Keynote Speakers

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin NEUMANN

Political Career: Since 2009 Member of the German Bundestag (Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment) Since 2001 Vice-Chair of the Free Democratic Party Brandenburg 1990-1994 Member of the Landtag Brandenburg (Committee on Transport, Building and Urban Affairs) Since 19... More

Dr. Placid M. Ferreira

Dr. Placid M. Ferreira is the Head and the Grayce Wicall Gauthier Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering at Illinois. From 2003 to 2009, he was the director of the Center for Chemical-Electrical-Mechanical Manufacturing Systems (Nano-CEMMS), an NSF-sponsored Nanoscale Science and Enginee... More

Clarence W. de Silva

Clarence W. de Silva is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and occupies the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair Professorship in Mechatronics & Industrial Automation at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. A Professional Engineer (P.Eng.), he is also a Fellow of: ASME, IEEE, Can... More