{"id":26489,"date":"2025-02-12T23:33:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T23:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dm.iisc.ac.in\/dm\/?p=26489"},"modified":"2025-04-10T23:45:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T23:45:27","slug":"i-4am-2026-call-for-abstracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dm.iisc.ac.in\/dm\/2025\/02\/12\/i-4am-2026-call-for-abstracts\/","title":{"rendered":"I-4AM 2026 – Call for Abstracts"},"content":{"rendered":"

4th International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing (I-4AM 2026) 08 – 09 Jan 2026, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
\nProspective authors are invited to submit their abstract(s) (comprising 300 words) to https:\/\/easychair.org\/conferences?conf=i4am2026,\u00a0by\u00a01st March 2025.<\/p>\n

For any queries,<\/strong>
\nplease contact: i4am.conf@iisc.ac.in<\/p>\n

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.
\nAll 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.<\/p>\n

For more information about the conference, please visit I-4AM 2026 website:
\nhttps:\/\/easychair.org\/conferences?conf=i4am2026<\/p>\n

Submission of abstracts is sought in all areas of Industry 4.0 &amp; advanced manufacturing, including but not limited to the following areas:
\n1. Materials Processing & Joining – (Additive manufacturing, Hybrid manufacturing, Feed stock generation, Friction stir welding, Deformation processing\/modelling, Composites)
\n2. Controls, Autonomous Systems, Robotic – (AGVs\/ walking robots\/drones for factory traffic management, Micro\/nano manufacturing, Cobotics)
\n3. Policy & Entrepreneurship – (Start-ups, eco-systems &amp; incubators, Distributed manufacturing, Fuzzy front\/back end of manufacturing innovation and entrepreneurship)
\n4. Supply Chains – (Blockchain, Market platforms, Smart contracts, Network games, Dynamic routing\/control, Large scale logistics, Supply chain simulation, Optimisation)
\n5. Industry X.0 – (Industry 4.0 &amp; 5.0, Wireless sensor networks, Cyber-security protocols, Fog\/edge computing, Artificial Intelligence, Certification and standards)
\n6. Digital Manufacturing – (CAD\/CAM\/CAE, DFX, Simulation\/visualisation, AR\/VR\/MR\/XR\/Haptics for manufacturing, Digital twins, Model-based manufacturing, informatics &amp; quality control, Computational metrology, Digital human modelling)
\n7. Sustainable Manufacturing – (Assessment\/ traceability, Lifecycle costing, Developing new sustainable materials &amp; manufacturing processes, Environmental, social, & governance (ESG), Inclusive manufacturing)
\n8. Training and Education – (Training &amp; education in Industry 4.0, Training & education in advanced manufacturing, Alternative modes of learning (including online & blended learning))<\/p>\n

Important Dates:<\/strong>
\nCall\u00a0for Abstracts: 21 Feb 2025
\nExtended deadline: 01 Mar 2025
\nAbstract Acceptance: 08 Mar 2025
\nFull Paper Submission: 31 May 2025
\nPaper Acceptance Decision: 30 Aug 2025
\nEarly Bird Registration: 10 Sep 2025
\nConference: 08 – 09 Jan 2026<\/p>\n

Conference & Programme Chairs:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prof. Amaresh Chakrabarti, DM, IISc
\nProf. Dr. Satyam Suwas, Materials Engineering IISc<\/p>\n

Conference & Programme Vice-Chair:<\/strong>
\nProf. Manish Arora, DM, IISc<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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,\u00a0by\u00a01st 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 &amp; 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,...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dm.iisc.ac.in\/dm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26489"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dm.iisc.ac.in\/dm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dm.iisc.ac.in\/dm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dm.iisc.ac.in\/dm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dm.iisc.ac.in\/dm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dm.iisc.ac.in\/dm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26490,"href":"https:\/\/dm.iisc.ac.in\/dm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26489\/revisions\/26490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dm.iisc.ac.in\/dm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dm.iisc.ac.in\/dm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dm.iisc.ac.in\/dm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dm.iisc.ac.in\/dm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}