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MSC.Software Announces 2004 Worldwide Virtual Product Development Conferences Call for Papers Opens for 2004 VPD Conferences; Leading Manufacturers to Share Engineering Technology Best Practices and Discuss Business Implications Of Virtual Product Development SANTA ANA, Calif., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MSC.Software Corp. , the leading global provider of virtual product development (VPD) products including simulation software and services, today announced the dates and locations for its 2004 VPD Conferences. These worldwide events will bring together thousands of engineering professionals to share their knowledge, best practices and views concerning the business impact of Virtual Product Development in the automotive, aerospace, biomedical, civil, defense, rail, shipbuilding and other industrial manufacturing industries. The dates and locations for the 2004 VPD conference are: * Americas: October 18-20, Huntington Beach, California * EMEA: November 22-24, Munich, Germany * Asia-Pacific: April 7-9, Korea; October 7, Kuala Lumpur; October 13-14, Australia; November 3, Taiwan; November 4-5, China; November 8-9, Japan "Our 2003 VPD conferences were by far the most successful events MSC.Software has ever undertaken, with more than 2500 customers, partners, press and financial analysts attending in all world regions. We are looking forward to a strong schedule and an even better attendance this year," said Frank Perna, chairman and chief executive officerof MSC.Software. "Our 2004 Virtual Product Development Conferences are 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 while improving product performance by utilizing VPD techniques." Abstracts are currently being accepted for presentations focused on managing product development practices, measuring ROI, leveraging high performance systems, and the technical use of VPD software such as MSC.Nastran, MSC.ADAMS, MSC.Patran, MSC.Dytran, MSC.EASY5, MSC.Marc and MSC.SDM and SimDesigner. Papers covering the implementation and use of PLM tools from Dassault Systemes, such as CATIA, SMARTEAM, and ENOVIA are also being solicited. The call for papers is located at http://vpd2004.mscsoftware.com/ . Keynote presenters will include leading executives from major manufacturing companies and MSC.Software executive staff. In addition, engineering experts and MSC.Software professionals will present technical papers and lead specialty workshops providing detailed information about VPD and PLM applications including, part design, integrated analysis, control system simulation, stochastic analysis, and simulation data managementamong others. For more information submitting a presentation, exhibiting and registration, please visit http://vpd2004.mscsoftware.com/ . About MSC.Software Corporation MSC.Software (NYSE:MNS) is the leading global provider of Virtual Product Development (VPD) solutions, including simulation software, data management tools, and professional services, that helps companies make money, save time and reduce costs associated with designing and testing manufactured products. MSC.Software works with thousands of companies in hundreds of industries to develop better products faster by utilizing information technology, software, services and systems. MSC.Software employs more than 1400 people in 23 countries. For additional information about MSC.Software's products and services, please visit http://www.mscsoftware.com/. DATASOURCE: MSC.Software Corp. CONTACT: Todd Evans, Media relations, +1-714-445-3066, , or Joanne Keates, Director of Investor Relations, +1-714-444-8551, , both of MSC.Software Web site: http://www.mscsoftware.com/

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