At 3DEXPERIENCE World 2025 in Houston, TX, held February 23-26, we proudly celebrated 30 years of SOLIDWORKS, honoring its legacy of innovation and the passionate community that has shaped its success.
This milestone event attracted over 3,600 attendees from 79 different countries and showcased the evolution of design and engineering, highlighting the impact of SOLIDWORKS on industries worldwide.
Check out the recap video below to feel just a small part of the energy and excitement that our customers bring to the 3DEXPERIENCE World Community 🎬:
Industry professionals, engineers, designers, and business leaders engaged in cutting-edge training sessions, hands-on workshops, and inspiring keynote presentations showcasing the latest advancements in 3D design, simulation, manufacturing, and product lifecycle management. The event fostered a dynamic networking environment, connecting global experts and visionaries to shape the future of product development through the power of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform!
Celebrating 30 Years of Innovation
From 30 years pins on stage to the display wall in the Playground HIVE, this year's event proudly celebrated the 30 years of innovation since the first launch of SOLIDWORKS. Even our CEO, @PD shared his 🥰love💘 of SOLIDWORKS and experiences at past "WORLD" events. We saw more than 600 users come through the booth and try their hands at SOLIDWORKS '95.
You can learn a little more about the 30-year challenge below in the Corporate social media team's story with one long-timer user.
The event did not stop with the past 30 years of innovation; we also announced SOLIDWORKS SkillForce, a new program to empower students in work-based learning, unveiled plans for a Configure, Price and Quote offering, and showcased an expanded partnership with KUKA.
The Event Featured
- Over 300 hours of content across 3 days
- More than 200 breakout sessions
- 51 hands-on workshops
- 22 MeetUps
🗣️You Spoke - We Listened 👂
Out of meetings with our inaugural Customer Advisory Council came several new initiatives, each of which was well received by our target audiences:
1️⃣ First-Timers program: This program included our first customer-centric Know Before You Go recording, which was available to all attendees, a First-Timer Welcome Networking Reception prior to the Sunday Welcome Reception, and a User Session dedicated to first timers, which was presented by some of our long-term and shorter-term attendees.
2️⃣ Mentor/Mentee: This new program included a User Session dedicated to the Mentee journey, a networking session during the Monday Evening Reception, and a roundtable on Successful Mentoring, all of which were managed by the incomparable @JP
3️⃣ Roundtables: Much like the Birds-of-a-Feather of the past, we had twenty-one tables dedicated to different topics including Successful Mentoring, Women in Technology, Machine Integrations, Designing Mechatronics Products, AI Meets Product Design, and more.
4️⃣ Women in Technology: @BS moderated a panel for one of the User breakout session & one of the roundtables. On Tuesday evening, we hosted a Women in Technology Networking Reception to aid in a new networking opportunity for women and their allies attending the event. The number one question asked by women leaving the networking session was some variant of, "Are you doing this again next year?" The answer is yes for all four of the new initiatives!
Did you miss the event? Watch the recaps! 🎬
| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 |
Discover some behind the scenes of 3DEXPERIENCE World by checking out our dedicated social media posts on LinkedIn:
| 3DEXPERIENCE World 2025 Recap | |
It's Trivia O'Clock - Looking back on 30 years of SOLIDWORKS featuring: | |
with ColdSnap | |
| He's been using SOLIDWORKS Since 1995 | |
| Houston, we have take-off | |
| Welcome to 3DEXPERIENCE World 2025 |
We'll be back in Houston, Texas on February 1-4, 2026 for 3DEXPERIENCE World 2026...so....mark your calendar today!
Thank you,
MjH
