Date: Mon Mar 31 2008 - 22:51:51 EEST
Due to many requests, as many have missed our previous deadline, RPD 2008 Organizing Committee decided to extend the deadline for submission of abstracts to 18th April 2008.
The fourth edition of the RPD event will take place in October 29th and 30th, 2008 for the first time in the Portuguese northern city of Oliveira de Azeméis.
Following the positive results and success obtained in the previous editions, the RPD 2008 is quickly on the move to the presentation of another important edition.
RPD 2008 – “Designing the Industry of the Future” will continue to open discussion on innovations in Product Development, RP&T and Rapid Manufacturing, presenting the latest research, developments and products related to the most important areas of Rapid Product Development.
RPD 2008 Organizing Committee invites you to contribute to this debate, submitting a paper on the following topics:
Product Development
Rapid Prototyping
Rapid Tooling
Rapid Manufacturing
CAD/CAE/Reverse Engineering
Design Engineering
Virtual Environments
Concurrent Engineering
Materials
Production Technologies
Innovation on Moulds
Plastics Processing
New Trends and Advanced Developments
Applications.
Abstracts must be written in English, should not have more than 200 words, and must contain a provisional title, an abstract of the overall paper, as well as the name, address, and email of the author(s) (according the attached abstract model structure).
Abstracts must be emailed to Centimfe - rpd@mouldsevent.com - until April 18th, 2008 (absolute deadline!). Submission guidelines can be found on Moulds Event website.
The abstracts will be forwarded to the Technical Committee for review and selection after what RPD Organizing Committee will notify the author(s) about the results of this process.
For your best convenience and to assist you in submitting your abstract, please consider the "abstract model" attached. This document may also be downloaded in RPD 2008 Official Website (http://www.mouldsevent.com/364/rpd.html).
The final reviewed papers must be sent to Centimfe - rpd@mouldsevent.com until July 4th, 2008
Important Dates for RPD2008:
Abstracts Submission (NEW DEADLINE!!) – April 18th, 2008
Author’s notification - (NEW DEADLINE!!) – April 28th, 2008
Papers Submission– May 30th, 2008
Author’s notification – June 20th, 2008
Reviewed Papers Submission – July 4th, 2008
For further information about RPD 2008 or Moulds Event visit us in http://www.mouldsevent.com/364/rpd.html.
Additionally, we would be very grateful if you could disseminate this information within your contacts, for those people and organizations that you consider that would be interested in participating in this initiative.
Looking forward meeting you on RPD and Moulds Event 2008, please accept our best regards.
RPD Organizing Committee
Centimfe
Zona Industrial
Rua da Espanha, Lote 8
Apartado 313
2431-904 Marinha Grande
Portugal
Phone +351 244545600
Fax +351 244545601
rpd@mouldsevent.com
www.mouldsevent.com
- application/msword attachment: AbstractModel.doc