The Focus:

The Global Product Data Interoperability Summit (GPDIS) functions as a communications hub for industry principals to foster knowledge through the exchange of ideas, solutions, and methods.

It is a place to build consensus on the data, tool and process standards based on the experience of liked minded professionals. 

Unlike any other conference, GPDIS represents the core data representations and delivery systems that drive our industries. 

The format is vendor-neutral, but all solution providers are encouraged to demonstrate both their technologies and their success stories. 

The range of process methods encompasses MBE, MBD, MBSE, CAM, Product Analysis, Support, the emerging technologies and more. 

The depth of experience extends from a vibrant vendor community, through the large OEMs and engaged lower tiered suppliers, to the family manufacturing business.

The Digital Thread for Manufacturing: Digitally Transformed or a Work in Progress?

Supply chain stability is the lifeblood of any manufacturing organization.  Disruptions are far reaching, slow to recover, and expensive.  The news is full of stories regarding the challenges faced by multiple industries to adapt to changing conditions in the manufacturing domain and its integrated supply chain.  How does the enterprise cope?  The advent of digital twin / digital thread technologies and linked data across company boundaries in manufacturing has emerged as a key value proposition to streamline transactions and accelerate recovery.

Digital transformation has matured to the point where we are actively implementing digital twins, digital threads, and exploring artificial intelligence on a variety of fronts.  Where is the factory in this journey?  Join us as we examine the critical role manufacturing’s digital thread plays in interoperability.  With a renewed focus on manufacturing, we will explore the digital thread, practical applications of linked data, and relationship of that data to the other product lifecycle domains.

We will examine this important topic and more with key insights from industry leaders and solution providers alike.  Our industry leading technical discussions delivered in a multi-track format includes the standards centric, model-based domains of Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Digital Twin/Thread, and Emergent Technology.  We will also host the wildly popular MBSE Working Group in a pre-event workshop to progress the state of the art for our Systems Engineering community.

September 22-25, 2025