INDIN 2009 24-26th June 2009, Cardiff UK

IEEE INDIN is the premier conference series presenting the state of the art and future perspectives of industrial information technologies, where industry experts, researchers, and academics share ideas and experiences surrounding frontier technologies, breakthrough and innovative solutions and applications.

The theme of INDIN 2009 is "Innovation in Production Machines and Systems" to recognize the critical importance of Industrial Informatics in innovation in industrial environments not only for the next generation of products but also production processes and systems. INDIN 2009 will be held on 24-26 June in Cardiff, the largest and capital city of Wales, UK. A tutorial day will be held on the 23rd June with key experts providing the tutorials.

Previous conferences in the series were held in Banff Canada (2003), Berlin Germany (2004), Perth Australia (2005), Singapore (2006), Vienna Austria (2007) and Daejeon Korea (2008).

For those delegates who enjoyed the performance of The Bridgend Male Choir at the INDIN 2009 conference gala dinner their website can be found at http://www.bridgendmalechoir.co.uk

SOCRADES (Service-Oriented Cross-layer infRAstructure for Distributed smart Embedded devices) is a European research and advanced development project, part of the Information Society Technologies (IST) initiative of the 6th Framework Programme of the European Commission.

To consolidate and to improve the output of its roadmapping activity, a “SOCRADES Roadmapping Workshop”, will be held on June 25th in Cardiff during the IEEE INDIN 2009 conference. Full details can be found in the SOCRADES information leaflet.

A conference information leaflet is now available for download as a pdf file.

This leaflet contains conference information, general information that might be of use for delegates, maps of the conference venues and city centre and the at-a-glance programme.

The at-a-glance and detailed conference programmes for INDIN 2009 are now available in the Programme Section.

Registration is now open for the INDIN conference on 24-26th June 2009 and the Tutorials Day 23rd June. Full details can be found in the Registration and fees section.

Accommodation information can be found in the Accommodation section.

The weather in late June is normally fine in Cardiff with an average temperature of 20'c and low average rainfall. However, the British weather is known for being very variable so it is advisable to check the weather forecast before travelling.

Several Tutorials on the latest trends in Industrial Informatics and their application in the area of Production Machines and Systems are scheduled to take place on 23rd June 2009 just before the main conference.

PISA – Flexible Assembly Systems through Workplace-Sharing and Time-Sharing Human-Machine Cooperation
Dr. Martijn N. Rooker and Dr. Thomas Strasser, PROFACTOR GmbH

IEC 61499 execution models: New Compliance Profile by o3neida
Dr. Valeriy Vyatkin, The University of Auckland
Dr. Alois Zoitl, Vienna University Of Technology

Systems of Systems Engineering
Prof Mo Jamshidi, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Intelligent Optimisation
Bees Algorithm Research Group, Manufacturing Engineering Centre, Cardiff University

O3neida, a sponsor of INDIN 2009, has announced that it will be offering two prizes of €500 for the best papers in:

The 'ICT and Energy Systems' technical theme
The 'Component-based and model-driven design of industrial automation systems' special session