4th International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing (I-4AM 2026) 08 – 09 Jan 2026, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
Prospective authors are invited to submit their abstract(s) (comprising 300 words) to https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=i4am2026, by 1st March 2025.
For any queries,
please contact: i4am.conf@iisc.ac.in
I-4AM 2026 is the 4th in a series of conferences to be held in India by the Department of Design and Manufacturing (DM), Indian Institute of Science. I-4AM 2026 is sponsored by the IISc Smart Factory under the Samarth Udyog Bharat 4.0 Programme, Ministry of Heavy Industries, Govt of India.
All papers accepted for the conference and also cleared by the Springer Nature editorial team for adequacy of English and no plagiarism will be published in a proceedings book by Springer Nature and indexed in Scopus and other databases.
For more information about the conference, please visit I-4AM 2026 website:
https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=i4am2026
Submission of abstracts is sought in all areas of Industry 4.0 & advanced manufacturing, including but not limited to the following areas:
1. Materials Processing & Joining – (Additive manufacturing, Hybrid manufacturing, Feed stock generation, Friction stir welding, Deformation processing/modelling, Composites)
2. Controls, Autonomous Systems, Robotic – (AGVs/ walking robots/drones for factory traffic management, Micro/nano manufacturing, Cobotics)
3. Policy & Entrepreneurship – (Start-ups, eco-systems & incubators, Distributed manufacturing, Fuzzy front/back end of manufacturing innovation and entrepreneurship)
4. Supply Chains – (Blockchain, Market platforms, Smart contracts, Network games, Dynamic routing/control, Large scale logistics, Supply chain simulation, Optimisation)
5. Industry X.0 – (Industry 4.0 & 5.0, Wireless sensor networks, Cyber-security protocols, Fog/edge computing, Artificial Intelligence, Certification and standards)
6. Digital Manufacturing – (CAD/CAM/CAE, DFX, Simulation/visualisation, AR/VR/MR/XR/Haptics for manufacturing, Digital twins, Model-based manufacturing, informatics & quality control, Computational metrology, Digital human modelling)
7. Sustainable Manufacturing – (Assessment/ traceability, Lifecycle costing, Developing new sustainable materials & manufacturing processes, Environmental, social, & governance (ESG), Inclusive manufacturing)
8. Training and Education – (Training & education in Industry 4.0, Training & education in advanced manufacturing, Alternative modes of learning (including online & blended learning))
Important Dates:
Call for Abstracts: 21 Feb 2025
Extended deadline: 01 Mar 2025
Abstract Acceptance: 08 Mar 2025
Full Paper Submission: 31 May 2025
Paper Acceptance Decision: 30 Aug 2025
Early Bird Registration: 10 Sep 2025
Conference: 08 – 09 Jan 2026
Conference & Programme Chairs:
Prof. Amaresh Chakrabarti, DM, IISc
Prof. Dr. Satyam Suwas, Materials Engineering IISc
Conference & Programme Vice-Chair:
Prof. Manish Arora, DM, IISc
