Citation
(1999), "Diary", Sensor Review, Vol. 19 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/sr.1999.08719bac.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1999, MCB UP Limited
Diary
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.
Conferences and exhibitions
Key: C = Conference, E = Exhibition, S = Seminar, W = Workshop
1999
Robots & Vision (C+E)
11-13 May
Cobo Centre, Detroit, USA
Contact: RIA Robots & Vision Conference, PO Box 3724, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA. Tel: +1 734 994 6088; Fax: +1 734 994 3338; E-mail: ria@robotics.org; WWW: www.robotics.org
Finishing '99 (C+E)
18-20 May
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Contact: SME Customer Service, 1 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
Sensors 99 (C+E)
18-20 May
Nuremberg, Germany
Contact: ACS Organisations GmbH, Postfach 23 52, D-31506 Wunstorf, Germany. Tel: +49 5033 2015; Fax: +49 5033 1056; E-mail: acs@sensor97.de; WWW: sensor97.de
CACD '99 (C) Computer Aided Conceptual Design
18-20 May
Cumbria, UK
Contact: Mrs J. Anderson, CACD '99 Workshop Secretary, Engineering Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YR, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1524 593 314; Fax: +44 (0)1524 593 042; E-mail: J.Anderson@Lancaster.ac.uk; WWW: http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/edc/
ICRAM '99 (C) International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechatronics
24-26 May
Istanbul, Turkey
Contact: Professor Dr Okyay Kaynak, Bogazici University, Bebek, 80815 Istanbul, Turkey. Tel: +90 212 287 2475; Fax: +90 212 287 2465; E-mail: kaynak@boun.edu.tr; WWW: http://mecha.ee.boun.edu.tr/icram99.html
6th International P-NET (C)
25-26 May
Vienna, Austria
Contact: John Johansen, IPUO Headquarters. Tel: +45 87 200 396; Fax: +45 87 200 397; E-mail: P-NET@post4.tele.dk; WWW: www.P-NET.dk
ITM 99 (E) Manufacturing & Machinery
2-6 June
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Contact: Eliza Hamze, Project Manager. Tel: +44 171 862 2063; Fax: +44 171 862 2068.
3rd International Conference Industrial Automation (C)
7-9 June
Montreal, Canada
Contact: Dr Guy Bogdadi, Ing. Ecole de Technologie Supérieure, Université du Quebec, 1100 Notre-Dame Ouest, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 1K3. Tel: +1 514 396 8875; Fax: +1 514 396 8684; E-mail: bogdadi@ele.etsmtl.ca; WWW: www.ele.etsmtl.ca/aiai3
Transducers 99 (C) Solid State Sensors and Actuators
7-10 June
Sendai, Japan
Contact: WWW: http://www.com.cas.uec.ac.jp/trans99.html
15th World Congress of IMEKO (C)
13-18 June
Osaka, Japan
Contact: E-mail: imeko@jtbcom.co.jp
32nd ISATA (C) International Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation
14-16 June
Vienna, Austria
Contact: ISATA, Düsseldorf Trade Fair, 32a Queen Street, Croydon, London CR0 1SY, UK. Tel: +44 181 681 3069; Fax: +44 181 686 1490; E-mail: isata@compuserve.com; WWW: http://www.isata.com
International Symposium on Friction Stir Welding (S)
14-16 June
Contact: Diana Fairmaner, TWI, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge CB1 6AL, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1223 891 162; Fax: +44 (0)1223 894 367; WWW: www.twi.co.uk/
People in Control (C) Man/Machine Interfaces
21-23 June
Bath, UK
Contact: E-mail: pic99@iee.org.uk
Frontiers of Science and Measurement (C)
21-25 June
Teddington, UK
Contact: Jane Tsakalou, NPL, Queens Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, UK. Tel: +44 181 943 6400; Fax: +44 181 943 6735; E-mail: jane.tsakalou@npl.co.uk; WWW: www.npl.co.uk
3rd Joint UK Magenetics Workshop (S)
5-7 July
York, UK
Contact: Margaret Swadling, The UK Magnetics Society, Berkshire Business Centre, Post Office Lane, Wantage, Oxon OX12 8SH, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1235 770 652; Fax: +44 (0)1235 772 295; E-mail: ukmagsoc@compuserve.com
CARS and FOF '99 (C) International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future
18-20 August
Campinas, Brazil
Contact: Dr Marcius Fabius de Carvalho, Instituto de Automacao, Caixa postal 6162, Campaninas 13083-970, São Paulo, Brazil. E-mail: marcius@ia.cti.br; WWW: http://www.campinetsp.gov.br/english.htm
International Symposium on Advanced Sensors for Metals Processing (C)
22-26 August
Quebec, Canada
Contact: Andre Moreau, NRC-IMI, 75 de Mortagne Boulevard, Boucherville, Quebec J4B 6Y4, Canada. Tel: +1 450 641 5237; Fax: +1 450 641 5106; E-mail: andre.moreau@nrc.ca
ECC '99 (C) European Control Conference
31 August-3 September
Karlsruhe, Germany
Contact: VDI/VDE- Gesellschraft Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik, PO Box 10 11 39, D-40002 Düsseldorf, Germany. Tel: +49 211 6214 226; Fax: +49 211 6214 161; E-mail: gma@vdi.de; WWW: www.vdi.de/gma/gma.htm
M2VIP '99 (C) Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice
1-3 September
Ankara, Turkey
Contact: M2VIP '99, Mechanical Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara, Turkey. Tel: +90 312 210 5217; Fax: +90 312 210 1329; E-mail: m2vip@design.me.metu.edu.tr; WWW: http://design.me.metu.edu.tr/m2vip
Sensors and Their Applications 10 (C)
5-8 September
Cardiff, UK
Contact: Belinda Hopley, Institute of Physics, Conferences Department, 76 Portland Place, London W1N 3DH, UK. Tel: +44 171 470 4800; Fax: +44 171 479 4900; E-mail: belinda.hopley@iop.org
EUROBOT '99 (W)
6-8 September
Zurich, Switzerland
Contact: Dr Sjur Vestli, ETH Zurich. Tel: +41 1 632 6795; Fax: +41 1 632 1078; E-mail: s.vestli@ieee.org
ICANN 99 (C) International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks
7-10 September
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Contact: ICANN 99 Secretariat, IEE Conferences and Exhibition Services, Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL, UK. Tel: +44 171 344 8425; Fax: +44 171 240 8830; E-mail: icann99@iee.org.uk; WWW: http://www.iee.org.uk/conf/
IMVIP '99 (C) Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing
8-9 September
Dublin, Ireland
Contact: IMVIP '99 Secretariat, Vision Systems Laboratory, School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland. Tel: +353 1 704 5489; Fax: +353 1 704 5508; E-mail: whelanp@eeng.dcu.ie; WWW: http://www.eeng.dcu/ie/~imvip99/imvip99.html
Eurosensors XIII (C) The 13th European Conference on Solid-State Transducers
12-15 September
The Hague, The Netherlands
Contact: Eurosensors XIII, attn. R.F. Wolffenbuttel, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 15 278 6287; Fax: +31 15 278 5755; E-mail: eurosensors@ei.et.tudelft.nl; WWW: http://eurosensors.et.tudelft.nl/
Eurosensors is an annual conference focusing on theory, design, fabrication and application of solid-state sensors, actuators and microsystems. This is the premier European event in the field.
CLAWAR '99 Climbing and Walking Robots
13-15 September
Portsmouth, UK
Contact: CLAWAR '99 Secretariat Dept. Electrical & Electronic Eng, University of Portsmouth, Anglesea Road, Porstmouth, Hampshire PO1 3DJ, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1705 842 340; Fax: +44 (0)1705 842 765; E-mail: Gurinder.Virk@port.ac.uk; WWW: http://www.clawar99.port.ac.uk
Computer Technology Solutions '99 (C+E)
13-16 September
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Contact: SME Customer Service, 1SME Drive, PO Box 930, Dearborn, MI 48121-0930, USA. Tel: +1 313 271 1500; Fax: +1 313 271 2861; WWW: http://www.sme.org
5th International Conference on Position-Sensitive Detectors (C)
13-17 September
London, UK
Contact: Tel: +44 (0) 171 380 7838; Fax: +44 (0) 171 419 3418.
ECAL99 (C) 5th European Conference on Artificial Life
13-17 September
Lausanne, Switzerland
Contact: ECAL99, EPFL DI-LAMI, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland. Fax: +41 21 693 5263; E-mail: ecal99@epfl.ch; WWW: http://www.epfl.ch/ecal99
16th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (C)
22-24 September
Madrid, Spain
Contact: ISAARC '99 Secretariat, Escuela Politecnica Superior, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, C/Butarque 15 leganes, 28911 Madrid, Spain. Fax: +34 91 624 94 30; E-mail: isarc99@ing.uc3m.es; WWW: http://www.uc3m.es/isarc99
FeT '99 (C) Fieldbus Systems and Their Applications
23-24 September
Magdeburg, Germany
Contact: VDI/VDE-GMA, FeT'99 Secretariat, PO Box 10 11 39, D-40002, Düsseldorf, Germany. Tel: +49 211 6214 215; Fax: +49 211 6214 161; E-mail: rosenzweig@vdi.de
WMC '99 (C) World Manufacturing Congress
27-30 September
Sunderland, UK
Contact: Dr Mozafar Saadat, WMC '99, School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, University of Sunderland, Edinburgh Building, Chester Road, Sunderland SR1 3SD, UK. Tel: +44 191 515 2867; Fax: +44 191 515 2703; E-mail: mozafar.saadat@sunderland.ac.uk
FieldComms '99 (C+E) Open Solutions for Process and Manufacturing Automation
5-6 October
Telford, UK
Contact: Diana Shepstone. Tel: +44 (0) 1953 850 257; E-mail: diana.shepstone@zoo.co.uk
Weldex '99 (E) Welding, Joining, Cutting and Fabrication
18-21 October
Birmingham, UK
INTERKAMA '99 (E) Instrumentation, Measurement and Automation
18-23 October
Düsseldorf, Germany
Contact: Gudrun Hackenberg, INTERKAMA Press Office. Tel: +49 (0) 211 4560 541; Fax: +49 (0) 211 4560 87541
International Robot Exhibition (E)
26-29 October
Tokyo, Japan
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
30th ISR (C) International Symposium on Robotics + International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR) (C)
27-29 October
Tokyo, Japan
Contact: Japan Robot Association, Kikaishinko Building, 3-5-8 Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011, Japan. Tel: +81 3 3434 2919; Fax: +81 3 3578 1404
National Meaurement Conference (C) 9th International Conference Electromagnetic Measurement (C)
2-4 November
Contact: BEMC '99/NMC '99, Jackie Gobbo, NMP Conference Secretariat, National Physical Laboratory, Queens Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, UK. Tel: +44 (0)181 943 6602; Fax: +44 (0)181 943 6821; E-mail: nmp_sec@npl.co.uk
Robotics Industry Forum (C)
3-5 November
Orlando, Florida, USA
Contact: WWW: http://www.robotics.org
Fabtech International '99 (C+E)
14-18 November
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Contact: SME Customer Service, 1 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
1999 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) (C + E) Symposium on Sensors and Controls for Manufacturing
14-19 November
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Contact: Professor Steven Y. Liang, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0405. Tel: (404) 894 8164; Fax: (404) 894 9342; E-mail: steven.liang@me.gatech.edu
2000
ISR 2000 (C + E) International Symposium on Robotics
14-17 May
Montreal, Canada
Contact: ISR 2000 Secretariat, c/o Golden Planners Inc., 401-126 York Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 5T5. Tel: +1 613 241 9333; Fax: +1 613 565 2173; E-mail: gpi@intranet.ca; WWW: www.precarn.ca/isr2000
Manufacturing 2000 (C)
6-13 September
Chicago, USA
Contact: SME Customer Service, 1 SME Drive, PO Box 930, Dearborn, MI 48121-0930, USA. Tel: +1 313 271 1500; Fax: +1 313 2712861; WWW: http://www.sme.org