第十期：Enabling SBD to Spur Innovation

      报告题目：Enabling SBD to Spur Innovation

      报告人：Alain de Rouvray(法国ESI集团公司董事长)

      时间：2008年4月8日（周二）下午2：00

      地点：乐乎新楼报告厅

  法国ESI集团公司董事长Alain de Rouvray简介

Short Resume of Alain de Rouvray:

Founder of ESI Group Company, Alain de Rouvray has been the General Manager since its creation. He holds an engineering degree from Ecole Centrale de Paris (1967), a degree from La Sorbonne (Economic sciences (1967), and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of California Berkeley (1971). Alain de Rouvray started his career as Research Engineer at Ecole Polytechnique (Solid Mechanics Laboratory) in 1972; he then became Director of the Advanced Mechanics Department for the international software subsidiary of CISI Group from 1972 to 1976. In 1973, he founded ESI SA and was the CEO and Commercial Director from 1973 to 1990. Alain de Rouvray is ESI Group Chairman & CEO since 28, January 1991.

Brief Introduction of ESI Group:
(http://www.esi-group.com/corporate/About_us/)

ESI Group is a world leading software editor for the numerical simulation of prototype and manufacturing process engineering in applied mechanics. The key to ESI Group's success is the use of realistic material physics, providing "as good as real" virtual solutions, in order to replace the lengthy trial and error processes on real prototypes.

ESI Group has developed an entire suite of coherent industry-oriented applications to realistically simulate a product's behavior during certification testing, to fine tune the manufacturing processes in synergy with the desired product performance, and to evaluate the operational or accidental environment's impact on product usage. ESI Group's product portfolio, which has been industrially validated and combined in multi-trade value chains, represents a unique collaborative, virtual engineering solution, known as the Virtual Try-Out Space (VTOS), enabling a continuous improvement on the virtual prototype.

By drastically reducing costs and development lead times, VTOS solutions offer major competitive advantages by progressively eliminating the need for physical prototypes.

A sustained growthTotal consolidated revenue for fiscal year 2006, ending January 31st 2007, increased by 6.2% in real terms, compared to the previous year reaching 66 million euro. The breakdown by activities remains stable with 81% for licenses and 19% for services.

As in previous years, ESI Group maintained a strong international presence with 81% of revenues outside France.

ESI Group employs more than 600 high-level specialists worldwide. ESI Group and its global network of agents provide sales and technical support to customers in more than 30 countries.

A key investment area: Research and DevelopmentESI Group is making substantial R&D efforts and forms partnerships with leading academic and research laboratories in order to offer state-of-the-art solutions.

ESI Group also provides high value-added services, worldwide through its subsidiaries located in Europe, Asia and Americas. Consulting projects with strategic industrial partners as well as European R&D contracts exemplify ESI Group's strong engineering knowledge and scientific expertise.

As ESI Group development is based on continuous innovation, the Group is qualified as “ innovative company” by OSEO-ANVAR, the French National Research Agency.

ESI 集 团 简 介

作为虚拟测试方案的先锋，ESI集团是全球首屈一指的材料物理学数值模拟原型和制造流程供应商。ESI集团开发出一整套连贯的、工业导向的应用工具，以真实地模拟产品在测试中的表现，通过预策产品性能的整合效果而微调生产流程，并评估环境对产品使用的影响。ESI集团的产品组合已经业界验证，并在多行业的价值链中结合使用，演绎成为一种具有独特协同效应的虚拟工程解决方案─Virtual Try-Out Space[虚拟试验空间(VTOS)]，以不断地对虚拟原型进行改善。VTOS解决方案可以大大降低成本和缩短开发周期，极大提高产品的竞争优势，并逐步减少对实际原型的需求。ESI集团(Nouveau Marche Euronext Paris - Software - Euroclear 6584 - Bloomberg ESI FP - Reuters ESIG.LN )2005财政年度的营业额6200多万欧元，在全球拥有600多名高层次专家。公司及其全球代理网络为30多个国家的客户提供销售和技术支援。