Thanks to the support from all member societies, the preparation of ICOMES 2000 and ICME 2000 is progressing smoothly. By the end of May 2000, CMES has received 1,936 papers from 29 countries and regions.

Following member societies/institutions have confirmed their participation in ICOMES 2000:

01 GTE Scientific Society of Mechanical Engineering

02 Slovak Mechanical Engineering Society

03 The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (UK)

04 Hong Kong Branch, The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (UK)

05 Albanian Society of Mechanical Engineers

06 Egyptian Society of Mechanical Engineers

07 Czech Mechanical Engineering Society

CMES also invites some sister societies participate in ICME 2000 and meet with ICOMES member societies at some appropriate occasions. By the end of May 2000, the German Welding Society has confirmed their participation, and CMES is looking forward to receiving more confirmation in the coming months.

All ICOMES member societies are kindly expected to confirm their participation in ICOMES 2000 no later than July 15, and provide the official list of the delegates of each member societies no later than August 15. The above 7 member societies are also requested to reconfirm their participation, so as to avoid any possible misunderstandings.

For the benefit of further fruitful cooperation between the learned societies and the industrial communities, CMES shall organize an entrepreneur’s forum during ICOMES 2000 as well as a plenary session during ICME 2000. It is a great honor to have the following keynote speakers to make presentations in Shanghai:

C. C. Chen President, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, Hong Kong SAR

CHEN Qingtai Executive Chairman, R & D Center of the State Council, China

CHIANG Chen President, Chiang Industrial Charity Foundation Ltd., Hong Kong SAR

Fujio Cho President, TOYOTA Motor Corporation, Japan

Franzen Manger, Crane Department, Mannesmann Dematic GmbH, Germany

DONG Furen Vice Chairman, Economic Committee, Chinese People’s Political

Consultative Conference, China

HU Maoyuan President, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (Group), China

HUANG Qifan Deputy Secretary General of Shanghai Municipal Government

Director, Economic Commission of Shanghai Municipality, China

LIU Chuanzhi Chairman of the Board, Legend Group, China

LU Guanqiu Chairman of the Board, Wanxiang Group, China

LU Yansun Member of the Financial & Economic Committee of the National

People’s Congress, China

LU Yongxiang President, China Academy of Sciences, China

Roger N. Nagel Professor, Enterprise Systems Center, Lehigh University, USA

John Parker President of ASME International, USA

Erich Schmitt Member of the Management Board, AUDI AG, Germany

TAO Xingye President, Chun Lan Group, China

Chang-Lin Tien Professor University of California, Berkeley, USA

Klaus Wucherer President, Automation & Drives, Siemens AG, Germany

XIA Yuzhuo Chairman of the Board, Shanghai Electric (Group) Corp., China

XU Guanhua Vice Minister, Ministry of Science & Technology, China

XU Kuangdi Mayor, Shanghai Municipal Government, China

Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering

Boudor Yvan Professor, Applied Mechanics Department, Royal Military Academy,

President, Belgian Society of Mechanical & Environmental

Engineering, Belgium

ZHANG Linjian Chairman of the Board, Shanghai Instrumentation & Electronics

Holding Group Company, China

We are looking forward to having confirmation from Franhofer Institute (Germany), KOMATSU Ltd. (Japan) to recommend speakers at the Entrepreneurs Forum.

The final agenda of ICOMES 2000 stands open for any kinds of proposals from member societies. All member societies are kindly expected to send their proposals to CMES no later than August 31, 2000. A copy of each proposal should be sent to ICOMES Secretariat - ASME International as well.

November 18 08:00-18:00 Registration for ICOMES and ICME delegates

19:00 Early Bird Reception

November 19 08:00-18:00 Registration for ICME delegates

09:00-11:30 ICOMES Meeting

14:00-17:00 ICOMES Meeting

19:00 Welcome Banquet hosted by CMES President

November 20 08:30-11:45 Opening Ceremony & Plenary Session of ICME 2000

14:00-17:30 Industrial tours for ICOMES delegates only

19:00 Opening Reception of ICME 2000 hosted by CMES President

and Mayor of Shanghai Municipality

November 21 09:30 Opening Ceremony of the 8th China International Industry Fair

14:00-17:00 ICOMES Meeting

November 22 08:30-17:00 City Tours or Technical Sessions of ICME 2000

18:30-19:15 Buffet at Shanghai Grand Theatre

19:30-19:45 Closing Ceremony of ICOMES 2000 & ICME 2000

20:00 Entertainment

In order to provide the best conference facilities in Shanghai, CMES has decided to hold all events of ICOMES and ICME at Shanghai International Convention Center.

Shanghai International Convention Center is conveniently situated in the heart of Pudong Development Zone, Shanghai’s future-place to be. Along the riverside boulevard and overlooking the legendary Bund while only 25 and 30 minutes’ drive to Hongqian International Airport and Pudong International Airport respectively, Shanghai International Convention Center enjoys an ideal geographic location surrounded by a rich transportation network of three-dimension.

As the conference venue hosted the Fortune Global Forum 1999, not only does Shanghai International Convention Center offers a choice of 22 meeting rooms with seating capacity ranging from 50 up to 1000, exhibition facilities of the center also ranks high within Shanghai. What’s more, the pillarless Grand Ball Room of the center, one of the highest in China, is able to hold 4000 people, either for banquet of conference. Most importantly, all of these are backed up by a full range of most advanced audio/visual equipment and supervised by a team of professional meeting service experts.

Located in the same structure with Shanghai International Convention Center, the Official Hotel – Shanghai International Convention Center Hotel commands a spectacular view of the Bund and the Huangpu River, the mother-river of Shanghai. While offering convenience to the conference, the luxury 259-room-hotel provides the delegates with a full scale of world-class services for them to enjoy their stay in Shanghai.

In addition, rooms will be blocked at other international 4 and 3 star hotels in this new area to cater to all budget needs, more information shall be announced on the final program.

For more information on hotel reservation, post-conference tour, domestic travel and venue facilities, please contact the Official Event Coordinator of ICOMES 2000 / ICME 2000:

No. 191 Chang Le Road, Shanghai 200020, China

Telephone: 0086-21-54560720; 0086-21-64662828 ext. 218; 245

Fax: 0086-21-64155136

E-mail: jjdmc@mail2.online.sh.cn

Contacts: Ms. Nancy Wu, General Manager

Mr. Mike Tang, Manager