The European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (euspen) is delighted to be hosting their 10th International Conference in the Netherlands at the historical city of Delft.
From the founding of the first University in Leiden in 1575, education, knowledge and science have been key factors supporting the development of the Netherlands. Today it is one of the ten most competitive economies in the world and amongst the world’s leading nations in terms of science and technology. It is home to knowledge-intensive businesses and worldwide market leaders such as Shell, Philips, Unilever, Corus and ASML.
The Technical University of Delft was founded in 1842 as the Royal Academy of Willem II. The Society is very pleased to partner with the Department of Precision and Microsystems Engineering within the University to deliver this highly regarded technical meeting and networking event.
This year, in conjunction with the society’s core themes of ultra precision processes, machines and technologies, a focus will be given to emerging patterning technologies and methods. Wind turbines and their associated precision engineering challenges will also be addressed; from gear technologies to the large scale metrology demanded for blade surfaces.
A perspective on leading international activities will further be provided by the American and Japanese Societies for Precision Engineering who will each deliver a set of invited keynote papers.
Delegates will benefit from a full programme of review papers, state-of-the-art research papers, professional development tutorials and a comprehensive exhibition with industrial visits in the local area.
I look forward to welcoming you to Delft and to an outstanding event.
We live in a time of rapid technology development leading to short product lives for even the most advanced technology products. Many advanced products gain their functional performance through leading edge ultra precision and nanotechnologies, as such they are vital to wealth-creation.
Rapid and efficient industrial innovation requires not only leading scientific knowledge, but an understanding of latest technological advances and the harnessing of effective collaboration. The European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (euspen) provides an entrepreneurial network of leading industrialists and researchers working in the field of precision, micro and nano engineering through which these three key activities are delivered.
Technologically, euspen’s focus lies in:
Nano-precision manufacturing;
Design and build of ultra-precision machine systems;
Characterisation: metrology systems, instruments and techniques.
Special interest groups also address particular emerging challenges to industry such as: structured and free form surfaces; thermal effects in precision systems and the implementation of microfabrication technologies into SMEs.
euspen’s 10th International Conference will once again provide a leading forum in which to communicate and survey latest research, technology and product developments within the community.
On behalf of the Council of euspen, it is my great pleasure to invite you to this meeting. We look forward to meeting with you, to the sharing of latest knowledge and capabilities and the formation of valuable new partnerships and collaborations.
