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Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2014
28-30 April 2014 Cardiff, Wales, UK
http://sdm-14.kesinternational.org/
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The Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2014 conference program is coming 
together! 
We are delighted to announce that the conference will also feature:

Industrial visits to Renishaw and Tata Steel on 28 April 2014 

Horizon 2020 Workshop on Smart Specialisation on 28 April 2014 
        To be opened by Kay Swinburne MEP 
        Talk by Nicholas Deliyanakis, Deputy Head of Unit Industrial 
Technologies 
        Short presentations of four FP7 EU projects, 
        Q&A session 

Welcome drinks reception on 28 April 2014 
        To be hosted by Edwina Hart MBE CStJ AM / Minister for Economy, Science 
and Transport 

Four keynote speakers 29 and 30 April 2014 
        Dick Elsy, CEO of the HVM Catapult, 
        Geoff McFarland, Group Engineering Director of Renishaw, 
        Brian Holliday, Director Industrial Automation, Siemens, and 
        Rob Rolley, Director of Research and Development at General Dynamics UK 

Conference Dinner at Customs House Penarth 29 April 2014

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Call For Papers
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The Conference will encompass both theoretical and applied research in a series 
of topic areas 
applicable to sustainable design and manufacturing and will consist of keynote 
talks, oral and 
poster presentations, invited sessions and workshops. It will also provide 
excellent opportunities 
for networking, a programme of industrial visits to local exemplars of 
sustainable manufacturing 
and a dedicated student seminar. A full peer reviewed set of conference 
proceedings will be 
produced while selected publications may be identified for inclusion in 
appropriate special issues 
of international journals including:

Journal of Cleaner Production
Engineering Applications of AI 
International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science 
International Journal of Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Engineering Systems
International Journal of Architectural Computing
International Journal of Service and Computing Oriented Manufacturing
Journal of Simulation
International Journal for Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship

Submissions for short and full papers* are invited in the following areas:

TRACK 1: Sustainable Products & Processes
Eco-design & eco-innovation, closed-loop design, design for 
environment/sustainability, 
environmentally conscious manufacturing processes & products, energy, resource 
management 
& efficiency, sustainable manufacturing processes, re-manufacturing, recycling 
& design for 
assembly/disassembly.

TRACK 2: Sustainable Manufacturing Systems and Enterprises
Product life cycle management, end-of-life strategies, energy management & 
efficiency 
improvement of manufacturing systems, predictive maintenance & service for 
sustainable 
manufacturing, green supply chains, green logistics, sustainable business 
models, sustainable 
factory, societal impact of manufacturing systems, policy aspects of 
sustainable manufacturing.

TRACK 3: Decision Support Tools for Sustainability
Life cycle assessment of manufacturing processes & products, intelligent 
decision support for 
sustainable manufacturing, virtual & collaborative environments for 
sustainability, user/consumer 
behavioural models, information management/product life cycle management, 
prognostics, 
intelligent decision support for sustainable manufacturing including expert 
systems, 
knowledge-based systems, knowledge discovery & data mining, knowledge 
representation & 
management, pervasive sensing, context-aware systems, mobile computing & 
systems, 
machine learning, virtual reality, intelligent information management.

Application areas may include; design, manufacturing, assembly, industrial 
control, inspection, 
monitoring & planning, modelling and simulation, fault diagnosis, environmental 
monitoring, 
production planning & control, logistics & supply chain management, factory 
automation, robotics, 
automotive, aerospace & medical manufacturing, human factors, economics, etc.

* Only full papers will be considered for inclusion in the conference 
proceedings.
 

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INVITED SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS
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We invite senior scientists and researchers to to submit proposals for organise 
invited sessions 
or parallel workshops on specific topics within the field. An invited session 
consists of a 
presentation session of six to twelve or more papers on a specific conference 
topic, organised as 
half or full day mini-conference. Chairs/organisers of invited sessions would 
be expected to be 
established and senior researchers having a PhD or equivalent experience. 
Please contact: 
[email protected]

IS01: Advanced Fabrication Processes - Towards a more sustainable future
Chair: Wassim Jabi 
Cardiff University, UK 

IS02: Sustainability and Intelligence in Engineering Ecosystems
Chair: Prof. Kari T. Koskinen 
Tampere University of Technology, Finland 
Co-chaired by 
Prof. Ossi Nykänen 
Tampere University of Technology, Finland 
Co-chaired by 
Dr. Minna Lanz 
Tampere University of Technology, Finland 

IS03: Sustainability metrics for complex industrial problems
Chair: Dr Luisa Huaccho Huatuco 
University of Leeds, UK 
Co-chaired by 
Prof. Jairo Montoya Torres 
Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia / University of Leeds, UK 
Co-chaired by 
Dr Angel Juan 
Open University of Catalonia, Spain 

IS04: Towards Zero-Defect Manufacturing
Chair: Dr. Atanas Ivanov 
School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, UK 

IS05: Entrepreneurial Marketing: exploring sustainable value creating business 
models in the 
SME manufacturing/engineering context.
Chair: Dr. Jonathan Deacon 
University of South Wales 

IS06: Computational Modelling for Sustainable Manufacturing Processes
Chair: Dr. Nicholas Lavery
Materials Research Centre, Swansea University 

IS07: Sustainable Supply Chains
Chair: Dr. Anthony Soroka 
Cardiff University, Wales, UK 

IS08: Sustainable and Efficient Products and Processes
Chair: Ana Rita Campos 
UNINOVA, Portugal 
Co-chaired by 
Sebastian Scholze 
ATB-Bremen, Germany 

IS09: Sustainable Machining Technologies and Applications
Chair: Dr. Weidong Li 
Coventry University, UK 
Co-chaired by 
Dr. Guoqing Jin 
Coventry University, UK 
 
IS10: Eco- friendly and efficient laser technologies for factories of the future
Chair: Dr. Samuel Bigot 
Cardiff University, UK 

IS11: Sustainable Innovation in Miniature Manufacturing Environments
Chair: Dr. Peter Dorrington 
Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK 

IS12: Innovative Production Design
Chair: Dr. Venus Lun 
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 
Co-chaired by 
Prof. Mohamed Naim 
Cardiff University, UK 
Co-chaired by 
Prof. Mohammed Quaddus 
Curtin University, Australia

IS13: Knowledge Management & the Learning Organisation
Chair: Dr. Susan Grant 
School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, UK 

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Dates and Deadlines 
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Submission of papers: 15 December 2013 
Notification of acceptance: 1 February 2014 
Final paper required by: 1 March 2014

Offers from experienced researchers to prepare special journal issues are 
welcomed.

All presenting authors must register and pay the conference fee by 1 March 2014 
for their papers to 
appear in the proceedings and conference programme

Detailed submission criteria for contributions can be found on the conference 
website at:
http://sdm-14.kesinternational.org/submission.php

Conference Sessions 28-30 April 2014

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Location
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The conference will take place in Cardiff, the vibrant and exciting capital 
city of Wales with 
a history that dates back more than 2000 years to the Romans. Lively, elegant, 
confident, 
cosmopolitan, Cardiff caters for all tastes, offering everything from the 
excitement of a vibrant city 
life to the peace and tranquility of the nearby heritage coast and beautiful 
countryside. 

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Organisation
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General Chair:
Rossi Setchi, Cardiff University

Executive Chair:
Robert Howlett, Bournemouth University

Programme Co-Chairs:
Mo Naim, Cardiff University
Hans Sienz, Swansea University

Track Chairs:
David Bould, Swansea University (Track 1) 
Daniel Eyers, Cardiff University (Track 2) 
Ying Liu, Cardiff University (Track 3)

Co-Chairs of the Organising Committee:
Andrew Davies, Cardiff University
Andrew Hopkins, Cardiff University

Local Venue and Logistics Management:
Rebecca Nelson, Cardiff University

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Further Information
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