The 2015 Edition | Your opportunity to be part of the future!
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31st Edition
From 1984 to 2015.
The computer-aided engineering technologies are the answer and the way for innovation, boost the economy and make better our future.
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About 800 participants
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Speakers and 10 thematic sessions
A lively and interested audience, prestigious speakers who presented the last achievements of their research, the state of the art of simulation technologies, the future trends and the expected impacts in the industrial world.
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Sponsors around the world
Great success of the area exhibitors and for the enterprises that participated in the event as a sponsor
19th – 20th October 2015, Lazise (Hotel Parchi del Garda Congress Centre)
Innovative perspectives along with avant-garde science and technologies are once again protagonists at the International CAE Conference, the most significant European event dedicated to computer simulation and its countless application possibilities continues to progress the unstoppable steps towards the future.
This year marks the thirty-first of the event which has become an internationally established reference point; held on the 19th – 20th October 2015 in Lazise at the Congress Centre Hotel Parchi del Garda. The event provided the engineering community with the platform to share the latest achievements and experiences amongst their peers and diverse span of industry professionals, researchers and technicians; whom are involved in various aspects of product and process innovation, including all application fields: Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense, Oil&Gas, Energy, Medical, Automotive, Transportation, Civil Engineering etc..
Participation: the numbers speak for itself
More than 800 delegates participated at this year’s event, with 150 speakers alternating between the two plenary sessions and 10 industrial focused sessions, where over 35 companies sponsors were also present. There was no lack of attendance from Universities, Faculties and Polytechnic Institutes; represented by professors, researchers and students, which in the development of the numerical simulation epitomising the best collective minds, Europeans and overseas, but also Italians. It can’t be forgotten, indeed, that the Country plays a crucial role of excellence in the industry and can advocate a leading role in the landscape of technological innovations.
The prestigious setting was complete with the high calibre of guests, who shared their progress and future advances from pioneering projects demonstrated in their own fields. As highlighted by the founder and President of the Scientific Committee of the International CAE Conference, Stefano Odorizzi, "The International CAE Conference is a rich environment to discover current developments and new technological breakthroughs, network, explore new business opportunities and share experiences".
In connection with the Expo, the International CAE Conference has had the pleasure of hosting prestigious guests such as two of the deus ex machina: Alessandro Gasparini, engineer and triumphant in the race against time for the construction of the sculpture – a symbolic installation at the Expo, the "Tree of life"; along with Massimo Maffeis, designer of tensile structures, who created at the international solutions for both the major walkway (cardo and decumano), between the Mexican, Kuwait and German pavilions.
In particular the presence of Don Miller is of significance, at 86 years old, he is among one of the predecessors for the use of computer simulation through fluid dynamic processes. The English professor, who is considered a visionary for thirty years, verifies the excellence his knowledge and he was chosen to award Andrea Tradii and Riccardo De Paolis of General Electric – Nuovo Pignone – Florence, for the innovative approach applied to a turbine project.
Feed the planet: challenges for the future or challenges for the present?
The future is imagined today, but today we also need to prepare for the future.
As we strive to improve there is a natural theme that links the International CAE Conference to the Expo2015 in Milan: "Feed the planet". This can be done – explained Christophie Lasseur, coordinator of the ESA (European Space Agency) Life support R&D – which also applies on Earth; the techniques for the reproduction of oxygen, water and raw materials (including edible crops) in an hostile environment, is currently under study with the view of landing on Mars. This is the base concept of the Melissa project, of which Lasser is leading; it takes inspiration from the anaerobic principles typical of aquatic ecosystems.
Nutrition and food were also at the centre of the event. Professor Davide Cassi, physicist and founder of the Faculty of Physics Gastronomy at the University of Parma, the only Italian institution of its kind. Cassi retraced the steps of the molecular cuisine, explaining some of the newest ways of preparing food through scientific techniques: the use of alcohol or liquid nitrogen, for example, as tools of transforming the gastronomic matter with the capability of maintaining the components and the aromas. Professor Cassi amazed the audience, creating recipes of the tradition cuisine live in a scientific way.
Life quality, the answers from technology
Robots that take care of people, with the ability to assist an elderly: for example if he forgets to take the medicines, the robot will remind him, or if it detects something abnormal, a fall or they collapse , it can call the ambulance or alert the relatives. In addition, small robots are able to interact with autistic children, to accompany them through their learning. They are no longer just science fiction, but all the models are in the testing phase at the IAS Lab (Intelligent Autonomous Systems), in the Robotic Laboratory at the University of Padua. During the International CAE Conference their designers showed the potential and operation controlled by brain impulses.
Speed is a matter of numbers
In the exhibition area, among the others achievements showcased, the attendees could admire PULSAR, a high speed bicycle (HPV – Human Powered Vehicle) specifically designed by the Turin Polytechnic to compete at the WHPSC (World Human Powered Speed Challenge), an event that takes place every year in Nevada. The prototype was built in 2015 and took part to the WHPSC in September, after about 850 Km of tests. Andrea Gallo, reached the Italian speed record with 116.19 kilometers per hour, becoming the 24th fastest pilot in the history.
The research Agorà, the science finds space
Illuminate the present with the ideas of the future. In the Research Agorà, displayed the most innovative projects, developed through key international partnerships. In the dissemination throughout the scientific sessions, the attendees not only had the opportunity to presented their work, but they also to go on the stage to conduct live experiments and demonstrations of their projects.
Poster Awards: recognizing the future of engineering each year, in fact five…
The 2015 edition continued to provide the creative foundation to next generation with the Poster Award, the contest exclusively open to the undergraduates and PhD students, which awards the best 5 Posters selected by the Examining committee. This year there were 3 special mentions among the 44 distinguished finalists from more than 200 Poster entries received.