Conference Organisation

The Manufacturing in FP7 Conference is organised by I*PROMS Network of Excellence and sponsored by the European Commission, Welsh Assembly Government and the Manufacturing Engineering Centre (MEC), Cardiff University, UK - Co-ordinator of I*PROMS NoE. The Conference is also supported by 4M FP6 Networks of Excllence, the European Manufuture Platform, the Working Group on Micro- and NanoManufacturing (MINAM), the MicroSapient Coordination Action and the MEC-based MicroBridge Project which is funded by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) UK and the Welsh Assembly Government(WAG).

Programme Committee

Prof. Duc Pham (Conference Chair), MEC, Cardiff University, UK
Dr. Eldaw Eldukhri (Committee Chair), MEC, ibid
Dr. Anthony Soroka, MEC, ibid
Dr. Michael Packianather,MEC, ibid
Dr. Robert Hoyle, MEC, ibid
Mr. Vladimir Zlatanov, MEC, ibid
Mr. Christopher Matthews, MEC, ibid
Dr. Andrew Thomas, Cardiff Business School, ibid
Mr. Nick Bodycombe, RACD,ibid
Mr. Eckhard Hohwieler, FhG-IPK, Germany
Mr. Holger Rudzio, University of Hannover, Germany
Mr. Michael Hoepf, FhG-IPA, Germany
Dr. Armando Colombo, Schneider Electric GmbH, Germany
Mr. Ron Jamieson, Newcastle University, UK
Mr. Rudolf van Heek, TNO, The Netherlands
Prof. Vinesh Raja, Warwick Univesity, UK
Mr. Wolfgang Beinhauer, FhG-IAO, Germany
Mr. Andrea Gentili, European Commission

Local Support Team

Mrs. Celia Rees (Conference Secretary), MEC, Cardiff University, UK
Mrs. Marika Haines (Liaison Officer), MEC, ibid
Ms. Jeanette Whyte, MEC, ibid
Mrs. Rhian Willians, MEC, ibid
Mrs. Cindy Yang, MEC, ibid