Dassault Systèmes Showcases AI-Driven Design at 3DEXPERIENCE World 2026

Dassault Systèmes has announced that 3DEXPERIENCE World 2026 will take place in Houston, Texas, from February 1–4, bringing together users of the SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE platforms to examine the increasing role of artificial intelligence in design, engineering, and manufacturing.

The central technical focus of the event is the application of AI across the product lifecycle, from early design through simulation, manufacturing, and governance. Building on the introduction of 3D UNIV+RSES in 2025, Dassault Systèmes will present how assistive, predictive, and generative AI capabilities are being embedded into virtual environments to support more efficient and sustainable engineering processes.

The agenda includes presentations from Pascal Daloz, CEO of Dassault Systèmes; Manish Kumar, CEO and Vice President R&D at SOLIDWORKS; and Gian Paolo Bassi, Senior Vice President, Customer Role Experience. These sessions will outline how AI-enabled tools are being integrated into the company’s platforms to automate repetitive tasks, improve decision-making, and enable more complex system-level design.

Keynote speakers include Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, who will address advances in accelerated computing and AI infrastructure, as well as Pablos Holman, inventor and technologist, and Jay “Engineezy” Vogler, who will discuss the intersection of engineering, creativity, and digital storytelling.

From a technical perspective, the event will feature the annual unveiling of the top 10 SOLIDWORKS enhancements, along with hundreds of hands-on training sessions covering CAD, simulation, data management, and manufacturing applications. Certification programs and peer-to-peer meetups are also scheduled, targeting engineers, designers, and manufacturing specialists at different experience levels.

Additional program elements include the AAKRUTI International Student Design and Innovation Competition, where teams from nine countries will apply engineering and digital tools to real-world challenges, and the 3DEXPERIENCE Playground, showcasing live modeling competitions, maker activities, and education-focused demonstrations. Product demonstrations from industrial users and startups—including Molteni Group, Westwood Robotics, Psyonic, Sparx Hockey, COM-PAK+, NOVOFERM, and Brudden—will illustrate applied use cases of the platforms.

According to Dassault Systèmes, the event is intended to show how AI is becoming a practical engineering tool rather than an experimental add-on, supporting productivity gains while enabling more time for innovation. With more than 8 million users worldwide, the SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE ecosystems continue to evolve toward AI-supported, model-based development environments aimed at addressing increasing product complexity and sustainability requirements.

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