Mining Sub-track:

• Exploration and Geology

• Geophysical methods

• Drilling techniques

• Mining and Minerals processing

• Mining methods- conventional and separation techniques

• Downstream beneficiation

• Smelting Technologies.

• Mining Economics

• Loss of market due to substitution

• Impact of low prices on the industry

• Energy Efficiency

• Mining Safety

• Technical Problems in Mining

• Planning

• Small Scale Mining

• Loss and Risk Management

• Environmental Impact

• Mining Software

Transportation Sub-track:

• Safe, cost effective Urban Mobility

• Safety and security of transport infrastructure Equity in transport

• Use  ICT in passenger management, time tables

• Rural Transport Systems

• Disruptive technologies – new ways of supplying mobility services

• National travel surveys

• Developments in electric vehicles

• Transport and Tourism

• Connected and autonomous vehicles

• Consideration of the needs of women in accessing transport services

• Accessibility for those with impaired mobility

• Surface, Sea and Air Transport Systems for Civil and Non Civilian use

• Maintenance and Maintenance management

• Reliability analysis

• Training

• Transport Regulation

Manufacturing Sub-track:

• Current methods and problems in the production of food, steel products, pharmaceuticals, steel, cement, fertilizers, etc.

• Component Fabrication and   Computer-based manufacturing technologies: CNC, CAD, CAM, FMS, CIM, 3-D Printing

• Designing for production,

• Instrumentation and measurement, the role of programmable logical controllers (PLCs)

• Joining and fracture mechanics

• Kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies

• Lubricants and lubrication

• Machinability and formability of materials

• Machining (traditional and non-traditional processes)

• Manufacturing design for 3r “reduce, reuse, recycling”

• Mechanisms and machines

• Mechatronics and robotics

• Metallic alloys and metal casting

• Micro and nanomechanics

• Multifunctional and smart materials

• Nanomaterials and nanomanufacturing

• Rapid manufacturing technologies and prototyping, remanufacturing

• Recycling, materials and industrial wastes, products and recycling systems

• Renewable energies technology

• Solid mechanics and structural mechanics

• Sustainable and green manufacturing

• Thermodynamics and heat transfer

• Tribology and surface engineering

• Vibration and acoustics

• Wood and wood products

• Energy Efficiency