On behalf of the organizing committee, we are pleased to announce that the 8th International Advanced Technologies Symposium (IATS’17) will be held from October 19-21, 2017 at Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey. IATS’17 provides an ideal academic platform for researchers to present the latest research findings and describe emerging technologies, and directions in innovative and advanced engineering applications.

The conference aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of innovative and advanced engineering applications. It also provides the premier interdisciplinary forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners to present their latest research results, ideas, developments, and applications in all areas of advanced technologies. The conference will bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars in the domain of interest from around the world.

The programme combines plenary and parallel oral sessions featuring invited presentations by a number of internationally recognized experts and will also include both contributed oral and poster presentations. Accepted abstracts will be assigned to oral and poster presentations, based on recommendations from the Scientific Committee.

We hope to see you join us in Elazığ, TURKEY during October 19 - 21, 2017 for what promises to be a memorable conference.