IFR meetings at the COEX Convention Center, Seoul, South Korea which is also the location for the ISR 2008:

October 15th 2008:    13.30 - 15.30 Research Comitee
                                       16.00 - 18.00 Service Robots Group

October 16th 2008:    10.00 - 12.00 Executive Board
                                       13.00 - 15.00 General Assembly
                                       19.00 ISR Banquet & Engelberger Award Ceremony

For registration for the ISR and the ISR Banquet and all further dates please click here.

CBM (Confederation of British Metalforming) in association with BARA - Half day event - Wednesday 24th September 08 at the NMC, West Bromwich

For the Sheet Metal sector - the case for and against investing in automation

Please click here for more information and booking details.

40th Internacional Symposium on Robotics (ISR 2009) - March, 10-13th 09 in Barcelona, Spain.

ISR 2009 will be developed simultaneously to Maquitec Industrial Fair, this fact makes ISR 2009 a great opportunity to have a meeting point with the most relevant companies in the Industrial and Robotics fields.

If interested in the call for papers please click here for instructions of what is required and how to submit it (deadline 15th July 08).

Strategic Manufacturing Awards Ceremony (as part of the European Manufactuing Summit) - will take place in Dusseldorf, Germany on Wednesday 8th October 08.

The Strategic Manufacturing Awards form part of EMS 2008, taking place from the 6th-9th October 2008 and is the conference and networking event that will deliver answers to the key questions affecting all manufacturing industries across the globe.

For more information and to book tickets please click here.

BARA has announced the second Machine Safety Conference for 2008 - in the Midlands to take place on September 30th 08.

The conferences are run in association with Drives & Controls and sponsored by the IET, IMechE and MachineBuilding.net. The conferences will provide a comprehensive overview of machinery safety standards, covering current and emerging standards, applicable technology and will examine practical application through case studies. Sessions will include safety-related networking and emerging robotic safety standards.

Click here for more details

in Hall 5, NEC, Birmingham

The PPMA Show covers the complete production line and attracts buyers from all industries including food, drink, pharmaceutical, household products, cosmetics & chemicals. New for this year will also be the FoodTec and EcoTec Zones as well as a free seminar programme addressing hot topics in the machinery sector including automation. The PPMA Show is co-located with Interplas – the UK’s premier plastics & rubber exhibition.

A special rate is available to BARA members who wish to exhibit – please contact Graham Earl on tel. 020 8910 7890 or graham.earl@reedexpo.co.uk for more information.

For more details on the event and to register to visit click here.

Automation 2008
4th International Exhibition & Conference 25th to 28th September
at NSE, Mumbai, India

Click here go to website to view details. If you decide you would like to exhibit at this conference, make sure you tell them that you are a BARA member and you will get a discount.

Skills West Midlands to be held at ExCeL, London on 20-22 November 2008.

For more details click here.

Recex events and exhibitions - click here for information.

Click here for events 2008/2009.

08 China Automotive Manufacturing Technology & Material Show-AMTS
Time: 13th-16th Aug, 2008
Place: Shanghai New International Expo Centre

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PLM Road Map™ 2008 is a strategic conference focused on the critical trade-offs shaping product development. It will be held at Detroit on September 23 and 24 2008. Attendees at PLM Road Map™ 2008 will have their current thinking on product development challenged in a series of highly charged presentations.

For more details click here.

For information on past events click here.