Software Cradle will hold its 2009 Users Conference on October 16, 2009 at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. 

This year's conference will feature a special lecture by Dr. Tsutomu Takagi, Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries at the Kinki University School of Agriculture, called Swimming Ability of Fish: A Biomechanical Approach.  Dr. Takagi will discuss how computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is used to understand the swimming biomechanics of blue fin tuna and flounder.  Evaluating fish swimming ability is an important part of understanding their behavioral ecology such as travel distance and migration routes.

Companies making presentations at the conference include*

·       NEC Electronics Corporation

·       KYUDENKO CORPORATION

·       SUZUKI Motor Corporation

·       Chiyoda Advanced Solutions Corporation

·       NIKON CORPORATION

·       Panasonic Corporation

·       Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

·       Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.

E-mail inquiries should be addressed to: info@cradle-cfd.com

* Presenters and the topics are subjects to change.