CFP PROLAMAT 2006 Shanghai

[Yi Wang wangy15 Cardiff.ac.uk]

Posted by ""Yi Wang"" <wangy15@Cardiff.ac.uk>




First Announcement and Call for Papers

14th International

International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Technical Committee 5 (TC 5)

Conference

PROLAMAT'2006

KNOWLEDGE ENTERPRISE - NEW CHALLENGES
Intelligent strategies in product design, manufacturing and management 15-17, June 2006 Shanghai, China


Organizers

IFIP (International Federation of Information Processing)
NSFC (Natural Science Foundation of China)
CAME (China Association of Mechanical Engineering)
NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
SHU (Shanghai University)






Conference Chairs:

Prof. Kesheng Wang (kesheng.wang@ipk.ntnu.no)
Prof. George L. Kovacs (gkovacs@sztaki.hu)
Prof. Mike Wozny (wozny@rpi.edu)
Prof. Guy Doumeingts (doumeingts@itrec.com)



Welcome

PROLAMAT is one of the oldest conferences in the field of manufacturing. Created in 1969 in Roma as the ""PROgraming LAnguages for MAchine Tools"" conference, this triennial event has been a basic meeting for academic and industrial experts in manufacturing. Recently not only the original topics, but all other aspects of the computerized design and production of products and production systems from traditional to virtual ones are covered and dealt with, taking into account also life-cycle issues. PROLAMAT is traditionally sponsored by IFIP. It is an honor for the organizers to welcome again the PROLAMAT conference participants, as it is the first time for PROLAMAT to select Shanghai, China as the venue.

Scope
Price, time and quality are no longer sufficient to gain competitive advantage. It is high value knowledge, which provides the opportunities for adding exclusive value to products and services of an enterprise. Knowledge strategy will be related to innovation, learning and agility. Innovation, or the conversion of advanced research into advanced products, learning, or the acquisition of knowledge from experience, agility, or fast response to the dynamic changes, are the important rules of international industrial competition for the moment. Innovation, learning and agility are key factors for the companies, which must shifts in global markets rapidly and efficiently by delivering new products in the shortest time, with the highest quality and the lowest costs. The successful enterprise of our century will be characterized by an organizational structure that supports thinking process, experience transferring, knowledge discovery and intelligence based on data and information.!
The modern company is not based on the size but on the ability to adapt its running to the changing environment. To answer to these constraints the enterprise must develop a corporate culture that empowers employees at all levels and facilitates constant communication among related groups. It will have a technological infrastructure that fully supports process improvement and integration despite unexpected changes in corporate direction. To keep up with rapid developments in global manufacturing, the enterprise must first look at its organization and culture, and then at its supporting technologies. Too often, companies invest only in technology to compete on the global market and don't give enough attention to the training, the education and the knowledge of their employees. This conference will concentrate on knowledge strategies in Product Life Cycle and will allow to bring together researches and industrialists in order to facilitate the research transfer and also t! he better understanding of industrial problems.

Topics
A 3-day program is planned, including keynote speakers of well-known experts and technical sessions per day for the full-length daily schedule. A half-day is planned for a combined tour and technical visit in Shanghai University.

The conference will mainly cover the following topics in manufacturing engineering, but it is not limited:

1. Information Technology in the Product Realization
2. Product Design and Optimization
3. Product Life Cycle Management
4. Integration of CAD/CAPP/CAM/CIMS
5. Manufacturing Systems, Processes, Modeling and Simulation
6. Integration in Production Management
7. Manufacturing Planning and Scheduling
8. Co-Operation Infrastructure for Virtual Enterprises and Electronic Business
9. Manufacturing Logistics And Supply Chain Management
10. Knowledge Discovery And Management in Manufacturing
11. Data Mining and Warehousing in Manufacturing
12. Manufacturing Quality Control and Management
13. Safety/Health/Environment in Manufacturing
14. Sustainable Production
15. Manufacturing Monitoring and Diagnosis
16. Intelligent Manufacturing Systems
17. Manufacturing Maintenance Management
18. Manufacturing Customer Service
19. Manufacturing Performance Measurement And Productivity
20. Virtual Manufacturing, e-Technologies In Design And Production
21. Mass Customization
22. Resource Management

Presentation and Technical Equipment
Time for oral presentation is 25 minutes. For the benefit of both the audience and the next speaker, all speakers are kindly requested to strictly stick to the time limit that otherwise will be enforced by the session chairs.

Overhead and slide projectors and data/video beamers will be available in the session rooms. (Please note: for computer presentation a computer will be provided, however, we recommend that speakers bring and use their own laptop/notebook to be connected to the data/video beamers provided.)

Authors wishing to give a computer presentation are kindly asked to prepare some back up slides in case of technical emergencies.

International Program Committee:
USA G. J. Olling France G. Doumeingts Hungary G. L. Kovacs
Norway K. Wang Switzerland E. M. Gelle USA R. Waxman
USA M. B. Mc Grath Switzerland N.M.Thalmann Germany E. Neuhold
Argentina G. Henning Austria M. W. Han Australia C. Avran
China Renchu Gan Denmark P. Falster Finland R. Smeds
Israel G. Halevi Spain G. O. Codina Japan E. F. Kimura
Korea B. K. Choi Netherlands H. Afsarmanesh Sweden T. Kjellberg
Poland T. Czachorski Portugal L. M. C. Matos USA J. Vlietstra
Germany D. Kochan France R. Soenen United Kingdom R. A. Earnshaw
Mexico N. L. Rovira Germany R. Denzer USA M. Wozny
Scotland U. Bititci Canada D. Swayne Norway Z. Deng
Australia P. Burnus




National Organizing Committee

Chair: Prof. Minglun Fang
Prof. Tao Yu
Members:
1. Songlin Zuang University of Shanghai for Science and Technology Professor, Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering
2. Qinzhi Zhou Shanghai Machine Factory Ltd. Co. Chief Engineer, Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering
3. Egao Cai Harbin Institute of Technology Professor, Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering
4. Xueyu Ruan Shanghai Jiaotong University Professor, Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering
5. Chongqing Guo Tongji University Professor, Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering
6. Zhihang Lin Xian Jiaotong University Professor
7. Tianmiao Wang Beihang University Professor
8. Dongming Guo Dalian University of Technology Professor, Vice President
9. Min Tan Institute of Automation Chinese Academy of Science Professor
10. Peigen Li Huazhong University of Science and Technology Professor, Vice President
11. Jingsong Wang Tsinghua University Professor
12. Zhenbang Gong Shanghai University Professor
13. Jinwu Qian Shanghai University Professor
14. Weimin Cheng Shanghai University Professor
15. Mingyi Chen Shanghai University Professor

General Secretary: Prof. Tao Yu (tyu@mail.shu.edu.cn)
Prof. Qingfeng Yuan (qfyuan@staff.shu.edu.cn)


General Information
Host City
PROLAMAT'2006 will be held from 15-17 June 2006 in Shanghai University, Shanghai, China. Shanghai University is one of the key institutions of higher education in Shanghai directly under the Municipal Government. Shanghai University is the biggest university run by Shanghai Municipality. It has a clear thought guiding her running and takes cultivating socialist builders and successors who are ambitious, moral, well- educated and well-disciplined as her fundamental mission. Shanghai University has wide communication and cooperation with the international scientific community. Shanghai University is located in the Eastern cosmopolitan city - Shanghai, the biggest economic center in China. Not even the Oriental Pearl TV Tower was visible -- its futuristic steel globes (and bright pink trim) lost in the mist off the Huangpu River. We could make out some of the columns of the colonial buildings along the Bund, the riverfront promenade, and here and there an imperial dragon raised its ghostly head. But most of the glass and steel of modern Shanghai disappeared into the clouds. It somehow seemed like a fitting introduction, for the new Shanghai, like the new China, is still a mystery. It's a vibrant, energetic, changing metropolis, not the languid, romantic city of art-deco and opium-den lore. It is a city of the mobile phone, the Internet cafe, the museum with the state-of-the-art audio device (as good, or better, than ones you'd find in New York or London). For every shop that sells jade ornaments there's a shop that sells knits that women could wear!
to the office in Chicago -- Shanghai's residents wear them to the office, too. As in so many Chinese cities, you'll find residents practicing tai chi in the parks, but their focus seems more intense in Shanghai, perhaps because of the bustle and clamor around them. Modernism and traditionalism, communism and capitalism -- all seem to be living comfortably side by side. How it comes together may be a mystery for now, but it's one of the most dazzling the Chinese have come up with.

Venue
The Conference will take place in the school guesthouse (New Lehu Building) Address: 99 Shangda Road), situated on the campus of Shanghai University. The campus is near by the city center.

Transfer from the Airport to University
Visitors arrive at Shanghai Pu Dong airport and may take a taxi to the campus of Shanghai University, which will cost about US$20.

Visas
Visitors from abroad will need a visa. For detailed information on visa you can contact th Chinese embassy in your country. If it is needed, an appropriate invitation letter will be sent by the organizers to facilitate the visa process.

Insurance
The Organizers of the Conference do not provide insurance and do not take responsibility for any loss, accident or illness that might occur during the Conference or in the course of travel to or from the meeting site. It is, therefore, the responsibility of the participants to check their coverage with their insurance provider.

Bank, Currency, Credit Cards
The unit of currency is the Ren Min Bi (RMB). International credit cards (AmEx, EC/MC, Visa) are accepted at most hotels, restaurants and shops. ATMs are available at the Airport and all over the city. (1 Euro is approx. 10 RMB).

Weather
Shanghai is in the temperate zone; weather in June is fine and usually warm. Daily temperature ranges from 25oC to 30oC.

Voltage
The electricity supply in China is 220 V AC (50 Hz).

Meals
Breakfasts are included in the hotel prices. Lunches are included in the registration fee (on 15, 16, 17 June) and will be served in the school guesthouse (New Lehu Building). Coffee, tea and refreshments will be available during the breaks.

Registration and Information Desk
The Registration and Information Desk will operate in the school guesthouse (New Lehu Building) as follows: 14 June12:00-18:00 15 June 08:00-18:00 16 June 08:00-17:00 17 June 08:00-14:30 Call for papers Those who are interested in presenting papers on the topics listed, or in any area which fit in the general scope of the conference, should send their paper to PROLAMAT'2006 secretariat or to conference chair: Prof. Kesheng Wang, Department of Production and Quality Engineering, NTNU, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway (E-mail: kesheng.wang@ipk.ntnu.no). The best way to submit paper is to use PROLAMAT conference web site. The papers will be rigorously reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. The accepted papers which are presented in the conference will be published by Kluwer Academic Publishers.Paper format can be found at web site: http//www.ifip.or.at/public.htm. Each paper is limited to 6 pages.

Deadlines and key dates (could be adjusted)

First announcement 10 August, 2005
Full paper delivery 15 January 2006
Acceptance notification 15 February, 2006
Preliminary program 1 March 2006
Early registration 15 March 2006
Final paper submission 15 March 2006
Registration at site 15-17 June 2006

REGISTRATION AND FEES
All attendees are kindly requested to register: Conference Secretariat.

Preferably on-line (registration form is available here) or by fax (PROLAMAT'2006 Secretariat, Ms. Cuilian Zhao, Ms. Jiaying Ruan, Ms.Shuo Li, fax: +86 21 56331761) or via mail (PROLAMAT'2006 Secretariat, Ms.Cuilian Zhao, Ms.Jiaying Ruan, Ms.Shuo Li, c/o CIMS Center, 149 Yanchang Road, Shanghai, China, Post Code 200072).

One separate form per each participant should be completed and returned to the PROLAMAT'2006 Secretariat. Use a photocopy of the form if an extra copy is necessary or download it from the web.

Important notice:
It is expected that at least one author per paper will register for the conference by the early registration deadline (15 March 2006). Otherwise, the paper will automatically be cancelled and will be excluded from the final program and all conference publications.

Registration fees
Before
1 March 2006 After
1 March 2006
Keynote speakers Free Free
Members of IFIP EUR 375 EUR 475
Non members EUR 450 EUR 550
Paper speakers EUR 300 EUR 400
Students EUR 150 EUR 200

All registration fees include:
§ Admission to all sessions
§ Conference proceedings
§ Conference kit
§ Refreshment in coffee breaks
§ Lunches (on 15-17 June)
§ Welcome Reception
§ Banquette

Language
The working language of PROLAMAT'2006 is English

Social Events
A formal program for delegates and accompanying persons will be arranged in case of sufficiently displayed interest, in addition to welcome reception, conference banquette and combined city tour and technical visit. During or after the conference some additional technical visits and excursions could be organized, depending on the desire of participants.

ACCOMMODATION
Attendees are advised to stay in the school's 3 stars guest hotel (New Lehu Building). The special rates for conference participants are: Single room Euro 32/night Double room: Euro 48/night The room rates include all the taxes and buffet breakfast.

It is also possible for visitors to live in other hotels (4-5 stars) outside university campus. You can send your requests directly to Conference Secretariat.


Method of Payments
Advance payments can be made by credit card or bank transfer. American Express, EUROCARD /MasterCard and Visa are accepted. Payments by bank transfer should be sent to the following account of Shanghai University: ""PROLAMAT'2006"" Account No. 033584-00801000968 Department of Gonghexin Road Zhabei Branch, Shanghai Agricultural Bank of China SWIFT CODE: In the case of bank transfer the proof of remittance should be sent (preferably by fax: +86 21 56331761) to the PROLAMAT'2006 Conference Secretariat.

To enable the organizers to identify payments, you are kindly requested to make sure that the name of each PROLAMAT'2006 Conference participant is clearly indicated on all documents.

Please note:
* The cut-off date for early registration (1 March, 2006) will be strictly enforced.
* For on-the-spot payments credit cards (AmEx, EC/MC, Visa) and cash (Chinese, or USD, or Euro) will be accepted.


Confirmation
Registration will be confirmed by the Conference Secretariat only upon receipt of the completed registration form with credit card information or the proof of remittance. Please bring the confirmation with you to the Conference for presentation at the Registration Desk.

Cancellation
Regarding to requests for refunds of the registration fee, less 20% administration charge will be honored only if they are received before 30 March 2006. No refunds will be given for cancellation requests received after that date or for non-attendance.

VISAS
If requested the Conference Secretariat will provide an invitation letter to the participants to present it together with the visa request at the appropriate Chinese Embassy to make visa procedure simpler and faster.

EVENING PROGRAMMES
Welcome Reception
14 June 2006 18:00 - 20.00
Banquet
16 June 2006 19:00 - 22.00
There will be typical delicious Chinese dishes and international drinks at a restaurant.

IMPORTANT DATES
Early registration 1 March 2006
Conference 15-17 June 2006

CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
""PROLAMAT'2006"" Secretariat, c/o Ms.Cuilian Zhao, Ms.Jiaying Ruan , Ms.Shuo Li Shanghai University, Shanghai China
Phone: +86 21 56331761
Fax: +86 21 56331761
E-mail: prolamat@mail.shu.edu.cn
http://prolamat.shu.edu.cn Posted by ""Yi Wang"" <wangy15@Cardiff.ac.uk> posting date Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:30:30 +0100