Abstract Submissions	May 31, 2010
Notification of Acceptance	June 14, 2010
Registration	July 25, 2010
Conference Dates	September 8 – 10, 2010

Programme

Key Speakers of the conference:

Dr. Daniel Sanders develops materials and processes related to metals technology for the entire Boeing Enterprise.

He began his career at Boeing as a Machinist Tool Maker in 1979 and worked in that position while concurrently attending the University of Washington Mechanical Engineering Department. He received a BSME degree and transferred into Manufacturing Research & Development in 1985, where he worked as a Manufacturing expert in aluminum, titanium and CRES sheet metal fabrication for many years. Dan was assigned the task of developing the Superplastic Forming process for Boeing and has been the subject matter expert for the company in that area since 1989. Dan received a Master of Science degree in Engineering Technology in 2002 and expanded his research focus into lasers, robotics, welding and other joining processes. In addition to his current assignments at Boeing, Dan completed a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington, graduating in June, 2008. He is currently working to develop innovative titanium manufacturing technologies to reduce the buy-to-fly material requirements for the 787, including laser welding and friction stir welding.

Prof. Jeffery W Brooks is currently Research Director for the Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) and is a recognised authority on the microstructure, mechanical properties and the manufacturing process routes for the materials used in gas turbine components. Professor Brooks currently holds an EPSRC Star award and the Chair of Manufacturing Technology – University of Strathclyde and is a co-investigator on EPSRC funded projects within the AFRC. Throughout his career in industry and with the MOD he has led many research projects involving multi-disciplinary teams and research partners. This has included the materials work packages in the MOD/DTI research contracts on Propulsion (RSCC09) and Supportability (RCSC05) in collaboration with Rolls-Royce plc as well as DTI funded programmes with BAES and TIMET (UK) Limited. Activities within the European Community include collaboration on scientific projects under Co-operation in Science and Technology (COST) and Framework programmes. He is also a project reviewer for the European Commission Framework Programme and a member of the EPSRC peer review college. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and a Chartered Engineer

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