Welcome to the 28th International Manufacturing Conference, hosted this year by Dublin City University.

New: Conference programme is now online.

The theme of this year’s conference relates to twin requirements that in order for our society to survive and grow we must ensure that our consumption of resources is controlled so that future generations will be able to continue production of new goods.  The challenge to those involved in manufacturing is to create this sustainability.  In the present economic climate, however, there is a “equal and opposite reaction” challenge for our society – that of sustaining manufacturing so that the industry is viable.  These two challenges are essentially two sides of the same coin.

Call for Papers

Submissions are now invited for papers relevant to this theme under any of the general disciplines below:
Environmentally Friendly Manufacturing

• Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing
• Low Carbon Manufacturing
• CO2 reduction in Manufacturing
• Energy Conservation in Appropriate Working Environment
• Environmental Engineering including Low Grade Heat

Society & Manufacturing

• Eco Parks for Manufacturing
• Manufacturing, Education & Training
• Engineering Education
• Tacit Knowledge
• Health and Safety

Manufacturing Processes

• Grinding and Polishing
• Surface Engineering
• New Manufacturing Processes and Technology
• Materials, Polymer Clay Nano Composites

Design for Manufacture

• Engineering Design
• Rapid Prototyping
• Concurrent Engineering
• CAD/CAM Flexible Manufacturing

Control & Automation

• Adaptive Control in Machining
• Mechatronics, Industrial Automation and Process Control

Systems & Management

• Manufacturing Systems & Simulations
• Lean & Agile Manufacture
• Quality Management
• TQM
• IT & Internet Applications in Manufacturing
• Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
• Supply Chain Management

Specialist Areas

• Bio-Medical Device Manufacture
• Pharmaceutical and BioPharmaceutical Manufacturing
• Micro and Nano Manufacturing
• Materials Processing for Biomass
• Wood for Eco-build
• Wind Turbine Manufacturing Technologies
• Solar Panel Manufacturing Technologies
• E-Manufacturing
• Wood Treatment Technologies