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Convergent Science Successfully Concludes First Annual User Group Meeting

CSIUGM2014TRANS-300x166Madison, WI (October 10, 2014) – Convergent Science, Inc. (CSI) hosted the first annual CONVERGE™ User Group Meeting (UGM) on September 22-26, 2014. Held in Madison, Wisconsin, the UGM consisted of three days of software training at their worldwide headquarters and a two-day meeting at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Monona Terrace. Over 140 users from across the globe represented organizations such as GM, Argonne National Laboratory, Caterpillar, Toyota, and several others. Keynote speakers included industry experts from Ford, Cummins, and Renault.

Convergent Science’s Vice President of Business Development, Dan Lee, opened the meeting with a presentation that outlined the past, present, and future of the organization. John Deur of Cummins followed with a well-received keynote on various challenges and solutions for combustion system design that served as a topic of discussion throughout the week.

Dan Lee, VP of Business Development, opening with Shifting the CFD Paradigm with CONVERGE: Past, Present and Future Roadmap

Dan Lee, VP of Business Development, opening with
Shifting the CFD Paradigm with CONVERGE: Past, Present and Future Roadmap

 

Between sessions, attendees were able to speak with colleagues and experts from CSI as they enjoyed live music performed by a classical guitarist. Additional highlights of the UGM consisted of networking events. Users took in the vibrant sunset views of Lake Monona and the state capitol on the Betty Lou Cruise. Cooper’s Tavern facilitated the final night of entertainment  with dinner, drinks, and trivia hosted by Geeks Who Drink.

Rob Kaczmarek, Director of Marketing Europe and Americas

Rob Kaczmarek, Director of Marketing
Europe and Americas

Director of Marketing for Europe and Americas, Rob Kaczmarek, was thrilled with the turnout saying, “We wanted to make this event about our customers and we felt the best way to do that was to organize training sessions, case study presentations, new software feature presentations, and networking events in a fun and open atmosphere, all while making it free to attend.” Kaczmarek went on to say, “Another goal was to open up the floor to our customers and ask, ‘How can we do better?’ and the customers were able to give us some valuable feedback.”

The overall purpose of the event was to provide a platform to educate users on various best practices and applications of CONVERGE™ through customer case study presentations and networking events. The CONVERGE™ UGM not only met the objective, but exceeded expectations and raised the bar for the engineering software industry.

For more information on the CONVERGE™ User Group Meeting 2014, pictures from the event, and the presentations please visit www.convergecfd.com/eventssupport/ugm2014/. Next year’s UGM will be held in the Fall of 2015 at the Richard Childress Racing Facility in Welcome, North Carolina.

About Convergent Science

Headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, Convergent Science is a global leader in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software. Our mission is to enable our customers to perform revolutionary CFD simulations by creating accurate, versatile, user-friendly software and providing unparalleled support.
Our flagship product, CONVERGE, is an innovative CFD software that eliminates the grid generation bottleneck through autonomous meshing. With a suite of advanced physical models, fully coupled detailed chemistry, and the ability to easily accommodate moving geometries, CONVERGE is transforming the CFD industry and shifting the paradigm toward predictive simulations.
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Published October 10, 2014