FIFTH CONFERENCE ON MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF PRODUCTION AND LOGISTICS 08 - 10 September 2010 COIMBRA – PORTUGAL
IMPORTANT DATES Paper submissions: February 28th, 2010 Notification of acceptance: May 30th, 2010 Camera ready copies: June 30th, 2010 Conference: September 8-10, 2010
SPONSOR IFAC TECNHICAL COMMITTEE TC5.4 - Large Scale Complex Systems
CO-SPONSOR IFAC TECHNICAL COMMITEES TC5.1 - Manufacturing Plant Control TC5.2 - Manufacturing Modelling for Management and Control TC5.3 - Enterprise Integration and Networking TC4.5 - Human Machine Systems TC9.1 - Economic and Business Systems TC9.2 - Social Impact of Automation TC9.3 - Developing Countries
MCPL’10 is the 5th in a very successful series of events, previously held in Campinas (Brazil), Grenoble (France), Santiago (Chile) and Sibiu (Romania). This fifth edition will be organized by the University of Coimbra, Portugal. The University of Coimbra (http://www.uc.pt/en), founded in 1290, is one of the oldest in Europe and is known by its characteristic academic ambiance and life. Coimbra is a city in the Center of Portugal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coimbra).
TOPICS Relevant topics include (but are not limited to) - Factory Automation, Robotics and Man - Process, Manufacturing and Logistics: Modeling and Control - Decision-Support Systems: Concepts, Methods and Algorithms - Industrial Engineering, Process Control and Applications - Management of Organizations - Information Technology in Control, Production, Logistics and Management
COMMITTEES General Chair: António Dourado, University of Coimbra IPC Chair: Florin Filip, Academy of Science of Romania IPC Vice-Chair: Luís Camarinha-Matos, New University of Lisbon IPC Vice-Chair for Industry: José Athaíde, Portucel-Soporcel SA, Portugal The Conference is organized under the auspices of APCA- Associação Portuguesa de Controlo Automático, the IFAC National Member Organization.
SECRETARIAT MCPL 2010 Conference Secretariat Informatics Engineering Department, University of Coimbra Pólo II, Pinhal de Marrocos, 3030-290, Coimbra, PORTUGAL Tel: +351 239 790000 / Fax: +351 239701266 mcpl2010@dei.uc.pt http://mcpl2010.uc.pt
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto