With just under a week until 3DEXPERIENCE World 2026, the DriveWorks team is excited to be heading out to Houston. If you’re attending 3DEXPERIENCE World, it’s a great opportunity to meet some of the DriveWorks team and find out more about DriveWorks solutions and how they can enable your business to reduce repetitive tasks, eliminate errors, increase sales, and deliver custom products in record time.
Alongside the DriveWorks booth, members of the DriveWorks team will be hosting presentations where they’ll share their insight on achieving efficiencies.
Here’s our guide to getting the most out of 3DEXPERIENCE World 2026.
Build your agenda
There are hundreds of different sessions to attend, and this year’s agenda is designed to help you grow and thrive, featuring technical training sessions, networking sessions, women in tech events, expanded roundtables, and much more.
Whether you’re looking to expand your skills through technical training sessions, connect with like-minded peers in meet-ups, or discover new ways to advance your career, it’s worth taking the time to browse the extensive agenda and reserve your place at sessions you don’t want to miss.
General sessions and keynote speakers
Each day at 3DEXPERIENCE World starts with a general session focusing on new technologies and strategies that can power innovation and growth. You’ll hear from Dassault Systèmes and SOLIDWORKS leadership, inspiring engineers, and innovators. This year’s keynote speakers include Pablos Holman, the internationally recognized technology futurist, inventor and bestselling author, NVIDIA Founder and CEO Jensen Huang, and Jay Vogler, the visionary behind Engineezy, where engineering intersects with art and storytelling.
The 3DEXPERIENCE Playground – the hub of 3DEXPERIENCE World
At the epicenter of 3DEXPERIENCE World 2026, you’ll find the Playground. It’s a hub of innovation where attendees can meet SOLIDWORKS experts, sponsors & partners to learn more about the latest in design and manufacturing technologies. It’s where you’ll find the Dassault Systèmes booth, the Shop Floor, the Hive, the EDU Zone, the Maker Zone, and the one place you don’t want to miss, the DriveWorks booth #834!
Visit Booth #834 to meet the DriveWorks team and learn more about design automation, CPQ for Manufacturing, and how manufacturers are transforming their processes and improving customer experience. You’ll also have the opportunity to get hands-on with DriveWorks configurator examples.
With comfortable furniture and an informal atmosphere, the Hive area of the Playground creates the perfect setting for networking and exploring new technologies. The Hive is a dedicated space where you can connect with like-minded individuals, potential collaborators, and industry influencers.
The Shop Floor area of the 3DEXPERIENCE Playground provides an immersive manufacturing experience showcasing cutting-edge technologies for businesses of all sizes. Visit the Shop Floor to see and experience the latest in manufacturing technology, with live demonstrations and interactive exhibits.
Join a DriveWorks presentation
Throughout 3DEXPERIENCE World 2026, members of the team will be hosting presentations where they’ll be sharing their insight on achieving efficiencies with DriveWorks technology.
Delivered by DriveWorks technical experts, you’ll have the opportunity to find out more about our technology and the benefits you can achieve with our solutions. The presentations will include real-world examples of time-saving and efficiency metrics achieved by DriveWorks customers.
Configure & automate custom products
Sunday, February 1st, 3DEXPERIENCE Theater, 4.40pm-4.55pm
Learn how using DriveWorks with SOLIDWORKS enables manufacturers to streamline workflows and meet industry demands.
Weiland Doors improved accuracy and compliance for custom orders.
Resilient Structures accelerated production of complex custom products, reduced review time, rework, and improved cycle durations.
Best practices based on 25 years of innovation
Tuesday, February 3rd, Masterclass, 2.30pm-3.15pm
Find out how organizations are using DriveWorks design automation and product configurator software to automate their custom same-but-different designs. From automating parts, assemblies and drawings to automation best practices, this session will cover how you can leverage automation to enhance your design workflows and take advantage of all SOLIDWORKS has to offer. You will see firsthand the time-saving and error-eliminating ways to best automate your custom products, leaving you time to focus on what you do best, creating new ideas.
First time attending?
It’s easy to feel a little overwhelmed at an event as big as 3DEXPERIENCE World. This will be our 25th year attending, and we’d like to reassure you that it’s a super-friendly space. You’ll find plenty of chances to meet others who do what you do, whether it’s at the First-Timers Reception, the Women in Technology Breakfast, or one of the many round-tables and casual meetups happening throughout the week. Check out this Top Sessions for 3DEXPERIENCE World first-timers video for some inspiration.
Collect a commemorative ribbon
This year, we are celebrating 25 years of DriveWorks, and as part of our celebrations, we’ve designed a commemorative ribbon, designed to be worn alongside your other 3DEXPERIENCE World ribbons.
Collect yours from one of the team at the DriveWorks booth.
No need to miss out if you’re not attending
There’s no need to miss out if you’re not going to be in Houston. You can watch the 3DEXPERIENCE World 2026 live stream on live.solidworks.com and the SOLIDWORKS YouTube channel.
The live stream will include the General Sessions and Keynotes, interviews with executives, speakers, and guests, and glimpses into many other aspects of the conference. The full agenda for the live stream will be posted to the event website before the conference starts, and all of the live stream sessions will be available to watch back after the event.
Follow us on LinkedIn to stay up to date
We’ll be sharing lots of news about our time at 3DEXPERIENCE World 2026 on our LinkedIn page. Follow the page to stay up to date with all of the action and check in with the team in Houston.