ECP4 Annual Meeting 2018 - Check the programme and register now
Industry 4.0 and how it can transform the European plastics and composite industry
ECP4 Annual Meeting 2018 will take place in Athlone (Ireland) on the 30th and 31st May 2018.
The two-day event includes an open workshop about “Industry 4.0 and how it can transform the European plastics and composite industry”, industrial visits to some innovative Irish companies in the field of polymer processing and the ECP4 General Assembly only for its members.
We hope you will all join us in Athlone for a successful event and good networking opportunities.
Wednesday, 30 May 2018
08:30 – 09:00 Registration & Coffee
09:00 – 09:20 Welcome and Opening
- Dr. Declan Devine, Director of Materials Research Institute
- Dr. Clement de Meersman, ECP4 President
09:20 – 09:45 Mark McAuley, Plastics Ireland
09:45 – 10:10 Prof Conor McCarthy, Director Confirm Centre for Smart Manufacturing
10:10 – 10:35 Niall Murray, Software research Institute, AIT
10:35 – 10:50 Coffee Break
10:50 – 11:20 Mike Wilson, ABB robotics (http://new.abb.com/products/robotics)
11:20 – 11:50 David Keily, TSM Controls (http://www.tsm-controls.com/)
11:50 – 12:30 Fanuc UK (http://www.fanuc.eu/uk/en) (tbc)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 18:00 Industry Visits and demonstrations of technology advances
- Trend Technologies (14:15-15:00) https://www.trendtechnologies.ie/
- Robotics and Drives (15:00- 16:00) http://www.roboticsanddrives.ie/
17:00 – 18:00 Mullingar to Sean’s Bar Athlone
18:00 – 18:30 Boat trip along Shannon to Hodson Bay.
20:00 Dinner (only for ECP4 members and speakers) followed by traditional Irish music
Thursday, 31 May 2018
08:30 – 09:00 Shuttle bus from hotel to Athlone Institute of Technology
09:00 – 10:00 ECP4 Board meeting (Board members only)
10:00 – 11:00 ECP4 General Assembly
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 Project Building Session
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Tour of Materials Research Institute and Applied Polymer Technologies facilities
16:00 End of the meeting
Registration: Please note that the conference working language will be English and it is free of charge.
To participate, please fill in the registration form no later than the 30th of April, 2018.
Date:
Day 1: Wednesday, 30th May 2018, 9:00 - 16:00
Day 2: Thursday, 31st May 2018, 10:00 - 16:00
Venue:
Day 1: Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone Road, Barry More, Athlone, Co. Roscommon, N37 XR82, Ireland.
Day 2: Athlone Institute of Technology, Dublin Road, Athlone, Co Westmeath, Ireland.
Shuttle bus:
Day 1: Hodson Bay Hotel - Industrial visits – Sean Bar (Irelands oldest bar est 900 AD) - Hodson Bay Hotel
Day 2: Hodson Bay Hotel - Athlone Institute of Technology - Hodson Bay Hotel
Accommodation - Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone:
ECP4 has a limited number of rooms reserved (Code - Applied Polymer Technologies (ECP4))
Email – [email protected]
Phone – 09064 42000
Organisation & Support:
Co-organised by ECP4, The European Composites, Plastics and Polymer Processing Platform and Athlone Institute of Technology’s Materials Research Institute
With the support of the Enterprise Ireland Funded ‘Applied Polymer Technologies’ Gateway Centre and the Science Foundation Ireland, ‘Confirm Centre for Smart Manufacturing’