GENERAL INFORMATION

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

Background and Scope of the Conference

Industrial and academic worlds around manufacturing and logistics are facing every day new challenges but also rapid changes in technology developments and business models, like Generative AI, smart robotization & automation, digitalization and data-analytics, advanced simulation, industry 4.0 and 5.0, circular economy, shared economy, and many others, which can help decision makers, practitioners, researchers to find solutions to those challenges.

Whatever trend we are living, we at NTNU – Production Management Research Group & Logistics 4.0 Lab believe that our activities should benefit society as a whole!!! Creative, Critical, Constructive and Respectful are values which guide us towards our vision “Knowledge for a better world”.

This is why the general theme of the 11th IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control (IFAC MIM2025) at NTNU is “Research and Innovation on Manufacturing and Logistics for a better world”.

The aim of this conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners to present and discuss emerging topics in modern and future manufacturing modeling, management, and control, following a rich tradition of previous IFAC conferences and symposia in manufacturing and logistics.

Through its motto “Be the impact! Make a better world.”, IFAC MIM2025 will focus on the most innovative methods in manufacturing and logistics, with emphasis in how to generate impactful research and innovation for society, with interdisciplinary and innovative methods, cross-sectorial applications, inclusive approaches, engagement, and growth of younger researchers.

In addition to scientific sessions, there will be the opportunity to attend keynote presentations and doctoral workshop, and panel debates, such as “how to fund your research”, “how to publish your research” and also “how to be a good reviewer”. Mentorship program for first attendees and other activities will be part of the social agenda you cannot miss!

The conference will cover all topics related to emerging topics in modern and future manufacturing modeling, management, and control, including (but not limited to) the following:

• Advanced Manufacturing Systems
• Human-Centric Manufacturing Systems
• Sustainable and Circular Manufacturing
• Viable Supply Chain and Resilience
• Intralogistics and Warehousing
• Service Operation Management
• Production and Supply Chain Management
• Digital Transformation, Robotization, Automation
• Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics
• Digital Supply Chain, Industry 4.0, 5.0 and beyond
• Emerging Technologies and Trends in Manufacturing
• Additive Manufacturing and Supply Chain
• Energy Management and Mobility
• New business models in Manufacturing and Logistics
• Knowledge Management & Strategies
• Design Thinking for Research & Innovation
• Social Manufacturing

IFAC Keywords

Design and reconfiguration of manufacturing systems	Supply Chain Management
Facility planning and materials handling	Sustainable Manufacturing
Pricing and outsourcing	Distributed systems and multi-agents technologies
Supply chains and networks	Discrete event systems in manufacturing
Line Design and Balancing	Simulation technologies
Enterprise modelling, integration and networking	Operations Research
Decision Support System	Probabilistic & statistical models in industrial plant control
Robotics in manufacturing	Industrial and applied mathematics for production
Smart manufacturing systems	Modeling, simulation, control and monitoring of manufacturing processes
Smart transportation	Risk Management
Decision-support for human operators	Optimization and Control
Knowledge management in production	Production Control, Control Systems
Business Process Modeling	Optimisation Methods and Simulation Tools
Monitoring, diagnosis and maintenance of manufacturing systems	Robustness analysis
Complex adaptive systems and emergent synthesis in manufacturing	Fuzzy logic control
Heuristic and Metaheuristics	Scheduling
Human-Automation Integration	Modelling Supply Chain Dynamics
Production planning and scheduling	Industry 4.0
Inventory control, production planning and scheduling	Transportation Systems
Quality management

IFAC sponsoring Technical Committees

Main IFAC sponsoring Technical Committees

• TC 5.2. Management and Control in Manufacturing and Logistics

IFAC Co-sponsoring Technical Committees

Other scientific bodies co-sponsoring technically the conference

• IISE
• IFIP WG5.7

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General Chair

Advisory Chair

National Organizing Committee

Social Media and Website Committee

• Jun.-Prof. Dr. Eric Grosse, University of Saarland, Germany – VICE-CHAIR for social media IFAC TC5.2
• Associate Prof. Dr. Sotirios Panagou, NTNU, Norway
• Enes Demiralay, NTNU, Norway
• Giulia Fede, NTNU, Norway

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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE

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Sponsors

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Diversity and Inclusion statement

IFAC, as an international federation serving and representing all those concerned with the theory and application of automatic control and systems engineering wherever situated, is devoted to creating and fostering an inclusive environment that is open to diverse thoughts, ideas, and communications, without fear of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation against any member of this community. It is committed to providing equal opportunities and a safe environment for every person who chooses to participate in its work. Additionally IFAC strives for these same principles for all IFAC activities, including technical events, journals, and its various committees and governing boards.

• IFAC actively promotes the inclusion of a diverse set of speakers, which will lead to more representative discussions across IFAC.
• IFAC actively promotes the inclusion of a diverse set of members of its boards and committees at all levels, which will lead to more representative decisions, policies and activities across IFAC.

More about IFAC Mission and Vision

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Become An IFAC Affiliate

IFAC offers services dedicated to individuals who sign-up as IFAC Affiliates. The services include the possibility to share and consult information about other Affiliates. It also gives access to more advanced features such as :

• Receiving the IFAC Newsletter.
• Receiving alerts about the IFAC Conferences in your field/s of interest.
• Benefit for reduced registration fees at IFAC Conferences. Conferences are typically 10€ (or the local equivalent) less expensive for IFAC Affiliates, than for non-affiliates.
• Participating in IFAC Technical Activities.
• Organizing IFAC Conferences.
• Participating in IFAC Journals.
• Applying to IFAC Awards.
• Applying to the IFAC Activity fund.
• And more to come in the future.

Moreover, being an IFAC Affiliate is free of charge. Any individual who is interested in Control Engineering should sign up !