2nd Annual EPSRC Manufacturing the Future Conference
17-18 September 2013
Cranfield University

www.ukmanufacturing.org

Call for ABSTRACT Submission

This conference is the only national manufacturing research conference focusing on the leading edge (TRLs 1-4), taking a broad perspective on manufacturing.

• The aim of the conference is to build and network the manufacturing research community, exchange best practice and work in progress and communicate the value of the community to stakeholders.
• The conference is the national forum for defining and debating the objectives and approaches for Scientific Excellence in manufacturing research.

The conference is for, and led by, the community and is sponsored by EPSRC's Manufacturing the Future Theme as part of their objective to develop the UK's reputation for excellence in manufacturing research.

The conference will be open to all from academia and industry. All EPSRC Centres for Innovative Manufacturing will be represented as will other current and earlier EPSRC and TSB sponsored activities in manufacturing including the Innovative Manufacturing Research Centres, Centres for Doctoral Training and EngD Centres, the Technology Strategy Board High Value Manufacturing programme and the High Value Manufacturing Catapult.

Presentations will be academic, industrial, and from EPSRC. The presentations will also include keynotes from senior international academics. Networking will be further enabled by an Exhibition and Poster Sessions. Academic plenary oral presentations will be selected from abstracts by the Conference Steering Committee to allow the showcasing of the best and most relevant work. All those submitting abstracts will be given the opportunity to present a poster. All abstracts will be published in either electronic or printed format. There will be opportunities to organise informal workshop sessions at the conference to exchange best practice and discuss topics of importance to the community, and for those other than EPSRC Centres to exhibit.

FOCUS of the conference:

The conference welcomes abstracts from all areas of manufacturing research in the UK, including:

• Sustainable industrial systems: Meeting testing targets for reducing resource consumption and CO2 generation, whilst doubling production output of manufacturing industries, requires a measured approach towards sustainable manufacturing.
• Manufacturing informatics: Advanced manufacturing is knowledge-intensive and ICT has a major role to play in improving manufacturing intelligence, supporting collaboration, increasing efficiency, speeding up innovation, and enabling new business models and technologies.
• Innovative production processes: The development of an efficient production process is a key enabling step in the transfer of innovative research from the research laboratory to industrial application.
• Frontier manufacturing: Cross-disciplinary research that involves taking novel scientific insights towards new manufacturing initiatives that could impact or create manufacturing businesses in the future.

KEY DATES for the conference:

• Deadline for abstract submissions: 01 May 2013
• Speaker notification of acceptance: 01 July 2013
• Deadline for presentations: 01 September 2013

CONTACT for any queries:

Eleanor Collins
Outreach Coordinator,
EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing Through-Life Engineering Services, Manufacturing and Materials Department Cranfield University, UK
E: eleanor.collins@cranfield.ac.uk
T: (0)1234 750111 x 4031
F: (0)1234 758292