Invitation
The 16th Production Research Symposium will be hosted by İstanbul Technical University (ITU) between the dates 12-14 October 2016, at the Süleyman Demirel Cultural Center on the Maslak Campus. Pursuing the ITU’s 243 year old tradition of leading engineering progress in Turkey, the 2016 theme of the symposium is determined as “Production in Industry 4.0”.
Industry 4.0 is expected to create a paradigm shift in production systems in the near future. As a result of the developments in manufacturing and communication technologies, production systems of the future will be more flexible, more independent, more efficient, more resource friendly, and less costly. In the near future, smart factories, smart machines, smart materials, and smart products will be in interaction with each other, so that products will develop their own production plans, determine best production schedules and distribution routes, and move independently in dynamic production processes. Production systems of the future will be shaped by today’s vision in the light of production research.
The symposium will host a number of parallel sessions where academicians, students, and experts will come together to share their experiences, exchange information in their fields, and discuss innovative and modern production strategies.
Being one of the founding partners of the Production Research Symposium, it was jointly first held in 1997 and second time in 2001 at ITU. We are happy to host the 2016 meeting once again sponsored by Management Engineering Department after many years, and invite you to participate and contribute to the 16th Production Research Symposium. It will create a good opportunity to meet leading experts in the field, develop academic and professional collaborations, share information, and discuss the state-of-art research findings. We are looking forward to seeing you in İstanbul.
Sincerely,
Organisation Committee