DOHA: The 12th International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management (IFIP PLM15) was jointly inaugurated by the Minister of Energy and Industry,
H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada and President of Qatar University, Dr Hassan Rashid Al Derham, here yesterday.
The three-day event is being organised by the Engineering College of Qatar University.
It aims to bring together researchers, developers, and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) users to share recent developments and advances in enterprise systems and promote various sustainability areas of collaboration.
The conference agenda comprises 15 scientific sessions in the form of presentations and discussion panels that address a range of topics related to product lifecycle management such as lifecycle cyber-security; BIM; cyber-physical systems and cloud computing, standards and regulation; collaborative development architectures; lifecycle assessment and sustainability; and oil and gas plant lifecycle, among others.
The event is an international forum for researchers and practitioners interested in advancing integrated business and technical approach in the creation, management and dissemination of engineering data. It is organised under the scientific umbrella of the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) in partnership with Purdue University, University of Bremen and Technology University of Compiegne. Keynote speakers are Chief of the Systems Integration Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Dr Vijay Srinivasan, Director of the Technology Futures Institute at Teesside University, Prof Nashwan Dawood, and Director of the Shanghai Research Center for Industrial Informatics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Prof Henry X G Ming. Discussions focus on PLM in an era of manufacturing innovation, Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the Qatari construction industry, and future perspectives of PLM in China.
Dr Al Derham said: “It aims at involving all stakeholders of the wide concept of PLM, hoping to shape the future of this new field and advance the science and practice of enterprise development. PLM which is first time in GCC after 12 editions in Europe, Asia and America, highlights the expertise of Qatar research and innovation, and exposes professionals and researchers to the latest findings in fields of high interest for Qatar.
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