University of Applied Sciences
Trier, Germany

Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi‐Disciplinary Environment

The Concurrent Engineering conference series, sponsored by the International Society for Productivity Enhancement (ISPE), has developed into an internationally acclaimed networking platform to collaboratively discuss advancements in Concurrent Engineering (CE). CE2012 will be the 19th conference in the ISPE series focusing on the development and dissemination of research and industrial application aspects of concurrent engineering. You are invited to submit research papers and best practice reports that concentrate on the new developments in concurrent engineering. They may refer to methodologies, tools, methods, industrial case studies, modeling and research findings in various areas of focus.

Areas of focus:

Systems Engineering
Design for Sustainability
Collaborative Engineering Cost Engineering
Engineering Visualization Managing product variety
Digital Manufacturing Extended Enterprise
CMMI Ontology
Intellectual Property Protection Digital Rights Management
Interoperability Standards
Variability Management Formal Methods in CE
Product Lifecycle Management Knowledge Engineering
Decision Support Distributed Engineering
Web Technologies Requirements Management
Long term retention and archiving
Measuring/Analyzing Product Variety

CE2012 Important Dates

Submission of session proposals October 31st 2011
Submission of full papers / extended abstracts January 31st 2012
Review (acceptation/rejection) of full papers / extended abstracts / session proposals February 29th 2012
Final Submission of full papers (camera-ready) May 31st 2012
Early registration due May 31st 2012
Late registration due June 30th 2012