IMFS April Programme
The 4rd IMFS session will take place on April 1st. Register to participate!
International Manufacturing Forum Series 2021
The IMFS is a virtual conference series , held on the first Thursday of each month of the year. The series will start in 2021. Each Virtual Conference will last one day and will be focused on a specific topic which is within the rather broad manufacturing umbrella with an emphasis on Industry 4.0 and Direct Digital Manufacturing. The focus of the April meeting is “Digital Design and Manufacturing”. The Chairs of this meeting are Nuno Alves and Joao Santos.
All timings are West European Summer Time (GMT +1)
| International Manufacturing Forum Series 2021
April 1st 2021 |
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| Time | Type | Title | Speaker |
| 10:00 | Introduction | The International Manufacturing Forum Series | Geoffrey Mitchell |
| 10:05 | Welcome | Welcome from President of the Polytechnic of Leiria | Rui Pedrosa |
| 10:10 | Session 1 | Chair | Nuno Alves |
| 10:15 | Keynote 1 | 3D scanning and 3D printing in the cultural heritage sector. | Ian Campbell, UK |
| 10:55 | Qs & Discussion | ||
| 11:00 | Break | ||
| 11:10 | Session 2 | Chair | Nuno Alves |
| 11:10 | Keynote 2 | BioDigital Manufacturing our Future. | Alberto Estevez, Spain |
| 11:50 | Qs & Discussion | ||
| 11:55 | Contributed 1 | Designing Ceramics for 3D printing. | Sara Silva, Portugal |
| 12:15 | Qs & Discussion | ||
| 12:20 | Lunch Break | ||
| 13:00 | Session 3 | Chair | João Santos |
| 13:00 | Keynote 3 | Eco Parametric Design: Towards a Circular Architecture | Arthur Mamou-Mani, UK |
| 13:40 | Qs & Discussion | ||
| 13:45 | Keynote 4 | Robotically Assembled [Timber] Architecture | Arash Adel, USA |
| 14:25 | Qs & Discussion | ||
| 14:30 | Contributed 2 | 3D Printing on a Large Scale for Construction | Ludmila Vago, Portugal |
| 14:50 | Qs & Discussion | ||
| 14:55 | Break | ||
| 15:05 | Session 4 | Chair | João Santos |
| 15:05 | Keynote 5 | Product Design and Circular Economy | José Marcelino, Portugal |
| 14:45 | Qs & Discussion | ||
| 15:50 | Contributed 3 | Designing Multiscale Products | Geoffrey Mitchell, Portugal |
| 16:10 | Qs & Discussion | ||
| 16:15 | Summary | Summary of Forum | Nuno Alves |
| 16:30 | Close | ||
The entire one day session will be recorded so as to provide an opportunity for many others to benefit from the programme. If you do not wish your presentation to be recorded please send an email to that effect to imfs@ipleiria.pt