Citation
(1998), "Diary", Sensor Review, Vol. 18 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/sr.1998.08718cac.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1998, MCB UP Limited
Diary
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.
Conferences & Exhibitions
Key: C = Conference, E = Exhibition,S = Seminar, W = Workshop
1998
6th International Symposium on Intelligent Robotic Systems '98 (S)
21-23 July
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Abstracts deadline 9 March 1998. E-mail: sirs98@dai.ed.ac.uk; WWW: http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/SIRS98/
9th IFAC (S) Automation in Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing
1-3 September
Düsseldorf, Germany
Contact: VDI/VDE-GMA, IFAC-MMM '98 Secretariat, PO Box 10 11 39, D-40002, Düsseldorf, Germany. Tel: +49 211 6214 215; Fax: +49 211 6214 161; E-mail: gma@vdi.de
Control 98 (C)
1-4 September
Swansea, Wales, UK
Contact: Louise Hudson, IEE Conference Services. Tel: +44 171 344 5467;E-mail: lhudson@1ee.org.uk; WWW: http://www.iee.org.uk/conf/control/
Swiss Automation Week (E)
1-4 September
Basel, Switzerland
Contact: Secretariat SAW 98, Basel Fair, PO Box, CH4021 Basel, Switzerland. Tel: +41 61 686 20 20; Fax: +41 61 686 21 89; E-mail: saw@messebasel.ch
Mechatronics '98 (C)
9-11 September
Skovde, Sweden
Contact: Liz Harries, Mechatronics Forum, IMechE, Birdcage Walk, London SW1H 9JJ, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 171 973 1301; E-mail: 1 harries@imeche.org.uk; WWW: a href=http://www.his.se/ite/mechatronics98">http://www.his.se/ite/mechatronics98
Manufacturing '98 (C)
9-16 September
Chicago, USA
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
EuroSensors XII (C)
13-16 September
Southampton, UK
Contact: Bassett House, Glen Eyre Road, Southampton, SO16 6SR, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1703 760 260; Fax: +44 (0) 1703 766 207; E-mail: conferen@soton.ac.uk
BMVC '98 (C)
14-17 September
Contact: BMVC98 Secretariat, ISIS Research Group, Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK. WWW: http://peipa.essex.ac.uk/BMVC98/
Autofact '98 (C+E)
28 September-1 October
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Contact: SME Customer Service, 1 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
The premier event promoting technologies that integrate the design and manufacturing processes accelerating the production of world-class products. The show serves a broad range of industries including automotive manufacturers and suppliers, aerospace, electronics and heavy machine industries. Market: Midwest USA and Southeast Canada. Projected attendance: 18,000-20,000. Sponsor: SME. Co-sponsors: CASA/SME, EM/SME, and RPA/SME.
IEEE Roman '98 (C)Robot and Human Communication
30 September-2 October
Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
Contact: Professor Seiji Hata, Faculty of Engineering, Kagawa University, 1-1 Saiwai-cho, Takamatsu, 760 Japan. Tel: +81 87 836 1771; Fax: +81 87 836 1792; E-mail: hata@eng.kagawa-u.ac.jp; WWW: http://www.ro-man.org
21st BI-MU (E)
1-6 October
Milan, Italy
Contact: EFIM, viale Fulvio Testi 128, 20092 Cinisello Balsamo, MI, Milan, Italy. Tel: +39 2 26255 1; Fax: +39 2 26255 214;E-mail: info@bimu-sfortec.com;WWW http://www.bimu-sfortec.com
Machine tools, robotics and ancillary products, including World of Welding exhibition sector.
9th Automate Australia (E)
6-9 October
Melbourne, Australia
Contact: Mac McKenzie, Australian Exhibition Services, 424 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia. Tel: +61 3 9510 7755; Fax: +61 3 9510 7899;E-mail: shows@ausexhibit.com.au;WWW: http://www.ausexhibit.com.au
International Machtronics Technology and Equipment Exhibition (E)
7-10 October
Beijing, China
Contact: China Robot Association.WWW: http://www.cameta-china.org/98Exhibit
The exhibition will be divided into three zones, Robots and related technology, Fieldbus and related technology and Programmable controllers and applications.
2nd International Conference on the Detection of Abandoned Land Mines (C)
12-14 October
Edinburgh, UK
Contact: MD98 Secretariat, Conference Services, Institute of Electrical Engineers, Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL. Tel: +44 (0) 171 344 5472; Fax: +44 (0) 171 240 8830; E-mail: md98@iee.org.uk;WWW: http://www.iee.org.uk/conf/
Education in Manufacturing (C)
14-16 October
San Diego, California, USA
Contact: Mark Stratton, SME Customer Service, One SME Drive, PO Box 930, Dearborn, MI 48121-0930, USA. Tel: +1 313 271 1500, ext 506; Fax: +1 313 240 8255;Email: stramar@sme.org;WWW: http://www.sme.org
Fieldcomms UK (C + E)
28-29 October
Telford, UK
Contact: FieldComms Int. Ltd, 1 West Street,Titchfield, Hants PO14 4DH, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1329 846 166; Fax: +44 (0) 1329 512 063; E-mail: fcomms@gghcomms.demon.co.uk; WWW: http://www.fieldcomms.com
Radio Solutions (C + E)
28-29 October
Birmingham, UK
Contact: LPRA, Brearley Hall, Luddenden Foot, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX2 6HS, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1422 88 6463;Fax: +44 (0)1422 88 6950; E-mail: 101541,1044@compuserve.com
The only trade exhibition and conference devoted to short-range (licence free) radio, covering remote monitoring and control, telemetry, radio alarms, RF components, wireless LANs and test and measurement.
FABTECH International '98 (C+E)
3-5 November
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Contact: SME Customer Service, 1 SME Drive, PO Box 930, Dearborn, MI 48121-0930, USA. Tel: +1 800 733 4763; Fax: +1 313 271 2861; WWW: http://www.sme.org
This is North America's largest show exhibiting metal forming and fabricating equipment, processes and applications to attendees from over 20 countries. It features two pavilions: welding and outsourcing. Market: USA and more than 50 other countries. Overall projected attendance: 25,000. Sponsors: SME and FMA.
Innovation 98 (E)
3-5 November
Leipzig, Germany
Contact: Nick Bloxam, PO Box 43, 1 Elstree Way, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire WD6 1NH. Tel: +44 (0) 181 953 1688; Fax: +44 (0) 181 953 9456; E-mail: 1fa@jenoptik-uk.com
Scantech Expo Europe (C+E)
3-5 November
Paris, France
Contact: Advanstar Exhibitions, Advanstar House, Park West, Sealand Road, Chester CH1 4RN. Tel: +44 (0) 1244 378 888;Fax: +44 (0) 1244 370 011;WWW: http://www.idevents. com
Robotics Industry Forum (S)
4-6 November
Orlando, Florida, USA
Contact: RIA, One SME Drive, PO Box 930, Dearborn, MI 48121-0930, USA. Tel: +1 313 994 6088; Fax: +1 313 271 2861; WWW: http://www.roboticsorg.com.
QCAV '98 (C)Quality control by artificial vision
10-12 November
Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
Contact: Professor Seiji Hata, Faculty of Engineering, Kagawa University, 1-1 Saiwai-cho, Takamatsu, 760 Japan. Tel: +81 87 836 1771; Fax: +81 87 836 1792; E-mail: hata@eng.kagawa-u.ac.jp
BIAS (E)Exhibition of Automation, Instrumentation and Microelectronics
10-14 November
Milan, Italy
Contact: BIAS Secretariat, E.I.O.M. Viale Premuda, 2-20129 Milan, Italy. Tel: +39 2 55181842; Fax: +39 2 55184161; E-mail: bias.fairs@enter.it
MVA '98 (C)IAPR Workshop on Machine Vision Applications
17-19 November
Makuhari, Chiba, Japan
Contact: Katsushi Ikeuchi, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo,7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106, Japan. Fax: +81 3 3401 1433;WWW: http://www.etl.go.jp/et1/gazo/mva98/
Neural Information Processing Systems: Natural and Synthetic (C)
30 November-5 December
Denver, Colorado, USA
Contact: Jonathan Baxter (Publicity Chair); E-mail: jon@syseng.anu.edu.au; WWW: http://www.cs.cmu.edu.Web/Groups/NIPS
An interdisciplinary conference bringing together scientists interested in all aspects of neural processing and computation.
1999
Industrial Technology and Process (E)Mesucora + Interchimie Exhibitions
12-16 April
Paris, France
Contact: Comité des Expositions de Paris, 55 quai Alphonse Le Gallo, BP 317, 92107 Boulogne Cedex, France. Tel: +33 1 49 09 60 98; Fax: +33 1 49 09 61 07; E-mail: industrie@comite-expo-paris.asso.fr
Sensors 99 (C+E)
18-20 May
Nuremberg, Germany
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: http://www.sensor97.de
International Robot Exhibition (E)
26-29 October
Tokyo, Japan
Contact: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Ltd,1-8-10, Kudan-Kita, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, 102-8181, Japan. Tel: +81 3 3222 7239; Fax: +81 3 3222 7028.