1.Environmental Policies, Standards and Education for Sustainable Engineering

●Environmental management and ISO standards 

●Legislation, education and corporate-social factors 

●Awareness for sustainability in public and government 

●Role of academia in sustainable engineering and development 

●Engineering education for sustainable development

2.Life Cycle Engineering

●Product life cycle and various life phases in sustainable product developments 

●Life cycle activities, life phases and life cycle decision making 

●Life cycle thinking and assessment 

●Life cycle assessment tools and techniques 

●Case studies in life cycle engineering

3.Sustainable Manufacturing Systems and Techniques

●Sustainable production systems 

●Process automation for sustainable manufacturing 

●Advanced and hybrid manufacturing for sustainability 

●Additive manufacturing 

●Laser-assisted machining 

●Ultrasonic-assisted machining 

●Green Machining: sustainability in conventional and advanced machining 

●Environment-friendly lubricants and lubrication techniques 

●Minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) 

●Cryogenic cooling 

●Dry cutting 

●Low impact manufacturing 

●Energy and resource-efficient manufacturing 

●Role of digital and intelligent manufacturing in sustainability 

●Optimization strategies for sustainability 

●Sustainability in precision engineering and micro-machining

4.Sustainable Materials and Processing

●Sustainability in material deposition and processing 

●Green material processing technologies 

●Sustainable use of materials 

●Sustainable polymer recycling and processing 

●Recycling of critical metals

●Bioplastics 

●Powder metallurgy 

●Materials testing 

●Wear and corrosion of materials 

●Sustainable coatings 

●Identification and replacement for critical materials

5.Sustainable Product Design and Development

●Sustainable design, innovation and services 

●Sustainable product design services 

●Design for the environment 

●Zero- and near-zero landfill designs for manufacture 

●Design for disassembly/re-use/re-manufacturing/recycling and serviceability

6.Sustainable Supply Chain and Business Models

●Green supply chain and logistics 

●Sustainable supply chain management 

●Sustainable materials management 

●Maintenance strategies for sustainable manufacturing 

●Strategies and business models for sustainable development 

●Business strategy and climate change 

●Investment options in sustainable manufacturing

7.Renewable Energy and Sustainability

●Bio gas production and processing 

●Solar energy 

●Wind energy 

●Fuel cell technology 

●Hydrogen generation and storage 

●Energy storage technology 

●Sustainable materials management

8.Industry 4.0 and Internet of things

●Sustainability of current trends in automation 

●Data mining in manufacturing technologies 

●Sustainability of cyber-physical systems 

●Sustainability of cloud and cognitive computing and manufacturing systems 

●Sustainability of futuristic and advanced technologies

9.Modelling and Simulation for Sustainable Manufacturing

●Modelling and Simulation in Advanced Manufacturing 

●Modelling and Simulation for Sustainable Development 

●Sustainable Lean Manufacturing modelling 

●Simulation Modelling for Sustainability 

●Modelling manufacturing systems 

●Optimizing Sustainable Manufacturing

10.Intelligent Agricultural Equipment

●Intelligent Agricultural Equipment

●Test

●Control

11.Other Important aspects

●Eco tribology

●Ecological engineering

●Technology and de-growth

●Waste treatment and management

●Lean manufacturing

●Recycling and reuse

●Disassembly and remanufacturing

●Cleaner production

●Industrial case studies