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Abstract deadline extended!

The deadline for abstract submission has been extended. Please submit until 15. January 2025.
CARV MCPC 2025 Conference, 9.-12.09.2025, Siegen, Germany
Submit abstract now Production and its supply chains are facing global disruptions that have increased anticipated uncertainty in industry.
We need to establish new paradigms to achieve greater resilience and unveil opportunities for innovations in both technical and organizational domains.

Conference proceedings will be published open access in the Springer Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering.
We would like to announce our plan for an additional Special Issue in a well-recognized scientific journal that is relevant to the topics. In particular, the CARV-MCPC 2025 Scientific Committees will select high-quality papers, and their authors will be invited to expand their manuscripts. The title of the Special Issue will be announced in due course.

10th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference

The CIRP Sponsored Conference on Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable, and Virtual Production is arranged for the 10th time and is for the first time hosted by the University of Siegen, Germany. The conference offers a setting for experts from academia, industry and research institutes alike to propose and discuss the latest scientific contributions in production technology.
The CARV 2025 conference is sponsored by the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP).

Conference topics

  • Manufacturing systems design, planning, operation and control
  • Changeability, agility, flexibility and reconfigurability
  • Sustainability, de-manufacturing and re-manufacturing
  • Global production systems and co-operation within global networks
  • Additive manufacturing for smart production
  • Rapid product/process prototyping, development and ramp-up
  • Virtual, digital and resilient production
  • Production layout and assembly workplace design
  • Product/process co-evolution
  • Development of services and product service systems
  • Human-machine interaction, cobotics and sensor integration for smart automation
  • Learning factories and smart labs
The CARV2025 conference is co-located with the 12th World Mass Customization & Personalization Conference (MCPC2025).

12th World Mass Customization and Personalization Conference

The World Mass Customization & Personalization Conference is arranged for the 12th time and is for the first time hosted by the University of Siegen, Germany. The conference offers a setting for experts from academia, industry and research institutes alike to discuss and exchange the latest scientific contributions related to customized products and their associated business and production systems.

Conference topics

  • Smart products, services and product-service systems
  • Digital business models for mass customization
  • Sustainability, circular economy and mass customization
  • Success factors and best practices
  • Resilient supply chains
  • Key insights from industry in mass customization pioneers
  • Managing variety, product/service platforms and families
  • Open innovation and customer co-creation
  • Data driven approaches for mass customization
The MCPC2025 conference is co-located with the 10th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable, and Virtual Production Conference (CARV2025).