ENGINEERING ASSET MANAGEMENT IN FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION SCENARIO

15th WCEAM 2021 will provide a pleasant forum for high quality deliberations on technical, economic issues centred around sustainable management of engineered assets in the era of the fourth industrial revolution technologies and globalisation 4.0 business models. Paper presentations and panel discussions will cover industry sectors such as aeronautics & aerospace, agriculture & agro-processing, construction & built environment, conventional & renewable energy electricity and water utilities, maritime, public infrastructure especially education & health care delivery and transportation, manufacturing, mining & minerals processing especially oil & gas, and telecommunications.

WHEN

AUGUST 15 - 18 

Due to COVID'19 pandemic it will be held VIRTUALLY

IMPORTANT UPDATE

Considering the remaining uncertainty due to the continued presence of COVID-19 and global travelling restrictions, the ISEAM Board and Local Organizing Committee have decided to host the 15th WCEAM in virtual mode only. 

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The safety of our congress participants and the healthcare community as a whole has our highest priority. Despite going virtual we assure you that the Congress will be of the usual high quality.

IMPORTANT DATES

      NOV 27/2020

        JAN 22/2021

       FEB 14/2021

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• ABSTRACT SUBMISSION AND SPECIAL SESSIONS PROPOSAL

Closed

   JUN 7/2021 

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• EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION  BEGINS 

   JAN 18/2021 

       FEB 14/2021

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• PROPOSALS FOR WORKSHOP AND TRAINING SESSIONS

Closed

   JUN 31/2021 

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• REVIEW FEEDBACK ON FULL PAPERS AND INDUSTRIAL PRESENTATIONS 

   APR 21/2021 

       MAY 22/2021

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• FULL PAPER SUBMISSION   (Category A)

   JUL 30/2021 

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• AUTHOR/PRESENTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE

    APR 21/2021 

       JUL 10/2021

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• INDUSTRIAL PRESENTATIONS SUBMISSION (FULL)

   AUG 15/2021 

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• CONGRESS STARTS!

CONGRESS TOPICS

•   Asset valuation, acquisition, and disposal options
•   Product-service transformation, and product-service systems
•   Asset operations and maintenance strategies
•   Sustainable asset operations and maintenance processes
•   Dynamic modeling and simulation of asset operations and maintenance
•   Reliability and resilience engineering
•   IOT and applications of smart and intelligent sensing and instrumentation
•   Condition monitoring, diagnostics, prognostics, and asset health indexing
•   Industry 4.0 platforms and interoperability of ICT systems
•   Augmented and virtual reality applications

•   Asset condition, risk, resilience and vulnerability  assessments
•   Asset management and decision support systems
•   Applications of international and local guidelines and standards
•   Refurbishment, renovation, replacement,  upgrade decisions and actions
•   Human dimensions and asset management performance
•   Blockchain applications.
•   Role of cyber security in asset management
•   Asset management in the energy sector
•   Asset management in the healthcare sector
•   Asset management in the food and beverage industry
•   Asset management in the petrochemical industry
•   Monitoring, diagnostics and prognostics for smart maintenance

•   Asset management in Agro-allied sector 

•   Air and Sea ports infrastructure and facilities

•   Adventure and wildlife parks infrastructure and facilities

•   City and metropolitan infrastructure and facilities

CHAIRS AND COMMITTEES

•General Chair:

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Prof. Joe Amadi-Echendu

Chair ISEAM, University of Pretoria, South Africa

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•WCEAM 2020 Chair: 

Prof. Joao O. P. Pinto

Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Prof. Marcio Kimpara

 [Federal Univ. of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil]

Prof. Moacyr Brito

 [Federal Univ. of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil]

Prof. Ruben Godoy

 [Federal Univ. of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil]

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Finance Sub-Committee:

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• Jurandir O. Soares

    Federal Univ. of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Publicity Sub-Committee:

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• Prof. Raymundo Cordero

• Federal Univ. of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

GENERAL CHAIR

Prof. Joe Amadi-Echendu

 [Chair ISEAM, University of Pretoria, South Africa]

WCEAM 2021 CHAIR

Prof. Joao O. P. Pinto

 [Federal Univ. of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil]

STEERING COMMITTEE

PAPER SUBMISSIONS & REVIEW SUB-COMMITTEE

Prof. Turuna Seecharan

 [Univ. of Minnesota Duluth - USA]

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FINANCE SUB-COMMITTEE

Prof. Jurandir O. Soares

 [Federal Univ. of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil]

[CHAIR]

PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE

Prof. Luciana Leite

 [Federal Univ. of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil]

PANEL OF REVIEWERS

Prof. Kerry Brown

 [Curtin University, Australia]

[CHAIR]

Prof. Raymundo Cordero

 [Federal Univ. of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil]

[CHAIR]

SPONSORS/EXHIBITIONS SUB-COMMITTEE

Prof. Edson Batista

 [Federal Univ. of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil]

[CHAIR]

Prof. Cristiano Quevedo

 [Federal Univ. of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil]

MARKETING/AWARENESS SUB-COMMITTEE