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April 13-16, 2026 Chicago, IL: Anark will again be sponsoring the MBE & QIF Summit 2026 that brings together an array of experts that continue advancing the development of open standards to enable the seamless exchange of Model-Based Definitions and manufacturing quality data.
We are excited to support this annual assembly of industry experts with our long time model-based efforts and support of all the type of technical data delivery methods our customers need that span standards, MBD Native access, PLM Automation, Secure content management, Digital Engineering portals and more based on 3D PDF and HTML standalone or hosted. For a great summary of the recent work Anark has been doing, see the blog: The Need for Machine-Readable, Machine-Interpretable, and Human-Readable Data in Digital Engineering Collaboration.
These efforts support 3Di Technical Data Package (TDP) capabilities enabling MIL-STD-31000B along with more recent initiatives such as DoDI 5000.97 Digital Engineering together with solutions for Controlled Unclassified Markings (CUI) all which were part of the conversations at the recent Defense Manufacturing Conference 2026 that we summarized here!
Collaboration from Design to Manufacturing, Inspection and back.
As part of the hackathon that will happen at the event, Anark is part of a team let by Ben Kassel at the University of Maryland Applied Research Lab for Intelligence & Security (ARLIS) to explore how the a design, manufacturing and inspection process using the Ball Valves from Action Engineering could be used for better collaboration and improved products. The Hackathon team also includes Auburn University, HighQA and the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT).
Have a chat with any members you run into for the session that will be held at 1:30 on Thursday and as a preview, see the new Anark new HTML capabilities that can import STEP AP242 files to represent the model, QIF as the Inspection results and map them accordingly below. This is the start of many interesting capabilities we have been rolling out in 2026 for Anark Collaborate, HTML, STEP, QIF and much more.
For any additional questions, please Contact Anark.
Related Resources:
Blog: How Model Based Enterprise Transforms Product Lifecycle Management
eBook: How to Leverage Model-Based Engineering Data Across Your Supply Chain
About the event:
MBE Summit
The MBE Summit has brought academia, government, and industry experts together since 2009 to share the challenges, implementation issues, and lessons learned in design, manufacturing, quality assurance, and sustainment of products and processes where a Model-Based approach is used. This includes all aspects of the product lifecycle from design, manufacturing, quality assurance, and sustainment of products, where a digital 3D model acts as the authoritative source of information.
QIF Summit
DMSC have been gathering those people and organizations interested in developing an open standard to facilitate the seamless movement of a model-based definition and manufacturing quality data. Quality of Information Framework 3.0 is a structured way to achieve that objective. Everyone interested in the standard and those who want to help improve and expand it will have the opportunity to do so at the summit.
