FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
 WESIC'98
 
 Workshop on European Scientific and Industrial Collaboration on
 promoting Advanced Technologies in Manufacturing
 
 Co-sponsored by IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control)
 
 Organized by the Institute of Informatics and Applications - University
 of Girona
 
 Girona (Spain) June 10, 11 and 12, 1998
 
 Please visit our www page: http://eia.udg.es/wesic98
 
 The aim of the First WESIC is to provide a forum where companies,
 universities, institutes, and research centres may interchange
 experiences in meeting the needs of advanced technology in manufacturing
 systems. The workshop will be of particular interest to those companies
 and institutions that are interested in collaborating in scientific
 projects in their sector. The intention is to identify common points of
 interest in order to participate in collaborative actions such as:
 research agreements, integration of PhD students in european companies,
 transfer of technology, thematic networks, European Community research
 projects, etc.
 
 The programme will comprise two days of presentations per sector (15
 minutes for each presentation), and one day of specific meetings and
 round table discussions. Tutorial sessions giving guidelines for
 completion of application forms will be given by experts, of both
 Universities and Companies.
 
 The Workshop will focus on control and related technologies applied to
 the following subjects:
 
      1. ROBOTICS INTEGRATED IN MANUFACTURING
      2. CONTROL OF MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS
      3. COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING
      4. IMAGE PROCESSING & COMPUTER VISION
      5. INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS IN MANUFACTURING AND CONTROL
      6. QUALITY CONTROL
      7. COMMUNICATIONS AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
 
 The Programme Committee invites participants to submit one paper,
 outlining:
 
 - For companies:  A clear description of the activity and the research
 interests for the future, with the intention of improving aspects such
 as design, productivity, and quality. Suggestions for tutorial or
 organised sessions are strongly appreciated.
 
 - For universities/research centres: A clear description of the main
 research activity, including industrial collaboration experiences and
 results achieved. Suggestions for tutorial or organised sessions are
 strongly appreciated.
 
 
 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
 - Dr. Joan Batlle (Chair). University of Girona. Institute of
 Informatics and Applications. Spain.
 - Professor Alicia Casals. UPC- Polytechnical University of Catalunya.
 Spain.
 - Professor Aarne Halme. Helsinki University of Technology. Finland.
 - Dr. Serge Boverie. Siemens Automotive. Toulouse. France.
 - Dr. Geoff Roberts. University of Wales College. Newport. UK.
 - Dr Martyn Polkinghorne. South West Innovation Relay Centre. Plymouth.
 UK.
 - Dr. Claudio Cappadozzi. Consorzio AURORA. Italy.
 - Professor Urbano Stenta. University of Rome. Italy.
 - Professor  Volker Graefe. Universit=E4t der Bundeswehr. Munich. Germany.=
 
 - Dr. Jos=E9 de la Riva. Integral Interface. Madrid. Spain
 - Professor Job van Amerongen. University of Twente. The Netherlands.
 - Dr. El M. Mouaddib. University Jules Verne. Amiens. France.
 - Dr. Robert Milne. Intelligent Applications Ltd. Edimburgh. Scotland.
 UK.
 - Dr. Jean-Claude Laprie. Directeur du LAAS-CNRS. Toulouse. France
 - Dr. Marina Vassilaki. SPEED Company. Athens. Greece.
 
 
 ORGANISING COMMITTEE
 
 - Prof. Josep Amat.UPC- Polytechnical University of Catalunya.
 Barcelona. Spain.
 - Prof. Joseph Aguilar. LEA-SICA, IIiA-University of Girona. Spain
 - Dr. Lothar Kaiser. Institut fuer Steuerungstechnik der
 Werkzeugmaschinen (ISW). Universitaet Stuttgart. Germany.
 - Joaquim Salvi. Institute of Informatics and Applications - University
 of Girona. Spain.
 - Anestis B.Michael. Technological Educational Institution of Kavala.
 Greece.
 - Rainer Bischoff. Federal Armed Forces University Munich. Institute of
 Measurement Science. Germany.
 - Torsten Schvnberg. Helsinki University of Technology. Finland.
 
 
 IMPORTANT DATES
 
      March 16, 1998     Proposal for tutorials/organised sessions
      April 15, 1998     Paper submission
      May 15, 1998       Registration form
      June 10-12, 1998   Workshop
 
 
 SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
 
 One copy of the full paper (an activities abstract between 2 and 5
 pages) should be submitted by mail, preferably in English, although any
 European language is welcomed. Papers must be structured as follows:
         Title of the paper (centered)
         Autor=92s Names (centered)
         Affiliation (centered)
 
 Summary (Times New Roman 12, one inch margin, one inch at the top, one
 inch at the bottom).
 
 
 SECRETARIAT
 
   WESIC'98
   Patricia Eyskens
   EIA Department.
   email: patricia@eia.udg.es
   Tel:   + 34.72.418474    +34.72.418956
   fax:   + 34.72.418098