Keynote Speakers
Giuseppe G. Daquino
European Defence Agency, Belgium
Thomas Körwien
Airbus Defence and Space, Germany
Tore Børvik
NTNU and Norwegian Defence Estates Agency, Norway
Invited Speakers
Fabiana Arduini
University of Rome, Italy
Ayse Bedeloglu
Bursa Technical University, Turkey
Jose L. Mingote
Former National Armaments Director Representative in the NATO HQ, Spain
Gang Sun
University of California, USA
Diana P. Ferreira
University of Minho, Portugal
Patricia Verleysen
Ghent University, Belgium
Daniel Rittel
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Raúl Guichón
Embraer, Portugal
Evaldo Corat
INPE - National Institute for Space Research, Brazil
Sohel Rana
Indian Institute of Technology, India
ABOUT THE EVENT
AuxDefense2024 — 4th World Conference on Advanced Materials for Defense – Beyond Boundaries is sponsored by the Portuguese Ministry of National Defense, organized by the University of Minho, Fibrenamics and Sciencentris, and it’s focused on the latest scientific and technical novelties in advanced materials for Defense, including air, sea, land and space applications.
The conference will bring together various universities, researchers, technological centers, companies, and all of the entities interested in innovative solutions for this very high-demanding field. The conference also aims to be a place that promotes the exchange of ideas, the presentation of the latest developments and trends, the proposal of new solutions, and, ultimately promote international collaborations.
Venue – Braga
The AuxDefense Conference will occur on June 20, 21, and 22 of 2024, at Meliá Braga Hotel & SPA (Onsite), in Braga, a city with over 2000 years of history.
For this edition, the interaction between academia and industry will be highly enhanced with specific sessions and activities, beyond the scientific program, oriented for this purpose, including Industry Sessions, an Exhibition of Innovative Solutions, B2B meetings, and Discussion Roundtables.
Like in the previous editions that occurred in Guimarães (2022), Online (2020), and Lisbon (2018) the AuxDefense Conference will gather together various universities, researchers, technological centers, companies, and all of the entities interested in innovative solutions for this very high-demanding field. The conference also aims to be a place that promotes the exchange of ideas, the presentation of the latest developments and trends, the proposal of new solutions, and, ultimately international collaborations.
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Grants for Young Researchers
Five grants are available for Ph.D. students to attend AuxDefense 2024 with free registration.
Expressions of interest should be sent to secretariat@auxdefense.pt, after abstract submission, along with the Ph.D. student certificate.
Papers – Scientific Journals
The authors will have the opportunity to publish their conference papers in:
- AuxDefense 2024 Book of Abstracts (Free);
- Special Issue in Defense Technology, by ELSEVIER (IF5.1);
- Proceedings of the 4th World Conference on Advanced Materials for Defense, by SPRINGER.