01 March 2025
Call for Abstracts
08 March 2025
Abstract Acceptance
31 May 2025
Full Paper Submission
30 August 2025
Paper Acceptance Decision
10 September 2025
Early Bird Registration
08 - 09 January 2026
Conference

Overview

Industry 4.0 is about using connected intelligence to usher in greater productivity, quality, flexibility, safety and resource utilisation across manufacturing enterprises, in which advanced manufacturing technologies such as Robotics or Additive Manufacturing play a critical role.

International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing, abbreviated as I-4AM (pronounced i-forum), is a biennial conference series, which intends to provide a platform to bring together all stakeholders in manufacturing and Industry 4.0, in particular those in academia and industry, in both India and abroad for them to deliberate on the nature, needs, challenges, opportunities, problems and solutions in this transformational area of endeavour. A specific focus of I-4AM is to provide a platform for exploring avenues for creating a vision of, and enablers for sustainable, affordable, and human-centric Industry 4.0, and to showcase cutting edge practice, research and educational innovation in this crucial and rapidly evolving area.

I-4AM 2026 is the fourth in a series of conferences held in India by the Department of Design and Manufacturing (DM) (https://cpdm.iisc.ac.in/cpdm/index.php) during 08-09 January 2026. IISc is one of India's leading science and technology institutions and is one of the Institutes of Eminence decreed by the Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India (https://iisc.ac.in/). I-4AM 2026 is sponsored by the Smart Factory at IISc (https://cpdm.iisc.ac.in/smartmanufacturing/), a Common Engineering Facility Centre (CEFC) under the Samarth Udyog Bharat 4.0 Programme (https://www.samarthudyog-i40.in/), Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India (https://heavyindustries.gov.in/).

The proceedings of I-4AM 2026 will be published as a book by Springer Nature that is indexed in Scopus and other databases.

The conference will have:

Please note that I-4AM 2026 is intended to be conducted entirely in-person, without any online or hybrid mode.

The I-4AM series was initiated in 2019 by the Department of Design and Manufacturing, Indian Institute of Science, under its Common Engineering Facility Centre (CEFC) on I4.0India@IISc (Smart Factory) within the SAMARTH Udyog Bharat 4.0 programme of the Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India.

I-4AM 2019 had 28 paper presentations with over 200 national and international participants. The conference had 12 keynotes and 5 panel discussions from thought leaders in the industry, academia, strategic sectors, and policy bodies, as well as podium sessions for research papers. More information on I-4AM 2019 can be found here: I-4AM 2019 website: https://cpdm.iisc.ac.in/i4am19/ & I-4AM 2019 preface. The proceedings of I-4AM 2019 was published by Springer Nature, and can be accessed here: https://springer.com/gp/book/9789811556883

I-4AM 2022 (hosted online) had 41 paper presentations with more than 140 national and international participants. The conference had 8 academic keynotes, 2 industrial keynotes and 3 panel discussions. More information on I-4AM 2022 can be found here: I-4AM 2022 website: https://cpdm.iisc.ac.in/i4am22/ & I-4AM 2022 preface. The proceedings of I-4AM 2022 was published by Springer Nature, and can be accessed here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-19-0561-2

I-4AM 2024 had 62 paper presentations with 135 participants. The conference had 4 academic keynotes, 2 industrial keynotes, and 3 panel discussions. More information on I-4AM 2024 can be found here: I-4AM 2024 website: https://dm.iisc.ac.in/i4am24/

Full Paper Submission

• EasyChair tool will be opened for full paper submission from 15 April 2025 and the deadline to submit full papers is 31 May 2025
• Kindly consider the comments given on your abstract while writing the full paper.

  • In the existing EasyChair account
  • • All papers will go through a double-blind review process and reviews will be available by 30th August 2025.
    • Please note that all submitted papers will be evaluated by the International Programme Committee before a decision is taken.
    • The paper should describe original research (i.e., not published elsewhere), and must be written in English. Major plagiarism issues (including self-plagiarism) will lead to desk rejection of the submitted paper.
    • For each accepted paper, at least one author must register by paying the full registration fee and attend the conference in person to present the paper. Please note that I-4AM 2026 is intended to be conducted entirely in-person, without any option for online or hybrid mode.
    • Some useful guidelines to prepare your manuscript can be found in 'How to Write a Paper' by Mike Ashby - http://www-mech.eng.cam.ac.uk/mmd/ashby-paper-V6.pdf



    Minimum eligibility for consideration of a full paper for I-4AM


    The following are minimally needed for a full manuscript to be considered for review for I-4AM:
    1. Acceptance of the abstract for I-4AM is only an approval for submission of full paper. It is not acceptance of the full paper. The manuscript for the full paper will be separately reviewed by an international programme committee before a decision on its acceptability is taken.
    2. Before submission of the full paper, it should be formatted in Springer Nature format (the format template will be shared after abstract acceptance).
    3. Each paper should be of at least 8 pages, and at most 12 pages in length in the above format.
    4. Maximum page limit without paying additional page charges is 10 formatted pages.
    5. With page charges the page limit is 12 formatted pages.
    6. Each manuscript needs to have the following included in the paper (although not necessarily in the order in which these are mentioned below or explicitly in so many sections): 7. I-4AM intends to publish original papers that report on the development of new knowledge of value to the academia and practice. In the full manuscript, therefore, you need to establish what is new that you report, and why this is important. You need to establish novelty and importance by reviewing earlier work published. Hence critical review of earlier literature in the area of the manuscript is essential to be included in the manuscript.
    8. A manuscript that includes only ideas and opinions is not acceptable for I-4AM.
    9. Since academic value is of prime interest in I-4AM, reporting on a commercial tool alone is not acceptable for I-4AM. Furthermore, in all papers, commercialism should be avoided.
    10. Typical papers in I-4AM report one or more of the following: 11. All papers are expected to be original contribution to knowledge. A plagiarism check will be run by the publishers and any paper having more than 20% overlap will be automatically rejected.
    12. No paper should be generated using AI, such as LLMs. The publishers will run an AI check and will reject any such papers with substantial overlap with content generated by AI.
    13. If any support is taken by the authors from AI for developing any part of the content of their paper, this should be clearly declared in the Acknowledgement section of the paper, specifying the parts of the content that were so developed. The programme committee of I-4AM’25 reserves the right to reject the paper if it deems the extent of support inappropriate and compromises the originality of the content of the paper.

    Call for Abstracts

    We invite you to submit abstracts addressing original research contributions to the topics listed below (review papers will not be accepted). All submitted abstracts will undergo a peer-review process conducted by an international program committee. Upon acceptance of the abstract, authors will be invited to submit their full papers for further review. 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.

    A Poster/flyer for I-4AM 2026 is available for download from this link (PDF format: color and black & white), (Image Format: color and black & white). Please feel free to download, print and display this poster in your department premises for a broader visibility of the conference.

    Please note that I-4AM 2026 is intended to be conducted entirely in-person, without any online or hybrid mode.

    Submission of papers is sought in all areas of Industry 4.0 and advanced manufacturing, including but not limited to the following topics:

    Click on topic to know more:

    • Additive manufacturing
    • Hybrid manufacturing
    • Feed stock generation
    • Friction stir welding
    • Deformation processing / modelling
    • Composites
    • AGVs/ walking robots/ drones for factory traffic management
    • Micro/ nano manufacturing
    • Cobotics
    • Start-ups, eco-systems, incubators
    • Distributed manufacturing
    • Fuzzy front/back end of manufacturing innovation and entrepreneurship
    • Blockchain
    • Market platforms
    • Smart contracts
    • Network games
    • Dynamic routing/ control
    • Large scale logistics
    • Supply chain simulation
    • Optimisation
    • Industry 4.0 & 5.0
    • Wireless sensor networks
    • Cyber-security protocols
    • Fog/ edge computing
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Certification and standards
    • 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
    • Assessment/ traceability
    • Lifecycle costing
    • Developing new sustainable materials & manufacturing processes
    • Environmental, social, and governance (ESG)
    • Inclusive manufacturing
    • Training and education in Industry 4.0
    • Training and education in advanced manufacturing
    • Alternative modes of learning (including online & blended learning)

    Abstract Submission

    Prospective authors should send an abstract of their paper (300 words) including paper title and author details, by uploading the abstract on the conference management tool: https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=i4am2026, latest by 1st March 2025. Setting up through EasyChair, If you do not have an existing EasyChair account, please follow the instructions below:

    1. Go to EasyChair
    2. Click on “Create an account”
    3. Enter the required information (i.e. first name, last name & email address)
    4. You will receive an activation link to the email address provided
    5. Click on the activation link and provide the required information (i.e. organization name, country, username & password)
    Once you have an EasyChair account, do the following:
    1. Go to EasyChair
    2. Login into your account with your username and password
    3. Enter as an author and submit the abstract
    All abstracts will be checked for their novelty and relevance for I-4AM 2026; all papers relevant to the conference with novel content will be asked to submit a full paper for peer review

    The authors will be notified of the acceptance decision of their abstract by 8th March 2025, which can be checked by the authors by logging into the conference management tool on the website.

    Important Dates

    Call for Abstracts 21 February 2025
    Extended deadline for abstract submission 01 March 2025
    Abstract Acceptance 08 March 2025
    Full Paper Submission 31 May 2025
    Paper Acceptance Decision 30 August 2025
    Early Bird Registration 10 September 2025
    Conference 08 - 09 January 2026

    Organization

    Advisory Committee*

    Gurumoorthy, B Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India (Chair)
    Amrutur, Bharadwaj Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
    Bhattacharjee, Debashish Tata Steel, India
    Chandrasekhar, U Wipro 3D, India
    Das, Debabrata International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Bangalore, India
    Gnanamoorthy, R Indian Institutes of Technology Madras, India
    Goel, PS National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore, India
    Gopalakrishnan, Kris Axilor Ventures, India
    Gregory, Mike University of Cambridge, UK
    Jayaram, Vikram Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
    Jayaraman, Kishore Rolls Royce, India
    Joshi, Suhas S Indian Institutes of Technology Bombay, India
    Khargaonkar, Pramod University of California, Irvine, USA
    Majhi, Banshidhar Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing Kancheepuram, India
    Mandanna, KM Ashok Leyland, India
    Nagahanumaiah Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI), Bangalore, India
    Narahari, Y Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
    Palanisamy, Suresh Swinburne University, Australia
    Pratap, Rudra Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
    Radhakrishnan, P PSG Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India
    Ramakrishna, Seeram National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Rao, V Bhujanga National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore, India
    Reddy, Satheesh Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), India
    Suresh, Subra Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
    Tiwari, Manoj Kumar National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), India
    Yarlagadda, Prasad Queensland University of Technology, Australia


    Conference and Programme Chairs

    Chakrabarti, Amaresh Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
    Suwas, Satyam Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India


    Vice-Chair

    Arora, Manish Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India


    Co-Chairs*

    Adams, Nico Swinburne University, Australia
    Babu, Ramesh Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
    Bartolo, Paulo JDS University of Manchester, UK
    Frenz, Walter RWTH Aachen, Germany
    Gupta, Satyandra K University of Southern California, USA
    Jha, Sunil Indian Institutes of Technology Delhi, India
    Jolly, Mark Cranfield University, UK
    Kailas, Satish Vasu Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
    Karunakaran, KP Indian Institutes of Technology Bombay, India
    Minshall, Tim University of Cambridge, UK
    Morikawa, Hiroyuki University of Tokyo, Japan
    Pal, Surja Kanta Indian Institutes of Technology Kharagpur, India
    Rao, PVM Indian Institutes of Technology Delhi, India
    Ravi, B Indian Institutes of Technology Bombay, India
    Roy, Rajkumar City University of London, UK
    Schuh, Christopher A MIT, USA
    Sudarsan, Rachuri Department of Energy, USA
    Tandon, Puneet Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, India
    Tewari, Asim Indian Institutes of Technology Bombay, India


    Programme Committee*

    Agrawal, Anupam Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
    Anbu, V Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association (IMTMA), India
    Bajpai, Vivek Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, India
    Banerjee, Dipankar Indian Institute of Science, India
    Behera, Amar University of Chester, UK
    Bhatnagar, Shalabh Indian Institute of Science, India
    Biswas, Abhijit Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
    Biswas, Pradipta Indian Institute of Science, India
    Boby, Riby Abraham Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur
    Bouras, Abdelaziz Qatar University, Qatar
    Chakradhar, Dupadu Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad
    Chatterjee, Kaushik Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
    Chinnam, Ratna Babu Wayne State University, USA
    Choudhury, Abhik Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
    Ciszak, Olaf Poznan University of Technology, Poland
    Das, Abhishek Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
    Date, Prashant P. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
    De, Amitava Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
    Desai, Kaushal A. Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur
    Dixit, Pradeep Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
    Devadula, Sivasrinivasu Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
    Dubey, Rameshwar Liverpool John Moores University, UK
    Dwarakanath, Srinivasan Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru
    Dwivedi, Dheerendra Kumar Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
    El-Khasawneh, Bashar Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates
    Ferreira, Joao Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil
    Frank, Alejandro Germán Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
    G R, Jayanth Indian Institute of Science, India
    Ghosal, Ashitava Indian Institute of Science, India
    Ghose, Debasish Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
    Ghosh, Gourhari Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur
    Gokhale, Amol A. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
    Gopinath, Muvvala Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India
    Guha, Anirban Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
    Gururaja, Suhasini Indian Institute of Science, India
    Haapala, Karl R Oregon State University, USA
    Hiremath, Somashekhar S. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
    Huang, Yiinlun Wayne State University, USA
    Immanuel, Jose R. Indian Institute of Technology, Bhilai
    Jain, Neelesh Kumar Indian Institute of Technology, Indore
    Jain, Rahul Indian Institute of Technology, Bhilai
    Jain, Vipul Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
    Jha, Pradeep K Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
    Kandasamy, Jayakrishna Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), India
    Kar, Amlan Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, India
    Khatait, Jitendra P Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
    Kulkarni, Satyabodh National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India
    Kumar, C S Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
    Kumar, Anand S Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu
    Kumar, Pradeep Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
    Kumara, Soundar The Pennsylvania State University, USA
    Kumaraguru, Senthilkumaran Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram, India
    Law, Mohit Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
    Lee, Jay University of Cincinnati, USA
    Lingam, Rakesh Indian Institute of Technology, Dharwad
    M. A. Somashekara Indian Institute of Technology, Dharwad
    Madhusudanan, N Corporate Technology, Siemens, India
    Malshe, Ajay Purdue University, USA
    Mani, Monto Indian Institute of Science, India
    Meena, Kusum Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
    Mishra, Sushil Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
    Mittal R. K. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
    Mohan Santhakumar Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad
    Mohanty, Amiya Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
    Mote, Rakesh G. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
    Mujumdar, Soham Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
    Mukhopadhyay, Prithviraj Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
    Mynors, Diane Brunel University, UK
    Nirala, Chandrakant K Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
    Nomesh, Bolia Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
    Ong, S K National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Panda, Biranchi Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
    Pande, Sanjay Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
    Pandya, Hardik J. Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
    Pathak, P.M. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
    Prinz, Fritz Stanford University, USA
    R, Jose Immanuel Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai
    R, Thiyagarajan Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati
    Rajkumar, V Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu
    Raman, Thulasi Indian Institute of Science, India
    Rassõlkin, Anton Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
    Rehman, Fayyaz Southampton Solent University, UK
    Roy, Samir Chandra Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
    S. Aravindan Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
    S. Suryakumar Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
    Sahu, Govind Narayan Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati
    Samuel, G L Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
    Sangwan, Vivek Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
    Sankar, Mamilla Ravi Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Tirupati
    Sarkar, Prabir Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
    Sarkar, Sagar Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
    Sarmah, SP Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
    Saxena, Prateek Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi
    Sen, Dibakar Indian Institute of Science, India
    Setti, Dinesh Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad
    Shafik, Mahmoud University of Derby, UK
    Sharma, Apurbba Kumar Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
    Sharma, Varun Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
    Shee, Himanshu Victoria University, Australia
    Shehab, Essam Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
    Shrivastava, Amber Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
    Singh, Gurminder Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
    Singh, Harpreet Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
    Singh, Ramesh Kumar Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
    Sinha, Purnendu Group Innovation, Tata Sons
    Srinivasan, Vijay National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
    Subbu, S. Kanmani Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad
    Subramanian, Nachiappan University of Sussex, UK
    Suh, Suk-Hwan Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea
    Sutherland, John W Purdue University, USA
    Tao, Fei Beihang University, China
    Tomiyama, Tetsuo International Professional University of Technology in Tokyo, Japan
    U. Chandrasekhar GMSIR Scientific Innovation and Research Centre, Bengaluru
    Udai, Arun Dayal Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, India
    Vashista, Meghanshu Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
    Vicharapu, Buchibabu Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad
    Vinodh, S National Institute of Technology Trichy, India
    Viswanathan, Koushik Indian Institute of Science, India
    Vyasarayani, Chandrika Prakash Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India
    Witherell, Paul-William National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
    Yuan, Lang University of South Carolina, USA


    Local Organising Committee

    Bhattacharya, Kaushik Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
    Ghadge, Kiran Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
    K M, Raghavendra Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
    K S, Puneeth Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
    M, Sona Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
    Majumder, Anubhab Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
    Ranjeetha, Mary Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
    Salma, Nishath Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
    Singh, Sanjay Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
    Tripathi, Charu Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
    Upadhyay, Vivek Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
    Allam, Venu Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
    Venugopal, Vinay Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
    Yaldiz, Naz Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India


    * to be confirmed

    Contact

    For any inquiries, please contact us at:

    Email: i4am.conf@iisc.ac.in

    Phone: +91 80 2293 3136