Hear directly from leading organizations across industries as they share how PLM is helping them transform the way they work. In this dynamic panel, customers will discuss how they connect data, streamline processes, and improve collaboration to tackle real business challenges. From accelerating time to market to improving product quality and reducing costs, you'll gain practical insights into what's working, what they've learned, and how they're achieving measurable results. Whether you're early in your connected data and processes journey or you're looking to scale, this session will offer actionable takeaways. This session is part of the PLM Summit a curated learning and networking experience. To explore related sessions, select “PLM Summit” track.

In this technical deep dive, we'll walk through a real machined project designed in Inventor and programmed in Autodesk Fusion Manufacturing Extension. Follow the complete workflow: creating and iterating the part in Inventor, uploading to Fusion, applying toolpaths, generating G-code, and efficiently updating toolpaths after design changes using simple refreshes. We'll cover both the cloud approach (AnyCAD linked references and Desktop Connector) and the enterprise version using Vault Professional software for controlled releases and revision management. We'll share the actual files, challenges encountered, key lessons, and measurable time savings. You'll leave with actionable steps to build an effective digital thread between design and manufacturing teams.

Manufacturing organizations often struggle with disconnected systems across sales, engineering, and production. This class will show how Vault PLM software forms the backbone of a connected digital thread spanning customer relationship management (CRM), CAD, product data management (PDM), product lifecycle management (PLM), manufacturing execution systems (MES), and enterprise resource planning (ERP). Starting from a CRM order, we'll demonstrate rule-based CAD automation, engineering data management in Vault, and seamless Item and BOM synchronization into Autodesk Fusion Manage driven by the built-in connector. Design reviews are handled through a web interface powered by the Vault Data API, manufacturing execution runs in Autodesk Fusion Operations, and business data flows into ERP event-driven and AI-assisted. See how Vault PLM bridges engineering and enterprise to streamline the journey, from order to delivery.

The Kentucky Lock Addition Project is a high-priority U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) effort requiring coordination across multiple districts, agencies, and contractors. This session will provide a technical deep dive into how BIM, CAD, and GIS were integrated through an Advanced Modeling Project Execution Plan (PxP) to support design, coordination, and construction. Using tools that include Civil 3D, Revit, Inventor, and Navisworks software, teams developed federated models for clash detection, sequencing, and as-built deliverables. You will see how model-based workflows improved coordination, reduced errors, and supported better decision making across the project lifecycle.

In this session, you'll learn how to move beyond drawing-based coordination and establish a connected design-to-manufacturing workflow based on data convergence. Through an actual project of a general contractor operating a precast concrete plant, this session will explain how Revit and Inventor software were integrated via Autodesk Forma and Informed Design to enable the convergence of design and manufacturing data. You will see how configurable and reusable manufacturing models are created, and how data can flow consistently from BIM to production. The session will demonstrate how this convergence-driven approach reduced workload by more than 40%, and how it provides practical insights that designers and manufacturing engineers can apply to reduce rework, improve quality, and strengthen cross-team collaboration.

Vault Professional software manages thousands of engineering workflows but property assignment, lifecycle transitions, revision management, approval routing, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) synchronization remain manual. Every operation is predictable and rule-governed. This session will deliver AU 2026's Intelligent Data theme in practice: an AI agent connected to the Vault API monitoring product data management (PDM) events and executing the right action autonomously via a Model Context Protocol (MCP) agent loop. The large language model (LLM) interprets PDM state against business rules, and the API executes without manual intervention. In controlled workflows, this has reduced administrative overhead by up to 70%. You'll leave with an ROI-prioritized implementation road map.

AutoCAD Electrical software ships with powerful tools, but many teams struggle to move beyond the out‑of‑the‑box configuration into a setup that truly supports their design standards, workflows, and project scale. This class will focus on how to configure AutoCAD Electrical so it becomes a reliable production tool instead of a constant source of rework and work-arounds. Rather than focusing on schematic drafting basics, this class will emphasize configuration strategy, governance, and best practices that scale across teams and projects. You'll leave with a clear understanding of what to configure, why it matters, and how to maintain a healthy AutoCAD Electrical environment over time.

Kick off the PLM Summit with a high-impact keynote from Srinath Jonnalagadda, vice president of Data Management at Autodesk. He'll dive into how organizations are tackling disconnected systems, data complexity, and relentless pressure to move faster. You'll also gain insights into how Autodesk is addressing these challenges head-on advancing connected data and process strategies and using the power of AI. This session will set the tone by spotlighting key themes, challenges, and opportunities you'll explore during the PLM Summit. Lunch will be served immediately following the session in the same room, so plan to stay and join us.

Learn how to Vaultify an existing Inventor add-in by integrating Vault API functionality. This session will focus on adding Vault connectivity and using Vault data directly within Inventor to enhance your design workflows. You'll see how to search for existing parts using both system and user-defined properties, helping reduce duplicate designs and improve reuse of existing data. We'll also explore how this approach can support smarter decision making during design, streamline processes, and lay the foundation for more-advanced Vault-driven automation within your custom add-ins.

AI is everywhere but how does it actually help engineering teams working with CAD, BOMs, and Vault software? This class will demonstrate real-world applications of AI on top of Vault, focusing on engineering and manufacturing processes. Using live examples, we'll show how structured data such as eBOMs and mBOMs can be interpreted, transformed, and enriched using AI while keeping engineers in control. You'll see how natural-language interfaces, rule-based automation, and AI-assisted decision making support tasks like BOM transformation, process planning, and validation. The session will highlight proven architectures, integration patterns, and limitations when introducing AI into Vault-based environments.

The new backbone of Pfizer's data management brings transformation in how engineering data is managed. By a strategic data migration into Autodesk Vault and Forma, legacy information has been consolidated into a more structured, reliable system. Previously fragmented datasets are organized, enabling cleaner access, better traceability, and improved governance. This modernization enhances project communication and collaboration across teams, ensuring stakeholders are aligned throughout the engineering project lifecycle. With streamlined file handover processes and centralized control, project management becomes more efficient. Vault and Forma establish a robust foundation that supports scalability and consistency across Pfizer's operations.

World-class implementations don't happen by accident they're built on deep knowledge of how to make Autodesk tools work together intelligently. In this no-fluff session, Allen Gager will reveal the secrets every expert knows for maximizing Autodesk Assistant across the Autodesk platform while building a robust common data environment (CDE) powered by Vault and Vault PLM software. Discover how to use Autodesk Assistant (now integrated in Vault 2027, Autodesk Fusion, AutoCAD, Autodesk Forma, and beyond) as your always-on, context-aware AI partner. Learn natural language techniques to find files faster, automate routine tasks, get in-context guidance, query project data, and even drive simple automations without ever leaving your workflow.

ITT Flow Technologies designs highly configurable equipment. But as with many manufacturers, the digital thread breaks as data moves from engineering to programming, production, and the shop floor. Disconnected CAD, CAM, and manufacturing systems reduce traceability and drive manual work-arounds, delays, and rework. This session will show how ITT Flow Technologies is reconnecting design and manufacturing using Inventor, Vault, and Autodesk Fusion software. We'll review a real-world approach to creating a connected data flow across the product lifecycle. And we'll assess digital maturity, identify high-impact opportunities, and build a phased road map that delivers early value while improving collaboration, productivity, quality, and efficiency.

If you have any queries regarding the functionality and operation of Vault software, or if you would like to learn more about a specific feature, this session will offer an excellent opportunity to engage with the Vault team. The team comprises both the engineering and the product management teams, and they will provide candid and insightful responses to any inquiries you may have about Vault.

Learn how to bring structure, clarity, and powerful searchability to your engineering data using Vault Items as the foundation for classification. Many organizations rely on files and folders to organize models, drawings, and documents, but this approach can quickly become difficult to manage as data grows. By using Items, you can create a consistent classification framework in a more meaningful way.

Stop clicking through menus and start maximizing your data. In this fast-paced, 30-minute session, we'll dive into 13 high-impact tips and tricks for Vault Professional software that often go overlooked. From optimizing lifecycles and advanced searching to using the latest "modern" features in the 2027 release, these hacks are designed to eliminate bottlenecks and supercharge your daily workflow. Whether you're a CAD manager or a power user, you'll leave with a practical toolkit to automate repetitive tasks, improve data security, and get the most out of your Vault environment.

In this session, we'll explore the complete factory asset lifecycle from the initial procurement and commissioning of equipment to maintenance, optimization, and eventual decommissioning. You'll learn how to use cloud-based PLM to gain real-time visibility into production readiness, track the health of your physical assets, and eliminate silos between engineering and the shop floor.

Vault software is a tool that engineers often use to manage their files. As time goes by, the number of files and entries in the database can make the Vault grow quite large. Dealing with such sizes can become challenging when using traditional methods for backup and database management. This class is here to help you out. It will focus on the latest features in Vault Professional 2024 software that can make the backup and restoration process faster and more efficient. We'll explore various tools that can simplify these tasks and ensure smooth operations with Vault.

Fusion Lifecycle software can be deployed faster than any other PLM (product lifecycle management) tool on the market. This was tested for a company that wanted to take its ventilator project to production in the shortest time possible due to the COVID-19 ventilator shortage. A prototype of the ventilator was completed using Fusion 360 software. Now it is time to take it into mass production using Items and BOMs, ECO, and NPI Workspace of Fusion Lifecycle.

The second of a two-part series discussing the ways to Configure your vault without expensive custom code that has to be compiled year over year. Part two will cover the use of Data Standards. We will explore various use cases and configurations of Data Standards to make your Autodesk Vault work for you in your environment. How does Data Standards work? How to effectively deploy Data Standards to your end users. And how to create effective utilities with Data Standards, solving irritating discrepancies in your data. Learn how to utilize your Custom Objects in the first part, Vault—Configure Don't Customize: The Power of Custom Objects (Part 1 of 2).