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DXC at iBase-t Excelerate Solumina User Conference 2026

Where Innovation Meets Manufacturing Excellence

Date

16 – 19 March, 2026

Location

National Harbor Maryland, USA

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DXC is proud to serve as a Diamond Sponsor of the iBaset Excelerate Solumina User Conference, bringing together industry leaders, Solumina users and digital manufacturing innovators for hands-on learning and collaboration.

DXC’s iBase-t Solumina Practice is the largest and most advanced in the world. DXC and iBase-t are working together to bring modern, innovative solutions to manufacturers.

Our experts will be onsite to discuss your operational challenges and explore solutions that drive flexibility, industrial transformation, and streamlined processes. We’ll highlight how targeted actions can create measurable impact across your manufacturing ecosystem. 

We invite you to join our main stage session, Challenges on the Journey to MBE Maturity, and our partner session, Quantum Resilience in Modern Manufacturing

Visit us in the Experts Lounge to ask questions, exchange ideas, and see how DXC is helping manufacturers simplify operations, improve efficiency and adopt new technologies with confidence.


Sessions

Date/Time: date TBD | 3.30PM- 4.00PM
Speaker: Laura Brazie, Global Lead, Quantum Resilience Consulting, DXC Technology

Understanding and preparing for the cybersecurity challenges in a transparent, model-based future

Date/Time: date TBD | 11:30AM-12:00PM
Speakers: 

Chris Chapin, Sr. Managing Partner, DXC 

Gregory Copeland, Associate Manager Consultant, DXC

Rajan Nischal, Associate Director, Digital Product Lifecyle i4.0 MES Solutions, Collins Aerospace

A panel discussion exploring the key challenges organizations face on the path to Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) maturity, including cultural, technical, and operational hurdles that shape successful enterprise transformation.


Speakers

Laura Brazie

 

Global Lead, Quantum Resilience Consulting, DXC Technology 

Laura leads DXC's quantum practice, securing client systems through crypto agility, algorithm development and quantum computing solutions and consulting. She spent over twenty years to technology modernization in the US intelligence community (IC).. At Amazon Web Services (AWS) Laura launched the first air-gapped IC cloud region on Secret, deputy-managed a $10B+ Top Secret contract, and led security authorization, international industrial security, and public sector quantum teams.

She also served as adjunct professor teaching "Managing Information Systems for Executive Decision Making" in Virginia Tech's Pamplin MBA program.

Connect with Laura on LinkedIn

Chris Chapin

 

Sr. Managing Partner, DXC Technology

Chris has spent 40 years with DXC supporting clients across multiple industries in engineering and manufacturing to help them improve throughput, efficiency, and quality.  

Chris is particularly focused on driving digital transformation across aerospace factories and shipyard operations to achieve air and naval fleet size ramp-ups required to meet today’s national security challenges.

Connect with Chris on LinkedIn

Gregory Copeland

 

Associate Manager Consultant , DXC

Greg is an experience operations and business analyst with 30+ years in the Aerospace and Defense sector. He specializes in MES implementation, production planning, and cost control across defense and commercial aviation programs. As a leader at DXC, he heads MES implementation and process optimization to improve manufacturing performance and integration. 

Greg brings experience in MRO, managing engineering planning, cycletime improvement, and government audit support with zero findings. 

A U.S. Air Force veteran, he offers strong expertise in aircraft structural maintenance, process improvement and crossfunctional leadership to provide value to defense and commercial clients.

Connect with Greg on LinkedIn

Rajan Nischal

 

Associate Director, Digital Product Lifecyle i4.0 MES Solutions, Collins Aerospace

Rajan has extensive experience in manufacturing technology and digital transformation, specializing in DPLC, Industry 4.0, Connected Factory, and MES strategy and deployment. 

Committed to fostering positive organizational change, he leads initiatives that align technology with customerfocused business objectives, improvement targets, and transformational leadership principles. 

Using the CORE operating model and agile methodologies, Rajan drives integration across manufacturing, operations, and digital systems. He and his team deliver deployable scalable solutions and longterm partnerships that enhance performance, efficiency, and productivity while maximizing return on investment

 

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