance Engineer in the Ferrari Challenge one-make series quickly growing while in the following years he's been involved in other national and international championships. From 2014 he’s part of the Ferrari Competizioni GT team working closely with Ferdinando Cannizzo.
When he’s not busy on the tracks (so, rarely) he loves movies and walking on the seaside. He’s a passionate supporter of Inter football club.

Christoph Gümbel

Future Matters, Consultant for virtual development processes

“If a trend becomes obvious, you are (almost) too late”

Abstract
While the vehicle was invented more than 130 years ago, the Digital Prototyping process was established only 12 to 15 years ago with the primary objective to reduce hardware. The massive changes due to emobility, connectivity, autonomous driving and shared mobility as well as of digitalization have been influencing the development process. Speed, cost reduction combined with innovations and technological challenges are forcing the automotive industry to adapt the product development process and to improve and extend the existing virtual development process. This disruptive transition from ICE to EV, from driver to passenger, from owner to user leads to an enormous challenge. Speed matters, as new players are seeing their chance by being faster than legacy carmakers.

Curriculum vitae of Christoph Gümbel
Christoph Gümbel is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Stuttgart University.
Since end of 2016 he was director Virtual Vehicle at Porsche’s R&D center in Weissach and chairman of the board of directors of Porsche Engineering in Prague.
He is widely regarded as one of the leading minds in digital prototyping and applied simulation methods for design and functional verification in the vehicle development process.
Furthermore he was the driving force in the start-up of three enterprises in Germany and abroad. These companies are successfully working in the areas of high performance computing, computer aided engineering and methods for numerical simulation to this day.
Today, he works as a consultant for virtual development processes. Since 2017 he is partner of FUTURE MATTERS.
Focus of his work is on automotive engineering trends, future mobility and digital prototyping.

Luca Manuelli

Ansaldo Energia, Chief Digital Officer

“The Italian Intelligent Factory Cluster (CFI) and the Ansaldo Energia Lighthouse Plant:
simulation technologies supporting manufacturing process empowerment”

Abstract
CFI mission is to create a stable and competitive national manufacturing community in order to propose research agendas and initiatives to the ministries to address the transformation of the Italian manufacturing sector and to connect national and regional research policies with international one. One of the main CFI’s action line is related to the Lighthouse Plant project aimed to identify, qualify and support fully operational production plants supporting a large Industrial R&S Plan based on Industry 4.0 technologies.

Curriculum vitae of Luca Manuelli
Chief Digital Officer, ANSALDO ENERGIA
Luca Manuelli is Chief Digital Officer and SVP for Quality, IT and Process Improvement at Ansaldo Energia, which he joined in 2012.
Previously he worked for Leonardo, Indesit Company, the Italian State Railway, Studio Ambrosetti and American Express.
He is President of the Smart Factory Cluster, and a board member of the START 4.0. Competence Centre, and of ICIM SpA.

Stefano Odorizzi

EnginSoft, CEO and co-founder

“Welcome”

Curriculum vitae of Stefano Odorizzi
Graduated in Civil Engineering in 1973, Stefano Odorizzi started his activity as researcher in 1976 at University of Padova, where he holds the course of Solid Mechanics.
CEO and co-founder of EnginSoft, multinational consultancy company engaged in Simulation Based Engineering Science, he actively promotes numerical simulation for research activity, with particular attention for manufacturing process, metallurgy, multi-disciplinary and multi-objective optimization.
Since 1977, he has been Project leader of a large number of EU co-funded research projects (like COMETT, CRAFT, BRITE-EURAM, MURST, EU-RTD); he is an active member of several associations (ISOPE, ASM Europe, AICAP, AIM, ATA, NAFEMS) and he plays an important role within prestigious European Networks (MACSinet, FENET, INGENET, TECHNET).
His commitment in numerical simulation dissemination is witnessed by his many initiatives as General Manager of EnginSoft, in academic research and advanced training and education.