Our Agenda

February 22, 2024
The Computer History Museum

The following agenda is preliminary and is subject to change.

Time Title Speaker
08:00 AM-08:50 AM Event Check-in & Complimentary Breakfast Sponsored Z by HP
08:50 AM-09:00 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks MingYao Ding – VP of Engineering – Ozen Engineering
09:00 AM-09:30 AM The Future of Digital Engineering Dr. Prith Banerjee – CTO – Ansys
09:30 AM-10:00 AM Applications and Benefits of Digital Twin for the Manufacturing Industry Teresa Alberts – CEO – ITficient AG
10:00 AM-10:30 AM Empowering Physics Experiments: The Vital Role of Simulations at SLAC Dr. Amir Shojaei – Simulation Leader – SLAC
10:30 AM-10:50 AM Coffee Break Sponsored by Z by HP
10:50 AM-11:20 AM Modeling of thin film stress in MEMS devices Dr. Rodion Kononchuk – MEMS Developer – A.M. Fitzgerald & Associates, LLC
11:20 AM-11:50 AM 3D Printed Microwave Absorbers Dr. Greg Le Sage – RF Program Manager – SLAC
11:50 AM-12:20 PM Thermally Nonlinear Magnet Modelling Technique using Ansys Maxwell Dr. Parag Upadhyay- Principal Motor Drive Expert – Anduril
12:20 PM-01:10 PM Lunch Break Sponsored by Dell Technologies and NVIDIA
01:10 PM-01:40 PM Multiphysic Modeling of Semiconductor Processing Equipment Dr. Meihua Zhang – Modeling and Simulation Engineer- Eugenus Inc.
01:40 PM-02:10 PM  Accelerating HFSS Simulations Using HPC Resources Mark Jones – Electronics engineering manager – Ozen Engineering Inc.
02:10 PM-02:40 PM Designing and Simulating RF/mmWave Passive Structures Dr. Pratik Ghate – Principal RF Engineer – FormFactor Inc.
02:40 PM-03:10 PM Leveraging AI for Ansys Learning and Support Sean Harvey – Sr. Tech Support Manger – Ansys
03:10 PM-03:30 PM Coffee Break and Optica Winter Event Introduction Metin Ozen – CEO – Ozen Engineering

Sponsored by Z by HP

Optical Interconnect and Switching Technologies for fueling the AI Hypercomputer Dr. Ryohei Urata – Principal Engineer – Google
04:00 PM-04:30 PM  A Review of Photonic-Enabled Artificial Intelligence Technologies: An Industry Perspective and Key Players Dr. Pouya Dianat – Director of PIC and Quantum Technology at Optica
04:30 PM-05:00 PM AI-Powered Advancements in Ansys offering Felipe Mercado – Applications engineer – Ansys
05:00 PM-05:30 PM RAFFLE