CALENDAR

Manufacturing Engineering, Mar 2005

March

METALFORM '05, Rosemont, IL, March 20-23. Precision Metalforming Association. Register online at: www.metalform.com or Phone: 216-901-8800

North American Robot Safety Conference, Toronto, March 21-23. Robotic Industries Association and the Canadian Standards Association. Phone: 734-994-6088

Outperform Your Competition-Increase Productivity Through Automation, Chicago, March 24; Detroit, April 29; Latrobe, PA, May 11; Charlotte, NC, June 15; Irvine, CA, June 21; Wichita, KS, Sept. 20; Knoxville, TN, Sept. 22. Sponsored by GE Fanuc, SME, Fanuc Robotics, Kennametal, Modern Machine Shop, Automotive Design & Production, Renishaw, and American Machinist.

To register, and for more information on exact locations, agendas, etc. go to: www.gefanuc.com/outperform2

April

Certified Manufacturing Technology (CMfgT) Refresher Course and Exam, Woodland Hills, CA, April 1-2. SME

SME Professional Development Conference, Los Angeles, April 4. SME

WESTEC 2005 Exposition, Los Angeles, April 4-7. SME

WESTEC 2005 Technical Conferences, Los Angeles, April 5-7. SME

Digital Manufacturing & Manufacturing Process Management, Los Angeles, April 6. SME

Lean Manufacturing Ten-Day Certificate Program, Ann Arbor, MI, April 11-15. University of Michigan Center for Professional Development. Phone: 734-647-7200

Fort Wayne Chapter 56 Manufacturing Expo 2005, Ft. Wayne, IN, April 13. SME

Making Waves: Integrating RFID into Your Supply Chain, St. Louis, April 18. SME

Automation & Assembly Summit, St. Louis, April 18-20. SME

May

TWIN CITIES

ADVANCED PRODUCTIVITY EXPOSITION

Twin Cities 2005 Exposition, Minneapolis, May 3-5. SME

Molecular Nanotechology and Manufacturing: The Enabling Tools, Minneapolis, May 4. SME

MicroManufacturing Conference, Minneapolis, May 4-6. SME

Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing '05 Conference and Exhibits, Minneapolis, May 9-12. SME

CAD Data Exchange: Productivity Through Interoperability, Dearborn, MI, May 11. SME

EASTEC 2005 Exposition, West Springfield, MA, May 24-26. SME

NAMRC 33 North American Manufacturing Research Conference, New York, NY, May 24-26. SME

June

2005 SME Annual Meeting, Baltimore, June 1-5. SME

The Next Industrial Revolution: Molecular Nanotechnology and Manufacturing, Baltimore, June 2. SME

Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Cleveland, June 7-8. SME

WANT MORE INFORMATION?

For information on SME's events, call 1-8O0-733-4SME 8 am-5 pm Eastern time, Monday through Friday. A comprehensive list of the year's events (updated continuously) is available for downloading from the Internet at www.sme.org.