Diary

Citation

(1999), "Diary", Assembly Automation, Vol. 19 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/aa.1999.03319bac.001

Diary

Key: C = Conference, E = Exhibition, S = Seminar, W = Workshop

If you would like further information about any of the conferences or exhibitions featured in the Diary section, please contact the organisers for that particular event.

Editorial note: if you are aware of any local, national or international seminars, exhibitions or conferences, the Editor would be pleased to receive this information as early as possible in order to include it in this section of the journal.

1999

Robots & Vision (C + E)

11-13 May

Cobo Center, Detroit, USA

For more details contact: Robots & Vision Conference, PO Box 3724, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA; Fax: +1 734 994 3338

Finishing '99 (C + E)

18-20 May

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

For more details contact: SME Customer Service, One SME Drive, PO Box 930, Dearborn, MI 48121-0930, USA. Tel: +1 313 271 1500; Fax: +1 313 271 2861; www: http://www.sme.org

Sensors 99 (C + E)

18-20 May

Nuremberg, Germany

For more details contact: ACS Organisations GmbH, Postfach 23 52, D-31506 Wunstorf, Germany; Tel: +49 5033 2015; Fax: +49 5033 1056; e-mail: acs@sensor97.de; www: sensor97.de

CACD '99 (C) Computer Aided Conceptual Design

18-20 May

Cumbria, UK

For more details contact: Mrs J. Anderson, CACD '99 Workshop Secretary, Engineering Dept, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YR, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1524 593 314; Fax: +44 (0) 1524 593 042; e-mail: J.Anderson@Lancaster.ac.uk; www: http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/edc/

ICRAM '99 (C) International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechatronics

24-26 May

Istanbul, Turkey

For more details contact: Prof. Dr Okyay Kaynak, Bogazici University, Bebek, 80815 Istanbul, Turkey. Tel: +90 212 287 2475; Fax: +90 212 287 2465; e-mail: kaynak@boun.edu.tr; www: http://mecha.ee.boun.edu.tr/icram99.html

6th International P-NET (C)

25-26 May

Vienna, Austria

For more details contact: John Johansen, IPUO Headquarters. Tel: +45 87 200 396; Fax: +45 87 200 397; e-mail: P-NET@post4.tele.dk; www: www.P-NET.dk

ITM 99 (E) Manufacturing and Machinery

2-6 June

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

For more details please contact Eliza Hamze, Project Manager. Tel: +44 171 862 2063; Fax: +44 171 862 2068.

3rd International Conference Industrial Automation (C)

7-9 June

Montreal, Canada

For more details contact: Dr Guy Bogdadi, Ing. Ecole de Technologie Supérieure, Université du Quebec, 1100 Notre-Dame Ouest, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 1K3. Tel: +1 514 396 8875; Fax: +1 514 396 8684;e-mail: bogdadi@ele.etsmtl.ca; www: www.ele.etsmtl.ca/aiai3

Transducers 99 (C) Solid State Sensors and Actuators

7-10 June

Sendai, Japan

For more details contact: www: http://www.com.cas.uec.ac.jp/trans99.html

15th World Congress of IMEKO (C)

13-18 June

Osaka, Japan

For more details contact: e-mail: imeko@jtbcom.co.jp

32nd ISATA: (C) International Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation

14-16 June

Vienna, Austria

For more details contact: ISATA, Düsseldorf Trade Fair, 32a Queen Street, Croydon, London CR0 1SY, UK. Tel: +44 181 681 3069; Fax: +44 181 686 1490; e-mail: isata@compuserve.com; www: http://www.isata.com

Int. Sym. Friction Stir Welding (S)

14-16 June

Rockwell Science Center, Thousand Oaks, California, USA

For more details contact: Diana Fairmaner, TWI, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge CB1 6AL, UK. Tel: +44 1223 891 162; Fax: +44 1223 894 367; WWW: www.twi.co.uk/

People in Control (C) Man/Machine Interfaces

21-23 June

Bath, UK

For more details contact: e-mail: pic99@iee.org.uk

Frontiers of Science and Measurement (C)

21-25 June

Teddington, UK

For more details contact: Jane Tsakalou, NPL, Queen's Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, UK. Tel: +44 181 943 6400; Fax: +44 181 943 6735; e-mail: jane.tsakalou@npl.co.uk; www: www.npl.co.uk

3rd Joint UK Magnetics Workshop (S)

5-7 July

York, UK

For more details contact: Margaret Swadling, The UK Magnetics Society, Berkshire Business Centre, Post Office Lane, Wantage, Oxon OX12 8SH, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1235 770 652; Fax: +44 (0) 1235 772 295; e-mail: ukmagsoc@compuserve.com

CARS & FOF '99 (C) International Conference CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future

18-20 August

Campinas, Brazil

For more details contact: Dr Marcius Fabius de Carvalho, Instituto de Automacao, Caixa postal 6162, Campaninas 13083-970, S^~ao Paulo, Brazil. e-mail: marcius@ia.cti.br; www: http://www.campinetsp.gov.br/english.htm

Int. Sym. Advanced Sensors for Metals Processing (C)

22-26 August

Quebec, Canada

For more details contact: André Moreau, NRC-IMI, 75 de Mortagne Blvd, Boucherville, Quebec J4B 6Y4, Canada.Tel: +1 450 641 5237; Fax: +1 450 641 5106; e-mail: andre.moreau@nrc.ca

ECC '99 (C) European Control Conference

31 August-3 September

Karlsruhe, Germany

For more details contact: VDI/VDE- Gesellschaft Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik, PO Box 10 11 39, D- 40002 Düsseldorf, Germany.

Tel: +49 211 6214 226; Fax: +49 211 6214 161; e-mail: gma@vdi.de WWW: www.vdi.de/gma/gma.htm

M2VIP '99 (C) Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice

1-3 September

Ankara, Turkey

For more details contact: M2VIP '99, Mechanical Engineering Dept, Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara, Turkey. Tel: +90 312 210 5217; Fax: +90 312 210 1329; e-mail: m2vip@design.me.metu.edu.tr; www: http://design.me.metu.edu.tr/m2vip

Sensors and their Applications 10 (C)

5-8 September

Cardiff, UK

For more details contact: e-mail: belinda.hopley@iop.org

EUROBOT '99 (W)

6-8 September

Zurich, Switzerland

For more details contact: Dr Sjur Vestli, ETH, Zurich. Tel: +41 1 632 6795; Fax: +41 1 632 1078; e-mail: s.vestli@ieee.org

ICANN 99 (C) International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks

7-10 September

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

For more details contact: ICANN 99 Secretariat, IEE Conferences and Exhibition Services, Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL, UK. Tel: +44 171 344 8425; Fax: +44 171 240 8830; Email: icann99@iee.org.uk; www: http://www.iee.org.uk/conf/

IMVIP '99 (C) Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing

8-9 September

Dublin, Ireland

For more details contact: IMVIP '99 Secretariat, Vision Systems Laboratory, School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland. Tel: +353 1 704 5489; Fax: +353 1 704 5508; e-mail: whelanp@eeng.dcu.ie; www: http://www.eeng.dcu/ie/~imvip99/imvip99.html

Eurosensors XIII (C) The 13th European Conference on Solid-State Transducers

12-15 September

The Hague, The Netherlands

For more details contact: Eurosensors XIII, attention of R.F. Wolffenbuttel, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands. Tel : +31 15 278 6287; Fax : +31 15 278 5755; e-mail : eurosensors@ei.et.tudelft.nl; www: http:// eurosensors.et.tudelft.nl/

Eurosensors is an annual conference focusing on theory, design, fabrication and application of solid-state sensors, actuators and microsystems. This is the premier European event in the field.

CLAWAR '99 Climbing and Walking Robots

13-15 September

Portsmouth, UK

For more details contact: CLAWAR '99 Secretariat, Dept. Electrical & Electronic Eng., University of Portsmouth, Anglesea Road, Portsmouth PO1 3DJ, Hampshire, UK. Tel: +44 1705 842 340; Fax: +44 1705 842 765; e-mail: Gurinder.Virk@port.ac.uk WWW: http://www.clawar99.port.ac.uk

5th International Conference Position-Sensitive Detectors (C)

13-17 September

London, UK

For more details contact: +44 (0) 171 380 7838; Fax: +44 (0) 171 419 3418.

ECAL99 (C) 5th European Conference on Artificial Life

13-17 September

Lausanne, Switzerland

For more details contact: ECAL99, EPFL DI-LAMI, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland. Fax: +41 21 693 5263; E-mail: ecal99@epfl.ch; www: http://www.epfl.ch/ecal99

Computer Technology Solutions '99 (C + E)

14-16 September

Detroit, Michigan, USA

For more details contact: SME Customer Service, One SME Drive, PO Box 930, Dearborn, MI 48121-0930, USA. Tel: +1 313 271 1500; Fax: +1 313 271 2861; www: http://www.sme.org

16th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (C)

22-24 September

Madrid, Spain

For more details contact: ISAARC '99 Secretariat, Escuela Politecnica Superior, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, C/ Butarque 15 leganes, 28911 Madrid, Spain; Fax: +34 91 624 94 30; e-mail: isarc99@ing.uc3m.es; www: http://www.uc3m.es/isarc99

FeT '99 (C) Fieldbus Systems and their Applications

23-24 September

Magdeburg, Germany

For more details contact: VDI/VDE-GMA, FeT '99 Secretariat, PO Box 10 11 39, D-40002, Düsseldorf, Germany. Tel: +49 211 6214 215; Fax: +49 211 6214 161; e-mail: rosenzweig@vdi.de

WMC '99 (C) World Manufacturing Congress

27-30 September

Sunderland, UK

For more details contact: Dr Mozafar Saadat, WMC '99, School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, University of Sunderland, Edinburgh Building, Chester Road, Sunderland SR1 3SD, UK. Tel: +44 191 515 2867; Fax: +44 191 515 2703; e-mail: mozafar.saadat@sunderland.ac.uk

FieldComms '99 (C + E) Open Solutions for Process & Manufacturing Automation

5-6 October

Telford, UK

For more details contact: Diana Shepstone. Tel: +44 (0) 1953 850 257; e-mail: diana.shepstone@zoo.co.uk

Weldex '99 (E) Welding, Joining, Cutting and Fabrication

18-21 October

Birmingham, UK

INTERKAMA '99 (E) Instrumentation, Measurement and Automation

18-23 October

Düsseldorf, Germany

For more details contact: Gudrun Hackenberg, INTERKAMA Press Office. Tel: +49 (0) 211 4560 541; Fax: +49 (0) 211 4560 87541

International Robot Exhibition (E)

26-29 October

Tokyo, Japan

For more details contact: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Ltd, 1-8-10, Kudan-Kita, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, 109-8181, Japan. Tel: +81 3 3222 7239; Fax: +81 3 3222 7028.

30th ISR (C) International Symposium on Robotics and International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR) (C)

27-29 October

Tokyo, Japan

For more details contact: Japan Robot Association, Kikainshinko Building, 3-5-8 Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011, Japan. Tel: +81 3 3434 2919; Fax: +81 3 3578 1404.

National measurement conference (c) 9th int. Conf. Electromagnetic measurement (c)

2-4 November

For more details contact: BEMC '99/ NMC '99, Jackie Gobbo, NMP Conference Secretariat, National Physical Laboratory, Queen's Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, Middlesex, UK. Tel: +44 181 943 6602; Fax: +44 181 943 6821; e-mail: nmp_sec@npl.co.uk

Robotics Industry Forum (C)

3-5 November

Orlando, Florida, USA

For more details contact: WWW: http://www.robotics.org

Fabtech International '99 (C + E)

14-18 November

Chicago, Illinois, USA

For more details contact: SME Customer Service, One SME Drive, PO Box 930, Dearborn, MI 48121-0930, USA. Tel: +1 313 271 1500; Fax: +1 313 271 2861; www: http://www.sme.org

1999 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) (C + E) Symposium on Sensors and Controls for Manufacturing

14-19 November

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

For more details contact: Professor Steven Y. Liang, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0405. Tel: (404) 894 8164; Fax: (404) 894 9342; e-mail: steven.liang@me.gatech.edu

2000

ISR 2000 (C + E) International Symposium on Robotics

14-17 May

Montreal, Canada

For more details contact: ISR 2000 Secretariat, c/o Golden Planners Inc., 401-126 York Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 5T5. Tel: +1 613 241 9333; Fax: +1 613 565 2173; e-mail: gpi@intranet.ca; www: www.precarn.ca/isr2000

Manufacturing 2000 (C)

6-13 September

Chicago, USA

For more details contact: SME Customer Service, One SME Drive, PO Box 930, Dearborn, MI 48121-0930, USA. Tel: +1 313 271 1500; Fax: +1 313 271 2861; WWW: http://www.sme.org