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PTC Live Global 2015 Frequently Asked Questions:
When and where is it?
On June 7-10, PTC Live Global 2015 will be hosted at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, Tennessee, with keynote presentations Monday, June 8 and Tuesday, June 9 at the Grand Ole Opry House. Discounted rooms are available at the Gaylord Opryland Resort for PTC Live Global attendees. Book your hotel or get more travel information.
Who attends PTC Live Global?
PTC Live Global offers relevant content for these product development and service professionals – from organizations of all industries and sizes. Follow the links to learn about content just for you:
- Engineering IT professionals (including CAD and PLM administrators, business analysts, project managers and IT specialists), including managers and directors
- Mechanical engineers (including design engineers, CAD designers, industrial designers, concept design professionals) and their managers
- Product development professionals who work for manufacturers in the retail and apparel industryand use PTC Windchill FlexPLM and related solutions
- Service leaders within a manufacturer, service provider or equipment operator’s global service organization (Additional information on the content specifically for the service leader can be found here).
- Software and system engineers and other professionals who use PTC Integrity and Atego solutions
See which companies sent their teams in 2014, browse sessions or learn more about networking opportunities at PTC Live Global.
Which sessions are available at PTC Live Global 2015?
More than 330 sessions are on the 2015 agenda, including customer best practice, tips & tricks, product roadmap and update sessions, and PTC University hands-on training sessions. For the first time, the program features sessions dedicated to smart, connected products and IoT technology and Service Exchange tracks in addition to sessions focused on product design and development. Through our new session catalog, you can now search these sessions by product, keyword, session type, presenter name or company name, and target audience. Search results will include an abstract that describes what you’ll learn in each session that meets your criteria. You can create a sample agenda from these results that can be sent via email to your boss with your request to attend.
How do I get hands-on PTC University Training?
PTC Live Global attendees may enroll in up to two 2-hour PTC University training hands-on sessions featuring the latest PTC University curriculum, and taught by our most experienced instructors. You must select these courses during the online registration process to ensure your participation in these limited-enrollment sessions. Please note that while you may add these seminars to your agenda through the online agenda tool, this does not register you for the course.
PTC University is excited to announce that it has expanded the agenda for its two-hour sessions to include ALM, SLM and Internet of Things (IoT) topics. That means the popular, hands-on training format will be used to build technical skills and share proven best practices in those areas as well.
If you wish to sign up for the full-day PTC University Training courses that will be hosted before and after the conference on Sunday, June 7 and Thursday, June 10, you may do so either during your initial online registration or once you have registered. These courses are available at a significant discount to PTC Live Global attendees – $295 per seminar. Simply log back in to your account to add and purchase this option. PTC University is also offering PTC Creo and PTC Windchill Master Classes. Learn more about these options.
Can I network with attendees before the event starts?
PTC Live Global offers two ways to connect with fellow attendees before you get to Nashville. Through this group, you can start interacting right now with other customers, presenters, event organizers or PTC product line managers through a dedicated blog or group discussions. As a member of this group, you will also receive the latest event news. In the spring, registered attendees will be granted access to the PTC Live Global Attendee Resource Center, a networking portal that allows you to create a personal profile; search for other attendees, speakers and PTC contacts that match defined interests; and send messages to and schedule meetings with other attendees.
What networking events are taking place at PTC Live Global?
The PTC Live Global 2015 agenda includes more than 14 hours of scheduled networking activities, plus many more chances to informally meet and share ideas with peers and product development experts. We’ll bring back popular past-event features like the Networking Lounge, Networking Breakfast and Special Interest Meetings (SIMs).These are all in addition to the Sunday and Monday evening receptions, lunches and breaks in the Solutions Expo, and new networking opportunities such as the Beers with Peers topic-based breakout sessions.You’ll also have the chance to connect with PTC Live Executive Exchange attendees who will be attending that event.
What’s new at PTC Live Global 2015?
Even if you’ve been to a recent PTC Live Global event, you will still benefit from the new content and features available for the first time in Nashville. These include compelling new session formats; a keynote by New York Times best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell; Service Exchange content tracks and pavilion within the Solutions Expo; and PTC University training on ALM, and SLM topics. For those interested in smart, connected products and IoT technology, you’ll find a dedicated content track, PTC University hands-on training sessions and an IoT Pavilion within the Solutions Expo. Learn more about these new features, and new networking resources.
Why is PTC Live Global a fee-based event?
We appreciate that a registration fee can make it more challenging for some customers to attend PTC Live Global. However, because there are significant costs involved with renting the venue, providing food and beverages to 2,000+ conference attendees, sending our trainers and product managers and securing related services, we cannot absorb those completely.
Additionally, as a portion of the registration fees for PTC Live Global are provided to PTC/USER Inc., your attendance also helps support PTC/USER’s year-round education and advocacy programs.
How do I convince my boss to send me to PTC Live Global?
We’ve developed an extensive set of resources that can be used to justify your attendance, including letter templates, past-event testimonials and a session catalog. To help reduce the cost and address budget concerns, PTC Live Global attendees are also eligible for a number of discounts, including the early-bird registration rate; reduced hotel room rate, and rental car discounts. View registration packages and attendee discount information.
How do I register for PTC Live Global?
Online registration is now available for PTC Live Global. Be sure to register by April 2 to save $100 on your full conference registration.Learnmore about registration pricing and benefits.
How do I exhibit my products or services at PTC Live Global?
Sponsorship opportunities that include participation in the Solutions Expo are available for companies that provide complementary solutions to PTC products and services. View available packages and benefits or contact sales@ptcliveglobal.com to reserve your sponsorship.
How do I set up meetings with other attendees?
Later this spring, registered attendees will be granted access to PTC Live Global Attendee Resource Center. This networking tool allows you to search for attendees by name or criteria like company name or job role. Within this same system, you can send emails to other attendees and invite them to a meeting. Watch for additional announcements about this resource.
How do I schedule a Special Interest Meeting (SIM)?
Up to 25 people from the same company, a regional user group or those representing a similar interest can set up an in-person meeting at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville during PTC Live Global. To reserve a room for your gathering, please complete this form.
How do I reserve a room at the Gaylord Opryland Resort?
PTC Live Global 2015 will be hosted at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, TN. A limited number of rooms are available there at a discounted rate for PTC Live Global attendees. To take advantage of the convenience and cost savings opportunity of staying at the event venue, you need to book your room there as soon as possible. Learn more and get the exclusive reservation link here.
What if I need to cancel my registration?
Please note that once a registration is completed, special offers may not be applied. In the case that a customer wishes to change their registration or cancel in order to utilize a special offer, a $150 registration processing fee will apply. A 100% refund will be given if notice of cancellation is received in writing by the close of business on April 4, 2015. Cancellations received after April 4, 2015 and before May 16, 2015 will receive a full refund minus a $250 processing fee. No refunds will be given for cancellations received after May 16, 2015. In the case of cancelling a registration for the purpose of signing up again under a special offer code, a $150 processing fee will be charged to the registration for this change. Send notice to: ptcliveevents@showcare.com. An employee of the same company may be substituted prior June 1, 2015.
How do I make the best use of my time at PTC Live Global?
Please review the tips below from past-event attendees for first-hand advice on how to get the most out of the event.
- Book a room at the conference hotel. In addition to getting the conference rate, you don't have to worry about shuttles or parking. There is enough to organize and keep track of and commuting each day can be difficult.
- Do some planning. A couple of key things to figure out before you even see the schedule are:
- What are your current challenges related to software and product development? Such as: We struggle with supplier collaboration, we have issues with model re-use or we need to learn about best practices.
- What are your likely future initiatives, and how are they impacted by your product development software? Such as: Executives are talking about what an integrated electronic environment would mean to us, looks like we might start doing more interaction with our electrical engineering department, if I knew more about these workflows, we might be able to move to electronic signature release.
- Build a list of goals for the event. Such as: Find out about data quality solutions, connect with a mechanism design expert, or collect approaches and lessons learned for multi-site replication.
- Now look at the schedule. Fill it up with the presentations, round tables and training opportunities that will address your goals. Schedule sessions with limited availability first and then schedule the ones offered on multiple days. Be prepared to take notes. Review the list of sponsors and booths to see which might be able to help with your goals.
- Still have open spots? Fill in any gaps with things you may not be interested in but your boss or co-workers would attend if they were there. Remember you are representing your company. This is your chance to really work hard and collect huge amounts of information for later digestion. Stay focused.
- Network. There are lots of very nice, interesting people from all over the country who have something in common with you, including PTC Creo, PTC Windchill and PTC Mathcad. Introduce yourself and the rest is easy.
- Visit as many of the vendor/sponsor booths as you can. Talk to someone at every booth you can. You’ll be surprised at the things you may learn, the people you will meet, and even the fun you can have.
- Set aside some time between events or in the evening to filter what you’ve gotten so far. Input contacts; send out emails for information request from presenters, vendors and other users; and make a list of things to follow up on.
- When you get back, set aside time about a week later, to follow up on everything. Make sure you complete your follow-up list, finalize any notes, and figure out what morsels you need to work on now, and what you‘re going to file away for later reference.
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