Diary

Citation

(1998), "Diary", Assembly Automation, Vol. 18 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/aa.1998.03318cac.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.

1998

9th IFAC (S)Automation in Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing

1-3 September

Düsseldorf, Germany

For more details 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

For more details contact: Louise Hudson, IEE Conference Services. Tel: +44 171 344 5467; e-mail: lhudson@lee.org.uk; http://www.iee.org.uk/conf/control/

Swiss Automation Week (E)

1-4 September

Basle, Switzerland

For more details 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

For more details contact: Liz Harries, Mechatronics Forum, IMechE, Birdcage Walk, London SW1H 9JJ, UK. Tel: +44 (0)171 973 1301; e-mail: lharries@imeche.org.uk; www: 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: +44 (1) 313 271 1500;

Fax: +44 (1) 313 271 2861;

http://www.sme.org

Euro Sensors XII (C)

13-16 September

Southampton, UK

For more details contact: Bassett House, Glen Eyre Road, Southampton SO16 6SR, UK. Tel +44 (0) 1703 760 260; Fax: +44 (0) 1703 766 207; e-mail: conferenc@soton.ac.uk

BMVC '98 (C)British Machine Vision Conference

14-17 September

For more details contact: BMVC 98 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

Service, For more details contact: SME Customer 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

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

For more details 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

For more details 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

For more details 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 & Equipment Exhibition (E)

7-10 October

Beijing, China

For more details contact: China Robot Association; www:

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

For more details 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

For more details 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; e-mail: stramar@sme.org; www: http://www.sme.org

Fieldcomms UK (C + E)

28-29 October

Telford, UK

For more details contact: FieldComms Int. Ltd, 1 West St, 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

For more details contact: LPRA, Walker Mitchell Ltd, 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

FABTECH International '98 (C + E)

3-5 November

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

For more details contact: SME Customer Service, One 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

For more details contact: Nick Bloxam, PO Box 43, 1 Elstree way, Borehamwood, Herts WD6 1NH. Tel: +44 (0) 181 953 1688; Fax: +44 (0) 181 953 9456; Email: lfa@jenoptik-uk.com

Scantech Expo Europe(C + E)

3-5 November

Paris, France

For more details 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

For more details 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

For more details 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

Computers in Manufacturing CIM '98 (E)

Networks in Manufacturing'98 (E)

10-12 November

NEC, Birmingham, UK

Tel: +44 1932 570860

CBIAS (E) Exhibition of Automation, Instrumentation and Microelectronics

10-14 November

Milan, Italy

For more details contact: BIAS Secretariat, EIOM Viale Premuda, 2-20129 Milan, Italy. Tel: +39 2 55181842; Fax: +39 2 55184161; email: bias.fairs@enter.it

MVA '98 (C)IAPR Workshop on Machine Vision Applications

17-19 November

Makuhari, Chiba, Japan

For more details 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/etl/gazo/mva98/

Neural Information Processing Systems: Natural and Synthetic (C)

30 November-5 December

Denver, Colorado,USA

For more details contact: Jonathan Baxter (publicity chair); e-mail: jon@syseng.anu.edu.au; www: 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

For more details 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; Email: < href=mailto:industrie@comite-expo-paris.asso.fr>industrie@comite-expo-paris.asso.fr

Robots & Vision (C + E)

11-13 May

Cobo Centre, Detroit, USA

Robots & Vision Conference, PO Box 3724, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA; Fax: +44 1 734 994 3338

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; Email: acs@sensor97.de; www. http://www.sensor97.de

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, 102-8181, Japan. Tel: +81 3 3222 7239; Fax: +81 3 3222 7028