Friday, January 04, 2008

Guess the Secret Celebrity Keynote Speaker at SolidWorks World, Win Dinner for One

3D CAD News is pleased to gloat that we know who will deliver the traditional secret celebrity keynote presentation at SolidWorks World later this month in San Diego.

This is a fiercely guarded secret, and let me tell you, Jeff Ray and the rest of the SolidWorks brass in Concord are turning green with apolexy, fearing we will blab.


SolidWorks has hired a private detective to find out how 3D CAD News learned the identity of the SWW secret celebrity keynote speaker.

Not wanting to bring wrath down on our heads without a darn good (generally satirical) reason, we have decided to play along, with a twist. We won't say who the speaker will be, but we will run a contest to see if anyone can guess. Every other day or so between now and SolidWorks World (opens Jan. 20 in San Diego) we will publish a clue to the speaker's identity.

If you think you know the identity of the secret celebrity keynote, send an email to editor (at) cadcamnet.com. If there is a winner, they will receive a $24 gift certificate to Applebee's. (Yes, we are cheap, and proud of it.) If the winner is attending SolidWorks World, he or she may elect to have the 3D CAD News team buy dinner in San Diego instead. We choose the place, and we promise it will have indoor seating and plumbing. We will announce the results after the mystery person's presentation.


This fine establishment is on the short list for our winner's dining pleasure.

Employees of SolidWorks or their French overlords at Dassault Systemes are not eligible to participate, and neither are employees of a certain unnamed media conglomerate that might in some way be connected to the secret celebrity keynote speaker. Let the astute reader note that we have just given an unofficial clue. Also banned from participation are employees of the speakers bureau that is chargingSolidWorks an arm and a leg for this person to appear.

Today's official clue: Clark Kent thinks he has eyeglasses to die for.


Neither of these gentlemen, seen at SolidWorks World 2006, are this year's secret celebrity keynote speaker.

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