CIMAC Congress Set for Kyoto

The 24th CIMAC World Congress on combustion engine technology will take place in Kyoto / Japan from June 7 to June 11. For managers and engineers alike, CIMAC congresses are the perfect forum for discussing the challenges facing the industry and new, innovative ways of improving the internal combustion engine.

CIMAC Congresses take place every 2 to 3 years. CIMAC brings together manufacturers of diesel engines, gas engines and gas turbines, users such as shipowners, utilities and rail operators, and suppliers, oil companies, classification societies and scientists from all over the world, to encourage the exchange of scientific and technical information and to promote a higher level of understanding among the combustion engine community. The technical program of the forthcoming CIMAC Congress includes 185 papers from 23 countries in 44 sessions between 9 am and 5 pm. Due to the large number of papers received there will be additional poster sessions on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. These will enable CIMAC to accommodate all papers and offer more flexible presentation styles for selected papers. Panel sessions on 'Users view and expectation on the future of ICE' as well as 'Gas turbine future aspects' will be held on Wednesday afternoon, June 9. The traditional 'Collin Trust Lecture', followed by a panel session on 'Environmentally and human friendly ICE' on Thursday afternoon, June 10, will round off the technical sessions at this year’s CIMAC Congress.

This year, ASME-ICED members are also being asked to participate in the CIMAC Congress being held in June 2004 in Kyoto / Japan. For the first time ASME-ICED is organizing 4 sessions at the congress, which will take the place of their usual spring conference.

As at previous CIMAC Congresses, there will be an attractive social program in the evenings and a fascinating daytime program with optional tours for accompanying persons. The daytime program will include an introduction to Japanese culture arranged by the Japanese CIMAC organization. Optional Post Congress tours with interesting visits and insights into Japanese industry are offered for Friday, June 11.

More than 600 top-level participants from all over the world are expected to attend this congress in the culturally rich and famous city of Kyoto!