(The Boeing Co.: Smithfield, MI) -- The Boeing Co. and the Northrop Grumman Corp. will hold their second joint Global Product Data Interoperability Summit Nov. 8–11 at the Crowne Plaza San Marcos Resort in Chandler, Arizona.

Following the success of last year’s inaugural event, the organizers are presenting the summit as an open and agnostic forum where attendees share common ideas and solutions about data interoperability challenges confronting the industry.

This year’s summit theme is “Driving quality through industry collaboration focused on leveraging and integrating CAD, visualization, interoperability and data management systems.” Participants from the aerospace, automotive, and shipbuilding industries will present and discuss the latest technical standards and solutions addressing data interoperability issues. Presentation tracks will cover product life cycle management (PLM), data exchange, and service-oriented architecture (SOA).

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