Who Should Attend?
Collaboration and Interoperability affects virtually everyone, from design and engineering to simulation, metrology, manufacturing, production, and even purchasing and the entire global supply chain. Anyone interested in improving the efficiency of their global product design, development and manufacturing operations will benefit by attending this event, including:
- Design, Product and Engineering Managers
- Manufacturing Engineers
- Product Designers
- Product Developers
- Production Engineers
- Purchasing
- Research & Development
- Supply Chain Managers
Click here to see a list of general topics covered.
Our audience is senior people from Engineering and IT – typically in the 20 year plus level. They are decision makers with regard to tools and processes their companies will acquire, implement and deploy, and often participate directly in setting 2-5 year strategy in their respective companies.
View a list of past attendees.
Why You Need to Be at CIC
Past attendees consistently say the biggest value of this conference comes from:
- Excellent, informative presentations by highly experienced users and experts in these fields. No sales presentations. See a list of general topics covered here or go to specific Sessions and Speakers from the previous events.
- A very good gathering of highly qualified and experienced peers in their industry who are exactly the people they want to network with and learn from. See a list of Past Attendees.
- A unique gathering of the collaboration and interoperability software industry.
- There is no other similar single place to network, communicate and learn from virtually all the movers and shakers in the collaboration and interoperability software market.
- This event is the only CAD-neutral event that covers these topics, in depth and across the product lifecycle.
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Here's a sample letter you can use to clearly communicate to your manager(s) why this conference would be beneficial to you and your company. We recommend editing this letter to best fit your specific situation and benefits.
Who Should Attend?




