History
April 13, 2022
12th CIRP-sponsored Conference on Learning Factories (organized by A*STAR)
April 13, 2022
April 13, 2022
General Assembly of the IALF (hybrid)
1.Aalto University (Finland), Prof. Valeriy Vyatkin
2. University of São Paulo (Brazil), Prof. Klaus Schützer and Prof. Eduardo de Senzi Zancul
July 1, 2021
11th CIRP-sponsored Online-Conference on Learning Factories (organized by TU Graz)
July 1, 2021
July 1, 2021
General Assembly of the IALF (online)
1. University of Alberta (Canada), Prof. Rafiq Ahmad
2. Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy), Prof. Dominik Matt and Prof. Erwin Rauch
3. University Twente (Netherlands), Prof. Sebastian Thiede and Prof. Eric Lutters
4. Politecnico di Milano (Italy), Prof. Marco Taisch
August 28, 2020
Start of the IALF Working Groups
August 28, 2020
April 15, 2020
General Assembly of the IALF (online)
1. Tongji University (Shanghai, China), Prof. Weimin Zhang
2. SIMTech (Singapore), Prof. Puay Siew Tan
3. McMaster University (Ontario, Canada), Prof. Dan Centea
April 15, 2020
10th CIRP-sponsored Online-Conference on Learning Factories (organized by TU Graz)
April 15, 2020
March 26 2019
General Assembly of the IALF in Braunschweig, Germany
1. Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC), University of Luxembourg
2. Faculty Industrial Management, Universiti Malaysia Pahang
3. Purdue Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University
4. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Computing and Electrical Engineering, University of Mostar
March 26 2019
9th CIRP-sponsored Conference on Learning Factories in Braunschweig, Germany
March 26 2019
April 12 2018
General Assembly of the IALF in Patras, Greece
New members: Institut of Innovation and Industrial Management (IIM), TU Graz
August 09 2017
Renaming of the Initiative in International Association of Learning Factories
August 09 2017
April 12 2018
8th CIRP-sponsored Conference on Learning Factories in Patras, Greece
April 04 2017
7th CIRP-sponsored Conference on Learning Factories in Darmstadt, Germany
April 04 2017
April 04 2017
General Assembly of the IELF in Darmstadt, Germany
July 07 2015
5th CIRP-sponsored Conference on Learning Factories in Bochum, Germany
Main topics: Didactical approaches, Resource efficiency and sustainability, New learning factory concepts, Industry 4.0 and cyber-physical systems, Productivity management and lean production
July 07 2015
May 28 2014
4th Conference on Learning Factories in Stockholm, Sweden
Main topics: Learning factories for optimization of resource efficiency, Sustainability in production and logistics through lean learning factories, Innovation through virtual production in digital learning factories
May 27 2013
General Assembly of the IELF in Stockholm, Sweden
May 27 2013
June 29 2016
6th CIRP-sponsored Conference on Learning Factories in Gjøvik, Norway
Main topics: Learning in Industry 4.0 / cyber physical manufacturing systems, Learning factories, Cooperation, flexibility, transparency in manufacturing education an learning, Research based innovation and learning
June 29 2016
General Assembly of the IELF in Gjøvik, Norway
June 29 2016
July 07 2015
General Assembly of the IELF in Bochum, Germany
May 7 2013
3rd Conference on Learning Factories in Munich, Germany
Main topics: Learning Factories for optimization of energy efficiency, Sustainable efficiency in production and logistics through lean learning factories, Creating the future with digital learning factories
May 7 2013
May 10 2012
2nd Conference on Learning Factories in Vienna, Austria
Main topics: Universities, Industry, Learning and innovation factory of the Vienna University of Technology
May 8 2013
General Assembly of the IELF in Munich, Germany
May 8 2013
May 19 2011
1st Conference on Learning Factories in Darmstadt, Germany
May 09 2012
General Assembly of the IELF in Vienna, Austria
May 09 2012
May 20 2011
Founding of the Initiative on Learning Factories (IELF) in Darmstadt, Germany, as an union of several European Learning Factories
Founding members: Institute of Production Management, Technology and Machine Tools (PTW), Technical University Darmstadt; ESB Business School, Reutlingen-University, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm; Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems & Automation Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras; Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split; Institute of Management Science, Vienna University of Technology; Institute of Production Engineering and Laser Technology, Vienna University of Technology; Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management, Technical University Munich; Center for Integration and process Innovation, The Computer and Automation Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, in cooperation with Budapest University of Technology and Economics