Preliminary agenda – subject to change. Correct as of 26 October 2026.
| 08:30 | Registration |
| Session 1 · 09:00 – 10:30 | |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | Welcome and Introduction David Quinn, NAFEMS |
| 09:10 | Mechanistic Origin of Cohesive Bridge Formation in Starve-Fed Twin-Screw Extruder Swan Htet, CSIRO |
| 09:30 | Practical Implementation and Use of Model Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification (VVUQ) in Compliance Majji Rao, UL India Pvt. Ltd. |
| 09:50 | AI-Augmented Shape Optimization of Monocopter Designs for Improved Aerodynamic Performance Chian Yeen Fan, Singapore University of Technology and Design |
| 10:10 | Advancing Material and Failure Modeling with AI for Nonlinear Explicit Structural Simulation Marian Bulla, Siemens Industry Software Inc. |
| 10:30 | Break |
| Session 2 · 11:00 – 12:20 | |
|---|---|
| 11:00 | Fast Optimization for Vehicle Exterior CFD Performance Using an AI Model Arul Ganesan, Detroit Engineered Products |
| 11:20 | A CFD–Acoustic Workflow for Flow-Induced Audible Noise Prediction in a Throttle Control Valve Akash Gupta, Oceaneering |
| 11:40 | A CFD Study of Dynamic Air Flow Control on Clean Room Particle Concentration Response Kah Xin Khoo, MyCAE Technologies Sdn Bdn |
| 12:00 | Design-Stage Defeaturing Cost Estimation in Nuclear Engineering Raska Soemantoro, The University Of Manchester |
| 12:20 | Photo, Lunch and Exhibition |
| Session 3 · 13:20 – 15:00 | |
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| 13:20 | PANEL Panel Session: The Next Phase in Engineering Modelling & Simulation Experts from PhysicsX, Siemens, A*STAR and SUTD |
| 14:00 | Failure Investigation of an Aluminium Traverse Bar Using Nonlinear FEA and Field Evidence Hamed Farahpour, MARS Engineers |
| 14:20 | Accelerating Automotive Structural Design Exploration via Deep Latent Manifold Learning Bhavaneesh Athikary, Detroit Engineered Products (DEP) |
| 14:40 | Multiscale Modelling Framework for Wafer-to-Wafer Direct Bonding in Advanced Semiconductor Packaging Nopasorn Kowathanakul, Synopsys Singapore Pvt. Ltd. |
| 15:00 | Break |
| Session 4 · 15:30 – 17:10 | |
|---|---|
| 15:30 | Conversational Agentic Orchestration for CAE Workflows with Traceable Project Context Vijay Nath Sivaraj, Code Product Solutions |
| 15:50 | Blast-Induced Masonry Fragmentation and Debris Projection Long Bin Tan, IAIC, A*STAR |
| 16:10 | From SPDM to Engineering Intelligence Platforms: Governing Predictive and Agentic Engineering Debashis Karmakar, Cadence India |
| 16:30 | Use of AI/ML Techniques in the Simulation and Optimization of Data Centres and AI Factories David Byrne, PD Simulation Pte Ltd |
| 16:50 | Evaluating Machine Learning Surrogates for a Parametric Transient CFD Problem Raphael Tan, NING Research Pte. Ltd. |
| 17:10 | Discussion, Awards, Prizes |
| 17:30 – 19:00 | Refreshments and Post Conference Networking |
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