TCT 2001 First Announcement & Call for papers

From: Nicola Brotherton (nicola@tctuk.demon.co.uk)
Date: Wed Nov 29 2000 - 00:58:35 EET


Dear List,

I am pleased to be able to announce the dates and a brand new location for
TCT 2001. The two day conference & exhibition will be held on the 26th &
27th September at the MICC in Manchester, UK.

We are currently accepting abstracts to be developed and presented at next
year's conference, you'll find details of how to submit a paper below. If
you have any questions at all don't hesitate to get in touch, my contact
details are also listed below.

I look forward to receiving some interesting case studies.

Kind Regards

Nicola Brotherton
Conference Manager

TCT are now inviting you to submit your industry case studies and research
papers for next yearıs conference. The organisers wish to stress that third
party end users will be invited to present at the conference and that any
previously presented or purely promotional papers will not be accepted. All
abstracts will be subject to a strict selection process by TCT as well as by
our Referee and Steering Committees consisting of industry experts.

Abstracts should be between 150-200 words in length detailing the merits of
TCTıs as well as any problems that were encountered and/or overcome whilst
managing a project. In addition to the abstract, submissions should contain
a provisional title, a summary statement of the overall paper and an
indication of the appropriate session area(s) the final paper falls into.

An example of the sessions we are considering for next years event are:

RAPID MANUFACTURING
REVERSE ENGINEERING
RAPID TOOLING
RAPID PROTOTYPING
CAD / VR / DATA ANALYSIS
DIRECT APPLICATIONS OF RAPID PROTOTYPING & TOOLING
DESIGN METHODOLOGIES
MOULD MAKING / HARD TOOLING
RAPID MANUFACTURE OF METAL COMPONENTS & TOOLS
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
MATERIALS
MANAGEMENT ISSUES

All abstracts, draft and final papers go through a refereeing process. TCT
will not accept any papers that are wholly unoriginal or purely promotional
in their content.

Submissions should be sent immediately for the attention of:

Nicola Brotherton, Conference Manager, Time-Compression Technologies, 3rd
Floor, Lavender Hill, Battersea, London SW11 1LJ.
Tel: +44 (0) 207 924 5655 Fax: +44 (0) 207 924 5677
Email: nicola@tctuk.demon.co.uk

TCT aims to cover case studies and cutting edge research from all
industries. In the past papers have been presented by:

Automotive: Jaguar Cars, DaimlerChrysler AG, BMW Group, Ford Motor Company,
Landrover Group

Aerospace / Defence: NASA, Airbus UK, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group,
BAe, Bombardier Aerospace Shorts, GKN Westland Helicopters

Telecoms / Computer / IT / Electronics: Sun Microsystems, Siemens, MicroTEC

Consumer Products / Medical / Other: LEGO Futura, Hothouse Product
Development, Proctor & Gamble, Gillette, Maitreya Project, RAPTIA, ŒAngel of
the Northı Project

Research Institutions: De Montfort University, Warwick Manufacturing Group,
Colorado State University, UMIST, Centre Prototech, Fraunhofer IPA, PDR,

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