Intergraph APEX Shanghai Keynoters Bring Value, Variety to Conference; DNV's Bjorn Haugland Joins Lineup, Explores Maritime Market Future.HUNTSVILLE, Ala ALA aminolevulinic acid. Ala alanine. ala (a´lah) pl. a´lae [L.] a winglike process. . -- Intergraph Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : INGR) today announced that Bjorn Haugland of Det Norkse Veritas, a leading ship classification society, has joined the keynote lineup at the APEX Shanghai client conference. An executive of the DNV DNV Det Norske Veritas DNV Dirección Nacional de Vialidad (Argentina) DNV District of North Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada) DNV Der Norske Veritas Maritime Development Centre in China, Haugland will address the maritime market outlook, discuss the increasing need for transparency in the shipping industry and explore classification society IT and software directions. The event is scheduled July 11-13 at the Pudong Shangri-La Hotel, Shanghai, China. At the keynote podium podium In architecture, a pedestal on a large scale. It may be any of various elements that form the base of a structure, such as the platform forming the floor and substructure of a Classical temple, a low wall supporting columns, or the structurally or decoratively in Shanghai, Haugland joins Robert A. McNamara, senior group president, Fluor Corporation; William "Bill" Poirier, vice president, Nuclear Power Plants China, Westinghouse Electric Company
Reduced rate registration is available until June 1. For conference details and registration information, see apex.intergraph.com/apex/shanghai. APEX Shanghai offers a variety of registration packages, including conference-only, flexible accommodation on a daily or three-day basis as well as spouse and guest registration. Keynotes Cover Crucial Issues, Provide Perspectives Robert A. McNamara, senior group president, Fluor Corporation, discusses the increasing risks to engineering contractors as global projects continue to grow in size and complexity. McNamara will discuss Fluor's experience, including the role of technology in mitigating risk. McNamara is responsible for the company's operations in China and leads strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , project execution services and other key company activities. Bill Poirier, vice president, Nuclear Power Plants China, Westinghouse Electric Company and project director of the Westinghouse AP-1000 Consortium in China, draws from his extensive industry and international experience in his keynote. Poirier previously served as president of Westinghouse Electrique France. Maurice Tayeh, senior vice president and chief information officer, Technip, shares project execution best practices including multi-center engineering and automated, integrated work processes. Tayeh has more than 20 years of international experience; his primary responsibilities include the company's IT strategy and business process re-engineering See reengineering. (business) Business Process Re-engineering - (BPR) Any radical change in the way in which an organisation performs its business activities. BPR involves a fundamental re-think of the business processes followed by a redesign of business activities to . Offers Outstanding Conference Value The Intergraph APEX conference series offers an outstanding value among process, power and marine industry events. Commenting on the benefit of the APEX events, Ian Constantine, director of information management for Fluor China's Isocyanates Project, said, "The best practice sessions and updates on Intergraph solutions helped me better direct my technology team to take advantage of productivity advances." The event emphasizes the role and contributions of all stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. - plant owner/operators, engineering and construction firms, supply chain vendors and process licensors - in employing engineering information to fundamentally improve work processes and the bottom line. APEX Series Helps Clients Gain Business Advantage APEX conferences (apex.intergraph.com) are three-day technology and business forums that bring together the people, the work process improvements and the technology for enabling project and plant life cycle engineering to advance and sustain increased profitability. Attendees also get the latest in comprehensive technical information on Intergraph engineering software from executives and product managers. APEX stands for Advancing Profitability through Engineering eXcellence. APEX events help Intergraph clients entrench en·trench also in·trench v. en·trenched, en·trench·ing, en·trench·es v.tr. 1. To provide with a trench, especially for the purpose of fortifying or defending. 2. engineering information and intelligent software as an indispensable part of new business models to compete in dynamic global markets. Held specifically to benefit the process manufacturing The manufacturing industry that uses process control systems. See process control. , power generation and marine industries, the series is sponsored by Intergraph Process, Power & Marine. Intergraph Process, Power & Marine: Delivering the SmartPlant Enterprise Process, Power & Marine (ppm (Pages Per Minute) The measurement of printer speed. See gppm. PPM - Portable Pixmap .intergraph.com), a division of Intergraph Corporation, helps worldwide clients bring together the people, work processes and advanced software technology to create the SmartPlant Enterprise. The intelligent software and integration of the SmartPlant Enterprise promote profitability, improve operational excellence and manage assets. Innovative SmartPlant technology supports concurrent engineering design, construction and operation for the process manufacturing, power generation, marine oil and gas and commercial shipbuilding markets. (C) 2005 Intergraph Corporation. Intergraph and SmartPlant are registered trademarks of Intergraph Corporation. Software and services prices, availability, functions, features and specifications subject to change without notice and are subject to United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. export control laws and regulations. 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