Category: Events

02 Feb 2026

Global Product Data Interoperability Summit 2026

Intelligent Interoperability: Harnessing AI to Unite the Digital Manufacturing Ecosystem

As manufacturing organizations accelerate their adoption of digital engineering, the ability to seamlessly exchange and interpret product data across the lifecycle has long been a strategic imperative. Artificial Intelligence is increasingly shaping how digital artifacts—from system models and product definition to manufacturing and sustainment data—are connected across tools, organizations, and domains. When applied effectively, AI can enhance interoperability by automating data alignment, resolving semantic inconsistencies, and enabling intelligent reuse of authoritative digital engineering assets across the enterprise. When applied poorly, AI can hallucinate, mislead, and damage.

This year’s Global Product Data Interoperability Summit will examine the role of AI in advancing standards-based interoperability within enterprise digital ecosystems. We will focus on how AI can augment model-based systems engineering, digital twins, and manufacturing execution by improving data consistency, traceability, and decision fidelity across design, production, and operations. The Summit will also address the challenges of integrating AI into existing data standards, reference architectures, and governance frameworks to ensure trust, repeatability, and lifecycle continuity.

By bringing together leaders from digital engineering, manufacturing, and standards communities, the Summit will provide a practical and forward-looking forum to assess how Artificial Intelligence can be responsibly leveraged to strengthen interoperability at scale. The objective is to enable resilient, model-centric manufacturing environments where AI-driven insights are grounded in standardized, authoritative data—supporting faster innovation, improved quality, and more agile production in an increasingly complex global landscape.

More information will follow regarding abstract submission, sponsorship opportunities, hotel reservations, and summit registriaion!

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11 Nov 2025

PDES, Inc. honors Veterans Day

On this Veterans Day, PDES, Inc. proudly salutes the men and women who served in the Armed Forces protecting our freedom. Their courage, sacrifice, and commitment to excellence inspires everything we do.

At PDES, Inc., our mission is to support those who serve by advancing the technologies that strengthen our nation’s defense capabilities. We collaborate with aerospace leaders to develop and implement standards that improve how aircraft and defense systems are designed, built, and maintained.

Through initiatives in quality management, composites, machining, persistent identifiers, and digital manufacturing standards, PDES, Inc. helps ensure that every component and system supporting the war fighter meets the highest levels of performance, safety, and interoperability. These standards not only ensure consistent quality—they accelerate the integration of new technologies that give our servicemen and women an operational edge.

The excellence our veterans exemplify in the field drives our pursuit of excellence in engineering and manufacturing. Every improvement we help enable—from better materials to smarter data exchange—pays tribute to their service by contributing to safer, more capable aircraft and equipment.

Today, and every day, we honor their dedication, their sacrifice, and their enduring legacy.

PDES, Inc. proudly stands with our veterans.
We remember. We honor. We advance.

06 Nov 2025

PDES, Inc., MBx-IF, and LOTAR Technical Interchange Meeting – March, 2026

Tuesday, March 24 – Friday, March 27, 2026

Charleston, SC

Our March meeting format will be three full days of PDES, Inc., MBx, and LOTAR team meetings, plus a fourth day of plenary sessions. PDES, Inc. values these opportunities for in-person interaction because they build strong interpersonal relationships and foster cross-team technical interchange. We hope you do, too.

We can’t wait to see you in Charleston!

Hotel reservation can be made here. Meeting registration will soon follow.