Intercax - Digital Thread Conference Page 2026

Building on two years of remarkable interest and attendance, we're proud to announce the 3rd Annual Digital Thread Conference (DTC26). Join digital engineers and the Syndeia community for two days of real-world project insights, forward-thinking ideas, and the latest advances in digital engineering.

Date: September 23–24, 2026
Location: Virtual (via MS Teams)
Registration: Opening soon

Why DTC26?

DTC25 brought together 277 unique live attendees from more than 80 organizations across 8 industry verticals — spanning government, aerospace, defense, automotive, and healthcare. Over 16 hours of curated demos, presentations, and panel discussions, participants gained a clear, practical path for scaling their integrated digital engineering programs. DTC26 continues that momentum.

Conference Theme

"From Thread to Intelligence: Powering the Next Generation of Digital Engineering"

Sessions will explore:

Digital Engineering Mandates – Navigating DoD 5000.97 and digital engineering standards with digital threads as your backbone
Bridging the Silos – Integration, interoperability, and configuration management as the backbone of an intelligent enterprise
AI-Powered Threads – Real-world use cases where AI and digital threads converge to drive smarter engineering decisions
Automation & Flow – Building intelligent pipelines through APIs, automation, and seamless system integration
Insight at Every Level – From raw data to executive dashboards: analytics and visualization across the digital thread
Trust by Design – Embedding cybersecurity and governance into the digital thread from day one
Infrastructure for Intelligence – DevSecOps and IT strategies that support scalable, resilient digital engineering environments

What to Expect

Industry Presentations – Practitioners across industries share how they leverage Syndeia to improve quality, efficiency, and cost management in complex systems engineering.
Expert Panel Discussion – Industry leaders tackle today's most pressing digital engineering challenges and the real-world solutions being deployed.
Intercax Sessions – Get the latest on digital engineering innovation, the latest Syndeia release, and a preview of the upcoming releases.

Who Should Attend

Business leaders and program managers looking to accelerate digital transformation, manage cost and risk, and align with DoD Instruction 5000.97.
Syndeia users who want to deepen their platform expertise and get ahead of upcoming capabilities.
Digital engineers (systems, mechanical, electrical, software) building complex cyber-physical systems who need to coordinate across disciplines.
Data scientists and analysts working with multi-source data streams, AI/ML pipelines, and decision-support dashboards.
IT and DevSecOps engineers responsible for deploying scalable digital engineering infrastructure.

Call for Speakers

We welcome proposals from innovators and practitioners across all industry verticals.

To apply, email your session abstract and a brief bio to dtc26@intercax.com.

Submission deadline: July 15, 2026
Acceptance notification: August 15, 2026

Questions?

Digital Thread Conference 2025 - Day 1 | Sep 10, 2025

Start time (US ET)	End time (US ET)	Presentation	Speaker
10:00	10:30	Welcome to the Digital Thread Conference (DTC) 2025!	Manas Bajaj, Intercax
10:30	11:00	Business Value of Digital Threads for Integrated Digital Engineering	Dirk Zwemer, Intercax
11:00	12:00	Advancing an MBSE Method with SysML v2	Sanford Friedenthal, SAF Consulting
12:00	12:45	Digital Engineering for Smart Knee Systems – From Silos to Digital Threads with SysML v2	Kristina Carroll, Studio SE Rose Yntema, Intercax Kenneth Naylor, Intercax
12:45	13:15	Lunch Break [30 mins]	Sample text
13:15	14:00	Application of Model-based Approaches for Earth Observation Missions	Christopher Delp, NASA JPL Fatma Karagoz, NASA JPL

Testimonials from Our Valued Attendees

I liked seeing how others in the industry use Syndeia, approach MBSE and traceability, cultural issues with adopting MBSE, etc. I encourage having even more of this next year.

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Trying Syndeia in a nonproduction study

I attended the Digital Thread conference for the first time and enjoyed it. Thank you for curating such themes and topics. As someone new to the Digital Thread domain, the conference gave me a clear understanding. I’m currently working on a few pilot projects for MBSE using SysML, and the conference helped me see the broader picture of Digital Thread beyond SysML. Thanks!

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New Syndeia User

Eager for the next one!

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Medium-time hands-on user of syndeia, long-time user of digital threads and transformation efforts

I very much appreciate the opportunity to attend this event. Looking forward to learning more about Syndeia Cloud.

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Syndeia Evaluator

Leading projects, excellent examples of facilitating the digital thread.

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Conducting Evaluation for Digital Engineering tools

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