Invitation to the ASME PVP Software Demonstration Forum by James F. Cory, Jr.

This year the annual ASME Pressure Vessel and Piping Summer Conference will be held in beautiful San Antonio, Texas from July 22-26, 2007. The Conference is sponsored jointly by the ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping (PVP) Division and The Eighth International Conference on Creep and Fatigue at Elevated Temperature - CREEP8.

On behalf of the Computer Technology Committee (CTC), I would like to invite your company to participate in the Software Demonstration Forum that will be held during the conference. The Forum is a session sponsored by CTC as a single day event on Tuesday, July 24, with vendors demonstrating their software products from 8:30 am to 5:30 PM.

This is our eighteenth year for the forum, and we have had an increasing number of software suppliers attending each year. We were very successful at our last conference in Vancouver, and are now looking forward to San Antonio.

The Forum is designed to provide a convenient opportunity for mechanical engineers and designers who are active in the Pressure Vessel and Piping Industry to evaluate current software capabilities and products. The PVP Conference has arranged an outstanding four-day series of Technical Sessions for this meeting, and expects attendance by more than 700 engineering participants from industry, government and academia. Their areas of interest include PVP research and development, design, operation, inspection, and maintenance.

As a software vendor, this event provides an excellent sales opportunity for you to make contact with current and new users of your software products within the Pressure Vessel and Piping community. Discussions, demonstrations and distributing product literature at the Forum will educate these engineers when it comes to making and influencing buying decisions.

Forum Details:

Each participating company will be allocated with one five (5) foot table, chairs, one 110 volt outlet, and an easel to hold a sign or poster describing your software or naming your company. The table front and sides will be covered by drapes provided by the Conference. Small vendor displays fitting in this area can be accommodated; you should contact me with any questions. There will not be any phones at the display locations.

As a participant, you will be expected to bring and install your own computer. The Forum can accommodate two to three company representatives demonstrating their product at any one time. There will not be any product sales permitted at the Forum, but literature can be distributed and the participating companies may have hospitality suites during the conference.

The Forum is setup so that the participants will be given maximum exposure to the Conference attendees. The event will be located where conference participants gather for the technical sessions and where coffee and refreshment breaks will be held.

Each company will be charged a participation fee of $250 USD for the one-day Software Forum event. If you desire to attend the ASME conference technical sessions, you must register and pay conference fees separately through ASME.

To reserve a place at the Software Forum, please respond to me by mail, fax or e-mail by May 26, 2007. A check for the participation fee should be sent to me and made payable to "ASME PVP Division" and Sent to My Attention (James F. Cory, Jr.) at the address below. My receipt of your check will be required for formal registration to the event.

For more information on the PVP conference please visit the conference website at: http://www.asmeconferences.org/pvp07/

Information on the NDE Forum can be obtained from Carl Jaske at Carl.Jaske@dnv.com.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I look forward to hearing from you and to our meeting in San Antonio.

ASME Contact:
James F. Cory, Jr.
UGS Inc.
2000 Eastman Dr.
Milford, OH 45150 USA
Phone/Fax: 513-576-2419/2402
email: PVP-JFCory@att.net