Conference Aim

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is an integrated business approach to the collaborative creation, management and dissemination of engineering data throughout the extended enterprises that create, manufacture and operate engineered products and systems. It is an important approach for the support of these extended enterprises over the whole life cycle of products and systems from concept to end of life and disposal. PLM involves issues of people, processes, business systems, and information, and presents major opportunities for those involved in the processes and tools used in all aspects of the product life cycle.

Continuing in the strong traditions established by previous PLM conferences, PLM09 will bring together researchers, developers, and users of PLM in an event that will combine keynote lectures, exhibition, paper presentations, poster and panel sessions with an active social programme in a historic city. The conference programme will give ample opportunity for discussion to give attendees the opportunity to influence the future PLM research and development agenda. We invite PLM researchers, developers and practitioners to join the Conference in order to shape the future of this new field and advance the science and practice of enterprise systems development. Contributions are invited on all aspects of PLM, including product innovation and creativity, collaborative product development, capture, curation and reuse of design information, enterprise systems integration, supply chain and product recycle management, change management, recycling management, sustainable PLM development and related topics.

The Conference will be of interest to: