Dear colleague,
I would like to inform you about the 3rd International Conference on Engineering Manufacture, EM2026, which will take place in Porto, Portugal, 7-8 May 2026 (link). The conference venue is the campus of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), which offers excellent facilities for high quality scientific interactions. FEUP is located in the town of Porto in the Northern region of Portugal. Porto is a beautiful and lively city, steeped in history and rich in great experiences. With its magnificent location by the Atlantic coast, Porto is the city of the world famous Port Wine and the River Douro.
This conference is held every 2 years. The conference is chaired by Lucas F. M. da Silva and co-chaired by Fátima Vaz (Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal), Marion Merklein (Friedrich-Alexander University, Germany) and Ricardo Carbas (INEGI, Portugal). The focus is on engineering manufacture and will include works on additive manufacturing, precision machining, vacuum assisted high pressure die casting, semi-solid metal casting, compressive and tensile forming processes, among many others.
The scientific committee includes Alexander Brosius (TU Dresden, Germany), Beatriz Silva (University of Lisbon, Portugal), Bernhard Karpuschewski (University of Bremen, Germany), Carlos Silva (University of Lisbon, Portugal), Chris Nielsen (TU Denmark, Denmark), Diogo Neto (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Dulce Rodrigues (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Eduardo A. S. Marques (INEGI, Portugal), Filipe Samuel Silva (University of Minho, Portugal), Francisco Silva (ISEP, Portugal), Frank Walther (TU Dortmund University, Germany), Gianni Nicoletto (University of Parma, Italy), Ivo Bragança (ISEL, Portugal), Jean François Chatelain (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada), João Paulo Davim (University of Aveiro, Portugal), Jorge Lino (University of Porto, Portugal), Junying Min (Tongji University, China), Luis Menezes (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Marta Oliveira (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Mehdi Kasaei (INEGI, Portugal), Nima Shamsaei (Auburn University, USA), Paul G. Maropoulos (Manufacturing Technology Centre, UK), Paulo Martins (University of Lisbon, Portugal), Prveen Bidare (University of Birmingham, UK), Rafael Comesaña (University of Vigo, Spain), Raul Campilho (ISEP, Portugal), Reza Beygi (INEGI, Portugal), Rúben Dorado Vicente (Universidad de Jaén, Spain), Stefania Bruschi (Università di Padova, Italy).
Authors who wish to make a presentation (oral or poster) are requested to submit a short abstract (one single A4 page possibly with a diagram and references) in English, by 16 January 2026. The abstracts should be sent electronically to lucas@fe.up.pt. Indicate in the email if you want oral or poster presentation. The abstract template can be downloaded from the conference web site (link).
Conference proceedings (CD-ROM) with the accepted abstracts will be available at the registration. The CD-ROM will have an ISBN number.
Full papers will be published in special issues of:
The full papers (not compulsory) should be sent to the e-mail lucas@fe.up.pt before the 9th of May 2024. The text should be in single column format and double line spacing.
Important dates
16 January 2026 Abstract submission deadline
30 January 2026 Notification of acceptance to authors
20 February 2022 Early bird registration
7 May 2024 Submission of full papers (not compulsory to submit a paper)
Yours sincerely,
Lucas
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Lucas F. M. da Silva
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Editor-in-Chief of:
Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP)
Department of Mechanical Engineering (DEMec)
Rua Dr Roberto Frias
4200-465 Porto, Portugal
Phone: +351 22 50 81 706, email: lucas@fe.up.pt, web: www.ajpu.pt