The Fifth Conference on Maintenance, Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics, MCMD 2020, which will take place on 15 – 17 December 2020 in Oulu, Finland.  The background of this conference series is in the 20-years history of MCMD conferences and the 10-years history of International Society for Condition Monitoring, ISCM. The conference is organized by University of Oulu and Expomark Oy in  cooperation with  ISCM and Finnish Maintenance Society, Promaint. The Original Sokos Hotel Arina Conference Center in the middle of the city serves as the venue.

The MCMD 2020 provides a forum where condition monitoring and risk management professionals from industry and science exchange knowledge, experiences and strengthen multidisciplinary network.  On the stage visions are presented and shared with old and new colleagues. The conference focuses on the latest developments in maintenance and monitoring especially in the process and energy industries. Central themes include condition monitoring and diagnostics as factors improving productivity, quality and operational reliability increasing profitability and reducing environmental load of industrial processes.

More information: https://www.intiscm.org/

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following contribution categories are welcome:

• Scientific full papers must be written in English and will be accepted for presentation based on a peer review of the draft papers. The peer-reviewed conference articles are planned to be published in Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering (LNME) by Springer.
• Industrial papers can be submitted as scientific papers. Additionally, industrial papers written in English, Finnish or Swedish can be submitted as full papers to be reviewed for publication in the conference proceedings published by Finnish Maintenance Society, Promaint. Interesting case reports are welcomed as well.
• Extended abstracts: The presentation at the conference can also be accepted on the basis of extended abstracts without a full paper. Extended abstracts will be published by Promaint.
• Short papers: Student/Discussion papers should follow the writing guidelines of scientific papers when applicable. The final guidelines will be available in review phase. Selected short papers will be published by journals of Promaint, https://www.promaint.net/.
• Posters: Submissions are accompanied with short papers or extended abstracts.

EasyChair is used for submissions of all abstracts, extended abstracts, industry papers and short papers (discussion & student). Springer is planned to be used for scientific papers whose extended abstract has been accepted at EasyChair. The link will announced later. The final manuscripts of industry papers and short papers as well as all final extended abstracts will be handled in EasyChair.

Committees

Program Committee

• Adjunct professor Esko Juuso, MCMD 2020 Chair, Editor
• Professor Mika Ruusunen, IPC Chair
• Professor Diego Galar, Editor
• Professor Len Gelman, ISCM, University 0f Huddersfield, UK
• Dr Suri Ganeriwala, MFPT, SpectraQuest, Inc., USA
• Dr Renata Klein, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
• Professor Stephan Heyns, University of Pretoria, South Africa
• M.Sc.(Tech.) Konsta Karioja, University of Oulu

Organizing committee

• Office Manager Jaakko Tennilä, Finnish Maintenance Society, Promaint, NOC Chair
• Adjunct professor Esko Juuso, MCMD 2020 Chair, Editor
• M.Sc.(Tech.) Konsta Karioja, University of Oulu
• Managing Director Tomi Niemi, Expomark Oy, Finland

Invited Speakers

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jens Strackeljan, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Rektorat, Germany
• Prof. Andrew Starr, Through-life Engineering Services (TES) Institute, Manufacturing and Materials Department, Cranfield University, UK,
• Kari Ojala, Head of Asset and Risk Management, SSAB Europe Oy

Venue

The conference will be held in in the very centre of the Oulu City at conference facilities of Original Sokos Hotel Arina. Oulu, the Capital of Northern Scandinavia is located on the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia, 220 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle and Lapland. Oulu is a vibrant research community with a population of over 200 000 inhabitants. It offers a combination of a charming small city, an urban centre and a dynamic international science university which creates innovation for the future, well-being, and knowledge through research and education.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to

Esko Juuso, MCMD 2020 Chair, esko.juuso(at)oulu.fi

Konsta Karioja, NOC, konsta.karioja(at)oulu.fi

MCMD 2020 Secretariat: Expomark Oy, Puistokatu 2-4 CFI-40100 Jyväskylä, Finland, Tel. +358 (0)10 830 0800, info(at)expomark.fi