The conference will have thematic sessions on the following specific or emerging topics:
Manufacturing/assembling
- Weldability and welding processes
- Brazing and soldering
- Wire-based additive manufacturing
- Powder-based additive manufacturing
- Design, Modeling and simulation
- Material characterization, fatigue and fracture
- Alternative routes for metal processing and assembly
- High performance metallic materials including multi-material
- Functionally Graded Materials-FGM
Integrity/quality
- Non-destructive testing: online, offline
- Process monitoring
Hardware/Software
- Related equipment and consumables
- Electronics, sensing and actuation
- Artificial intelligence: machine learning (simple and deep), expert systems, data management, etc.
Professional aspects
- Standards
- Qualification and certification
