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Global Product Data Interoperability Summit

Product data interoperability summit (standards, STEP, digital thread)

About this event

The Global Product Data Interoperability Summit brings standards and digital thread practitioners to Phoenix for three days. Organised by PDES, Inc., the 2026 programme covers product data interoperability standards including STEP, aimed at engineering and IT teams working on cross-system data exchange in manufacturing.

Who it's for

PLM Interoperability EngineersStandards Architects (STEP/LOTAR/MBD)Defence/Aerospace Digital Engineering LeadersMBSE/Digital Twin Practitioners

Highly relevant for PLM and product-data interoperability engineers, standards architects working with STEP, LOTAR, and Model-Based Definition, and digital engineering leaders at defence and aerospace primes and suppliers, evidenced by keynotes from Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and the Defense Standardization Program Office. Also suits PLM software vendors engaging this OEM/supplier audience. Not relevant for general IT, marketing, or non-technical business roles, the content is deeply technical, standards-focused, and specific to manufacturing/aerospace-defence supply chains.

Speakers

Director of Customer Engagement

[Digital Twin/Digital Thread] The HTML Digital Data Package (DDP): A New Hope

Stephanie J. Lackey

Director of AI Applications and Innovations

The Boeing Company

[Model-Based Engineering] Assuring AI-Ready High-Quality Product Data Out to the Far Edges of your Enterprise

Aerospace & Defense CTO

Integrated Product Engineering in Action

VP, Business Development

[Standards] QIF Standard

Genevieve McFarland

Senior Lead, BCA Global Engineering

[Emerging Technologies / Industry Transformation] MyBKC – An Intelligent Control Plane for Export-Controlled Engineering Knowledge

[Product Lifecycle Management] ClassifyAssist: AI/ML-Driven Intelligent Interoperability for Export Compliance in Digital Manufacturing

Manufacturing Research and Development Manager

[Manufacturing] Digital Manufacturing Ecosystems - A shift from vendor locking

Associate Technical Fellow, Digital Standards

[Standards] Digital Standards Alliance Part Standards Data Projects Update

Sr. Enterprise Architect

[Model-Based Engineering] Feed the Thread: Turning Governed Data Into Decision Fidelity with AI

Presales Consultant

[Product Lifecycle Management] AI-Enabled Interoperability Across the Digital Enterprise

Defense Standardization Program Office

[Standards] The DoW Digital Standards Strategy: Enabling AI and Digital Engineering

Muruganandan Durai raj

PLM Solutions Consultant

[Digital Twin/Digital Thread] AI-Enabled Digital Threads: Orchestrating the Digital Enterprise from Design to Shop Floor

Manufacturing Technology Analyst

[Manufacturing] Model-Based Process Planning as an Authoritative Data Asset for Intelligent Interoperability in Digital Manufacturing Ecosystems

John McCullough

[Model-Based Engineering] Assuring AI-Ready High-Quality Product Data Out to the Far Edges of your Enterprise

Christopher Benson

CTO and Co-founder

[Emerging Technologies / Industry Transformation] AI agentic exploration of data interoperability in a digital thread

Vladimir Karakusevic

Technical Fellow

[Digital Twin/Digital Thread] Visualization Standards in Support of Digital Engineering Requirements

Chief Software Architect for Product Standards

[Emerging Technologies / Industry Transformation] Understanding and mitigating risks of using LLMs with Engineering Specifications

Chief Technology Officer

[Emerging Technologies / Industry Transformation] Trusted AI Interoperability

Digital Manufacturing Strategy Leader

Northrop Grumman

[Workshop] GPDIS Workshop: Grounding the Intelligence

Associate Technical Fellow

[Digital Twin/Digital Thread] Next Gen Digital Twin: Real-Time Fault Diagnosis and Intelligent Service Request System

Senior Program Manager

Digital Standards Alliance

[Standards] The case for digital modeling for standards development organizations

[Workshop] Digital Standards Workshop - Hosted by the Digital Standards Alliance

Senior Information Technology Engineer

[Standards] Boeing's Supply Chain Digital Engineering Integration Playbook 2026 Release

Sr IT Manager, Digital Manufacturing and Quality

[Model-Based Systems Engineering] Preparing Organizations for MBE

David 'DevOps Dave' Votaw

Automation Wizard

[Product Lifecycle Management] DevOps4PLM

Antonio Mazzoldi

Chief Technology Officer, Systems Engineering and Product Design

Capgemini Engineering

[Model-Based Systems Engineering] From Digital Thread to Digital Trust: Advancing Aerospace Interoperability with MBSE, Semantic Integration, and AI

Director, Digital Manufacturing

[Model-Based Systems Engineering] From Digital Thread to Digital Trust: Advancing Aerospace Interoperability with MBSE, Semantic Integration, and AI

Oleksandr Syniakov

Sr. Director, North America and Asia Sales

[Emerging Technologies / Industry Transformation] Scaling Industrial AI Without Losing Trust: The Enterprise Interoperability Challenge

Enterprise Solutions Engineer

[Digital Twin/Digital Thread] From Design to Production: AI Driven Digital Threads for Smarter Manufacturing

[Standards] AI and Engineering Standards: Implications for STEP

Sergey Rabinovich

Co-Founder and CTO

[Manufacturing] From MBD to AI-Ready Quality: Building a Connected Model-Based Manufacturing Ecosystem

Juan Carlos Mendo

MBSE Technical Lead

Boeing Global Technology

[Digital Twin/Digital Thread] Interfacing Digital Threads and powering AI with OMG CASCaRA

[Workshop] GPDIS Workshop: Grounding the Intelligence

Technical Fellow, Product Configuration Management

[Manufacturing] Preserving Aircraft Design Data Across the Program Lifecycle with AI-Driven Interoperability

Darwin Petersen

Associate Technical Fellow, Manufacturing Engineer, Data and Process Architect

[Model-Based Engineering] Completing the Model-Based Ecosystem: Cognition Models and the AI Architecture for Knowledge Execution

[Model-Based Engineering] Enterprise Interoperability via Governed Parameter Commons: A Production AI Architecture for Adaptive, Collaborative Parameter Governance

VP of Innovation and Technology, Lead Aerospace Consultant

[Model-Based Engineering] Completing the Model-Based Ecosystem: Cognition Models and the AI Architecture for Knowledge Execution

[Model-Based Engineering] Enterprise Interoperability via Governed Parameter Commons: A Production AI Architecture for Adaptive, Collaborative Parameter Governance

[Standards] The case for digital modeling for standards development organizations

Gauri Gujarathi

Director, Customer Engagements

[Product Lifecycle Management] eQube Catalysts: The Fastest Path from Idea to Production at Enterprise Scale

PLM Interoperability Standard Owner

[Model-Based Systems Engineering] Preventing Digital Spaghetti: A Blueprint for Long-Term MBSE Preservation Using LOTAR Part 500

[Workshop] GPDIS Workshop: Grounding the Intelligence

Program/Project Manager Specialist

[Emerging Technologies / Industry Transformation] Global Engineering Enablement: Integrating People, Process, and Tools to Unlock a Compliant, Connected Workforce

Client Success Executive

[Emerging Technologies / Industry Transformation] Scaling Industrial AI Without Losing Trust: The Enterprise Interoperability Challenge

Alexia Tenneguin

Solutions Architect

[Model-Based Engineering] Governing Enterprise Knowledge for Trusted AI-Enabled Interoperability: A Roadmap Toward Explainable and Compliant Digital Engineering

[Manufacturing] Preserving Aircraft Design Data Across the Program Lifecycle with AI-Driven Interoperability

[Model-Based Systems Engineering] SMART Standards – Uniting Industries Through a Common Language for Digital Engineering

[Standards] Future Collaboration by using Open Standards & Data Spaces

DELMIA Augmented Experience Sales Expert Senior Specialist

Dassault Systèmes

[Manufacturing] MBSE to Inspection: Extending the digital twin with Augmented Reality

Engineer Systems Architect

Northrop Grumman

[Manufacturing] From Babel to Bytes: Building a Common Language for AI-Enabled Manufacturing

Product Data Management Specialist

[Emerging Technologies / Industry Transformation] Global Engineering Enablement: Integrating People, Process, and Tools to Unlock a Compliant, Connected Workforce

Assistant Research Professor

[Model-Based Systems Engineering] Separating Semantics from Constraints: OWL and SHACL for Digital Engineering Interoperability

Stephen Vinyard

Sales Engineering Director

[Digital Twin/Digital Thread] Engineering Standards as First-Class Objects: Unlocking the Digital Thread

Sr IT Manager, Engineering

[Model-Based Systems Engineering] Preparing Organizations for MBE

VP, Product Management, ALM

Why Engineering-to-Order Fails and Configure-to-Order Wins in the Digital Trinity Era

Quality Engineer

Lockheed Martin

[Manufacturing] Advancing Digital Traceability in Manufacturing through Persistent IDs and Industry Standards: A Collaborative Pilot between OEMs and Vendors

Michelle Scerbin

Business Development Officer

Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology

[Model-Based Engineering] Activating the Extended Enterprise for Model-Based Engineering (MBE) Adoption

[Model-Based Engineering] Advancing Manufacturing Readiness through Digital Thread and MBD Training: A National Prototype

Maria DAgostino

Sr Staff Engineer Systems

Northrop Grumman

[Model-Based Systems Engineering] Using Domain Specific Profiles and AI in Support of the Digital Thread Throughout the Product Lifecycle

Managing Director

DIN Solutions GmbH

[Model-Based Systems Engineering] SMART Standards – Uniting Industries Through a Common Language for Digital Engineering

Jonathan Girroir

Senior Director, Toolkit Marketing

[Emerging Technologies / Industry Transformation] When Geometry Becomes Intelligence

Associate Technical Fellow, Enterprise Interoperability Standards

[Standards] Enhancing OEM–Supplier Collaboration through Interoperable Data Exchange Based on Digital Data Package Standards

Saulius Pavalkis

MBSE Ecosystem Director

[Model-Based Systems Engineering] AI-Enabled Engineering Acceleration: From Requirements to Product

Director of Customer Engagement

[Digital Twin/Digital Thread] Persistent IDs and Model-based Collaboration for the Digital Thread

James Markwalder

US Federal Sales Executive and Industry Manager

[Product Lifecycle Management] Building and AI-Ready Digital Thread for Defense

Digital Engineering Program Manager

[Digital Twin/Digital Thread] Integrating Digital Ecosystems: A Joint Effort between NASA and Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Fellow

Northrop Grumman

[Digital Twin/Digital Thread] Integrating Digital Ecosystems: A Joint Effort between NASA and Northrop Grumman

[Keynote] GPDIS Closing Panel Discussion

[Standards] Boeing's Supply Chain Digital Engineering Integration Playbook 2026 Release

Senior Systems Architect

[Model-Based Systems Engineering] Implementing MBSE in a Startup-Speed Defense Program

Software Development Manager

Northrop Grumman

[Product Lifecycle Management] Enterprise-Level Development in a Multi-PLM Organization

Associate Technical Fellow

[Digital Twin/Digital Thread] Visualization Standards in Support of Digital Engineering Requirements

Solutions Architect

[Model-Based Engineering] Governing Enterprise Knowledge for Trusted AI-Enabled Interoperability: A Roadmap Toward Explainable and Compliant Digital Engineering

Sriram Krishnan

[Emerging Technologies / Industry Transformation] AI agentic exploration of data interoperability in a digital thread

[Standards] AI and Engineering Standards: Implications for STEP

Chief Information Officer

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Aerospace and Defense Industry Strategist

Siemens Digital Industries Software

[Product Lifecycle Management] AI-Enabled Interoperability Across the Digital Enterprise

Chief IT Architect

[Emerging Technologies / Industry Transformation] MyBKC – An Intelligent Control Plane for Export-Controlled Engineering Knowledge

[Product Lifecycle Management] ClassifyAssist: AI/ML-Driven Intelligent Interoperability for Export Compliance in Digital Manufacturing

Director, Digital Standards Development

[Standards] Schema-Driven Standards Codification (SDSC) to Support Consistent Digital Modelling

[Workshop] Digital Standards Workshop - Hosted by the Digital Standards Alliance

Marco Forlingieri

Senior Director, Product Line Engineering

Why Engineering-to-Order Fails and Configure-to-Order Wins in the Digital Trinity Era

Sr Principal Software Development Analyst

[Manufacturing] The Missing Interoperability Layer: Governing AI Reasoning Across the Digital Enterprise

[Emerging Technologies / Industry Transformation] Understanding and mitigating risks of using LLMs with Engineering Specifications

[Manufacturing] Advancing Digital Traceability in Manufacturing through Persistent IDs and Industry Standards: A Collaborative Pilot between OEMs and Vendors

Atsushi Hashimoto

Function Manager

[Standards] Enhancing OEM–Supplier Collaboration through Interoperable Data Exchange Based on Digital Data Package Standards

Tom Van Der Auwera

Global Director

[Model-Based Engineering] HCL DFMPro - Speed Without Compromise: Bridging the Gap Between Digital Design and Physical Reality

Software Development Analyst

[Emerging Technologies / Industry Transformation] CI/CD DevOps in Large-Scale Enterprise Systems

[Keynote] GPDIS Closing Panel Discussion

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