Proposed Invited Sessions
An invited session consists of a presentation session of six to 12 or more papers on a specific conference topic, organised as half or full day mini-conference.
Details of proposed invited sessions are shown below.
IS01: Renewable Energies for Sustainable Manufacturing and Society
Chair: Dr. Imene Yahyaoui
Federal University of Espiritu Santo, Brazil
i.ma.nova@hotmail.fr
IS02: The Learning Supply Chain
Chair: Dr. Susan B Grant
Brunel University London, UK
Susan.grant@brunel.ac.uk
IS03: Challenges and Opportunities of Clean Technology in Production Engineering
Chair: Dr Wai Ming Cheung
Northumbria University, UK
wai.m.cheung@northumbria.ac.uk
Co-Chaired by
Dr Parag Vichare
University of the West of Scotland, UK
Parag.Vichare@uws.ac.uk
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Yuchun Xu
Cranfield University, UK
Yuchun.Xu@Cranfield.ac.uk
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Carlos A Costa
Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Brazil
cacosta@ucs.br
IS04: Sustainable Materials: Renewable and Eco Materials, Bio-Polymers, Composites with Natural Fibres
Chair: Prof. Mario Domingo Monzón Verona
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Spain
mario.monzon@ulpgc.es
IS05: Business model innovation for sustainable design and manufacturing
Chair: Prof. Peter Wells
Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK
wellspe@cardiff.ac.uk
IS06: Resource and Energy Efficiency for Sustainability Advances in Process Industries
Chair: Prof. Steve Evans
University of Cambridge, UK
se321@cam.ac.uk
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Maria Holgado
University of Cambridge, UK
mh769@cam.ac.uk
IS07: Manufacturing technologies for material sustainability throughout the product life-cycle
Chair: Prof. Associate Michele Dassisti
Polytechnic of Bari and AITeM (Italian Association of Mechanical Technologist), Italy
michele.dassisti@poliba.it
Co-Chaired by:
Prof. Marcello Colledani
Polytechnic of Milan and AITeM (Italian Association of Mechanical Technologist), Italy
marcello.colledani@polimi.it
Co-Chaired by:
Prof. Giuseppe Ingarao
University of Palermo and AITeM (Italian Association of Mechanical Technologist), Italy
giuseppe.ingarao@unipa.it
Co-Chaired by:
Prof. Archimede Forcellese
Polytechnic University of Marche and AITeM (Italian Association of Mechanical Technologist), Italy
a.forcellese@univpm.it
IS08: Sustainability in industrial plant design & management: applications & experiences from practice
Chair: Prof. Emilio Ferrari
University of Bologna, Italy
emilio.ferrari@unibo.it
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Marco Bortolini
University of Bologna, Italy
marco.bortolini3@unibo.it
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Riccardo Accorsi
Bologna University, Italy
riccardo.accorsi2@unibo.it
IS09: Sustainability of 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing
Chair: Prof. Paolo Minetola
Politecnico di Torino and AITeM, Italy
paolo.minetola@polito.it
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Paolo Claudio Priarone
Polytechnic of Torino and AITeM, Italy
paoloclaudio.priarone@polito.it
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Michael Ryan
Cardiff University, UK
RyanM6@cardiff.ac.uk
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Diego Manfredi
Center for Sustainable Futures - IIT; Italy
Diego.Manfredi@iit.it
IS10: Sustainable mobility, solar vehicles and alternative solutions
Chair: Dr. Cristiano Fragassa
DIN (Dept. of Ind. Eng.), University of Bologna, Italy
ebetanc2@eafit.edu.co
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Gilberto Osorio-Gomez
EAFIT University, Medellín Colombia
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Chris Selwood
Event Director World Solar Challenge, Dept. of Ind. Eng. (DIN), University of Bologna
IS11: Eco Designed through Systematic Innovation
Chair: Prof. Ing. Davide Russo, Ph.D.
University of Bergamo DIGIP department, Italy
davide.russo@unibg.it
IS12: The Transformative Approach applied to Engineering for a Sustainable World
Chair: Prof. Alessandra Bonoli
University of Bologna, Italy
alessandra.bonoli@unibo.it
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Anna Maria Ferrari
University of Modena and Reggio, Italy
annamaria.ferrari@unimore.it