Wednesday 2nd September 2026
| Time (BST) | Programme |
| 08:15 – 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Welcome address by meeting chair: Prof. Liam Blunt, University of Huddersfield, UK |
| 09:10 – 09:20 | Welcome address from local host: Prof. Mairi Watson, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK |
| 09:20 – 09:50 | Keynote 1: Small-Scale Renewables Incorporating Wind Turbine for Sustainable Communities: Empowering Local Energy Futures Professor M. Emad Farrag, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK |
| Chair: Mahmood Anwar | Session 1: Renewable Energy Generating Machines (Part 1) |
| 09:50 – 10:05 | S1.01 Precision Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) of Plasma Facing Components in Fusion Reactors Liam Blunt, University of Huddersfield, UK SUS26101 |
| 10:05 – 10:20 | S1.02 Charge Capacity Analysis of Battery Energy Storage Systems for a Low-Speed Vertical Axis Wind Turbine in a Rural Community Richard Danyi, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK SUS26108 |
| 10:20-10:35 | S1.03 Towards Edge-AI enabled real-time onboard defect detection for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-based wind turbine blade inspection Godwin Enemali, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK SUS26112 |
| 10:35 – 10:50 | Discussion |
| 10:50 – 11:20 | Coffee & Networking |
| 11:20 – 11:35 | S1.04 A two-stage SCADA-based predictive maintenance framework for wind turbines: evaluation on the CARE benchmark dataset Babakalli Alkali, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK SUS26113 |
| 11:35 – 11:50 | S1.05 A Diagnostic Post-Processing Framework for S809 Aerofoil Aerodynamics Aiding Wind Turbine Design: Quantifying Turbulence Model Fidelity Akmal Nizam Mohammed, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, MY SUS26114 |
| 11:50 – 12:05 | S1.06 Towards Efficient Recycling of Wind Turbine Blades Through Large Scale Inspection, Data Fusion and Virtual Twin Generation Adam Haynes, Manufacturing Technology Centre, UK SUS26119 |
| 12:05 – 12:20 | Discussion |
| 12:20 – 12:35 | IOP: Special Issue presentation, Sophie Caldwell |
| 12:35– 13:45 | Lunch & Networking |
| 13:45 – 14:15 | Keynote 2: Laser as a digital key enabling tool for electric vehicle manufacturing Prof. Ali Gökhan Demir, Politecnico Di Milano, Italy |
| Chair: Krishna Kumar Saxena | Session 2: Net Zero Manufacturing (Invited talks) |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | S2.01 Integrating manufacturing and materials characterisation for waste reduction and value add Asst. Prof. Alistair Spiedel, University of Nottingham, UK |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | S2.02 Challenges and Approaches in the Forming of Metallic Bipolar Plates for PEM Fuel Cells Dr Tim Herrig, RWTH Aachen, Germany SUS26102 |
| 14:45 – 14:55 | Discussion |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee & Networking |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | S2.03 Towards carbon and environmental performance evaluation of multiphysical manufacturing processes: Insights from hybrid laser-ECM as a use-case Dr. ir. Muhammad Hazak Arshad, KU Leuven, Belgium SUS26107 |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | S2.04 Specialising in net-zero manufacturing for heat exchangers/diffusers Dr. Ali Koruk, Bosal, Belgium |
| 16:00 – 16:15 | S2.05 Air-to-Ground Robotic Metrology Networks for Sustainable Manufacturing in Extreme Environments Yongjia Xu, University of Huddersfield, UK SUS26116 |
| 16:15 – 16:30 | Discussion |
| 16:30 –17:30 | Laboratory tours of GCU |
| 19:00 – 22:00 | Networking dinner at The Bothy restaurant |
Thursday 3rd September 2026
| Time (BST) | Conference Programme |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Keynote 3: Creating A New Standard for Rapid Swap Battery Interfaces Prof. Alex Slocum, MIT, MA |
| 09:00- 09:30 | Keynote 4: The Potential of Remanufacturing for the Sustainability Transition: Developments, Challenges and Prospects Prof. Tim C. McAloone, DTU, DK |
| Chair: Liam Blunt | Session 3: Circular economy (Design for (re-)manufacturing and recycling) |
| 09:30 – 09:45 | S3.01 Sustainable Extraction of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Fly Ash Georgios Toupalas, MIT, US SUS26105 |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | S3.02 Manufacturing of a Titanium Alloy XCT Calibration Artefact Joel Keen, University of Southampton, UK SUS26111 |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | Discussion |
| 10:10 – 10:40 | Coffee, Networking & Poster Session |
| Chair: Liam Blunt | Session 3: Circular economy (Design for (re-)manufacturing and recycling) Part 2 |
| 10:40 – 10:55 | S3.03 First steps toward surface metrology as an enabler of sustainable wood manufacturing Sabina Rebeggiani, Halmstad University, SE SUS26118 |
| 10:55 – 11:10 | S3.04 Advancing Circular Production of Precision Moulded Medical Devices with Recycled Polypropylene Guido Tosello, Technical University of Denmark, DK SUS26122 |
| 11:10 – 11:25 | S3.05 Laser-directed energy deposition as a key enabling technology for remanufacturing- An overview of capabilities, process chain and qualification challenges Akash Meena, Technical University of Denmark, DK SUS26125 |
| 11:25 – 11:40 | Discussion |
| Chair: Alex Slocum | Session 4: Manufacturing machine tool efficiency (Energy efficiency) Part 1 |
| 11:40 – 11:55 | S4.01 Reducing the environmental impact of titanium turning through coolant channel geometry modification Jindrich Sykora, University of West Bohemia, CZ SUS26103 |
| 11:55 – 12:10 | S4.02 Validation of an actuated graphite tool electrode system for sustainable sinking EDM processes Sergio Lezama, IWF, Technische Universität Berlin, DE SUS26104 |
| 12:10 – 12:25 | S4.03 Performance of porous aerostatic gas bearings in deflection compensated paper roll Jesper Riihola, Aalto University, FI SUS26109 |
| 12:25 – 12:40 | Discussion |
| 12:40 – 13:30 | Lunch & Networking |
| Chair: Alex Slocum | Session 4: Manufacturing machine tool efficiency (Energy efficiency) Part 2 cont., |
| 13:30 – 13:45 | S4.04 Sustainable EDM Finishing through Wear Compensation: A Proof-of-Concept Study on Topography Smoothing of High-Energy Craters by Low-Energy Discharges Leonard Günther, IWF, Technische Universität Berlin, DE SUS26110
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| 13:45 – 14:00 | S4.05 Enhancing Heat Pump Efficiency by Additive Manufacturing of Leak-Tight Thin-Walled Heat Exchanger Structures Janek Fasselt, Fraunhofer-Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology IPK, DE SUS26106 |
| 14:00 – 14:10 | Discussion |
| Chair: Mahmood Anwar | Session 5: Renewable Energy Generating Machines (Part 2) |
| 14:10 – 14:25 | S5.01 A Lightweight Secure IoT Architecture for Wind Turbine Condition Monitoring Using AES-128-CBC and HMAC-SHA256 Ahmed Solyman, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK SUS26123 |
| 14:25 – 14:40 | S5.02 Feasibility Analysis and Experimental Evaluation of 3D-Printed Structural and Aerodynamic UAV Components Juan Manuel Parrilla Gutierrez, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK SUS26121 |
| 14:40 – 14:55 | S5.03 A Proposed Low-Cost UAV Framework for Visual Inspection and 3D Condition Monitoring of Wind Turbine Structures Ahmed Solyman, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK SUS26124 |
| 14:55 – 15:10 | Discussion |
| 15:10 – 15:20 | Closing remarks by Prof. Liam Blunt |