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SANTA ANA, Calif. -- MSC.Software Corp. (NYSE:MNS) , the leading global provider of virtual product development (VPD) tools including simulation software, services and systems, today announced its 2003 North American VPD Conference, scheduled for October 13-15, 2003 in Dearborn, Michigan. The event will bring together over 400 engineering professionals to share their knowledge, best practices and views concerning the future of design and simulation in the automotive, aerospace, defense, rail, shipbuilding and other industrial manufacturing industries. Abstracts are currently being accepted for presentations focused on management practices as well as the technical use of VPD software, systems and services. The use of leading VPD software products such as MSC.Nastran, MSC.ADAMS, MSC.Patran, MSC.EASY5, MSC.Marc and MSC.visualNastranV5i will also be highlighted. "Saving time and money, reducing risk, improving quality, getting to market faster -- these are the goals every manufacturing company is striving toward, and we are very pleased to provide this forum for them to share their challenges and successes," said Frank Perna, chairman and chief executive officer of MSC.Software. "Our Virtual Product Development Conference is a place where engineering and product development experts from every manufacturing sector can interact and learn about the ways in which their colleagues are saving time and money by utilizing VPD techniques." Keynote presenters will include leading executives from major manufacturing companies and MSC.Software executive staff. In addition, key industry experts and MSC.Software professionals will present technical papers and lead specialty workshops providing detailed practical information about simulation applications ranging from stress analysis to simulation data management. For more information submitting a presentation, exhibiting and registration, please visit http://www.mscsoftware.com/events/vpd2003/na/ .