Simulation has come a long way since it was generally adopted in Aerospace and Automotive industries in the 1970s.On the other hand, we still see archaic terminology such as card image when todays users may have never seenor used a card punch.Engineers are normally conservative and somewhat slow to change which is a good thing for the safety aspects of theproducts they design. But we live in an ever changing and accelerating technological era. Today, simulation is used in everyindustry that designs and manufactures products from toothpaste tubes to rocket engines. The demand for engineersin the simulation field has never been higher. The advance of computing is relentless. Todays mobile devices are morepowerful and can store more information than the supercomputers of the early days of simulation. The pace of computingcontinues to grow at an exponential rate even though a receding growth rate has been predicted many times. The only thingthat is not changing is the basic physics behind the simulation computations. So where are we going with all of this advancein capability and demand?The level of detail in the simulation models continues to increase with fewer and fewer assumptions required to get answersin a reasonable time. As the models become more complex the requirements for assembling models, analysis of theresults, and storing the volumes of input and output are increasing. Altair is working to bring the future of simulation toengineers in both an evolutionary and revolutionary way. We continue to modernize our tradition tools for ease of use, largemodel handling, and efficiency and at the same invent new ways of working for the future generations of engineers.The challenge for the future is to make the complex simple by reducing the requirements put on the user to get into thedetails unless necessary or desired. The simulation process can be more systematic and guided versus more of an artas it is sometimes today. Two engineers solving the same problem should be able to get similar results by establishingprocesses that are repeatable. More realistic representation of reality can be achieved by stochastic analysis where thevariation of real products is a standard part of the simulation process. Data and processes can be shared within teams andacross teams. Finally with advance in technology we will see a return to remote computation or as it is called today cloudcomputing which will include high speed 3D graphics. Altair is working in all of the directions described above to bring thebest value and experience to the engineering community worldwide.In the document that follows, you will see elements of where we are going. But the reality is there is a lot to learn and theknowledge you need to successfully apply simulation is quite vast. Good luck in your endeavors and we hope we can be ofvalue to you now and throughout your career.