Belcan is excited to sponsor the upcoming MBE & QIF Summits on April 14th – 17th in Chicago, Illinois.

The MBE Summit & QIF Summit combines the Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) and Quality Information Framework (QIF) summits into one-cohesive event. This conference provides an exciting opportunity to benchmark successes and failures to gain the valuable insights needed to accelerate your MBE journey. The QIF Summit focuses on the open standard that facilitates the seamless movement of a model-based definition and manufacturing quality data.

Register for the event

If you are attending, visit the Belcan booth and check out our MBE and QIF agenda:

Belcan MBE Booth

The following experts will be at the Summit this year.

Rosemary Astheimer – MBE Principal Engineer and MBE Summit MC

Chris Kulinka – MBE Principal Engineer

Eric Kozikowski – MBE Principal Engineer

Rudy Lozano – Senior MBE Business Development Lead

Stop at our booth or approach us any time to discuss the following and more!

  • We Are Demonstrated Implementors: The model-based enterprise experts on Belcan’s Digital Engineering Solutions lead team deliver real-world implementation experience to help you roadmap your digital vision, avoid strategic pitfalls, and accelerate realization of your goals.
  • We Bridge Strategy & Execution: No matter where your organization stands in the digital transformation process, Belcan’s Digital Engineering Solutions lead team will meet you where you are. Our experts will customize a solution across the enterprise and supply chain that helps your organization reach its goals – and grow beyond them.
  • We Deliver Measurable Impact: Everything we do is geared towards setting our customers up for long-term success on their digital journey. Our Digital Engineering Solutions team leverages a time-tested combination of strategic expertise and engineering support to produce high-quality, impactful results.
  • We Bring MBE to Life: Join us for a live demonstration of end-to-end MBE workflows—creating machine-readable MBD and enabling seamless consumption in manufacturing and inspection to drive automation, accuracy, and digital thread continuity.

Achieving Success with NSE MBE Maturity Index

Date: Wednesday, April 15th, 2026

Time: 10:30 am – 11:00 am CDT

Chris Kulinka, Belcan MBE Principal Engineer, and George Rendell, VP of Product Strategy & Operations at Siemens Digital Industries Software, will co-present on using the MBE Maturity Index as a measurable achievement milestone. They will share insights on assessing current customer processes and software capabilities to enable engineering and manufacturing organizations to reach a targeted maturity level.


Requirements to Reality: Building a Digitally Connected Supply Chain

Date: Wednesday April 15th, 2026

Time: 1:30 pm – 2:00pm CDT

Chris Kulinka, Belcan MBE Principal Engineer, and Abbey Soulek, GE Aerospace Sr. Staff MBE Technology Manager will co-present on the customer’s digital engineering journey and highlights how model-based product definition, digital connectivity of models, and linked reporting requirements are driving transformation across the supply chain.

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