The 2023 International Academy of Engineering and Technology (AET) Symposium 2023 took place at HUN-REN SZTAKI from 31 August to 1 September 2023. The event featured presentations by international experts and a poster session was held in the Innovation and Demonstration Space of HUN-REN SZTAKI. The three-day programme was co-organised and hosted by HUN-REN SZTAKI.
On the first day, after registration, visitors were able to view the digital posters exhibited in the Innovation and Demonstration Space (IDT), inaugurated in the summer of 2022, and take part in a guided tour of the institute's hardware exhibition. On the second day, keynote speeches and invited speakers alternated on topics such as the state of the art in near-atomic manufacturing technologies and the challenges ahead for nanotechnology solutions. Keynote speeches were given by Paul Shore, CEO of Loxham Precision; Lihui Wang, Professor at the Royal Institute of Technology, KTH; Jens Ducree, Professor at Dublin City University; Peter De Wolf, Division Director at Bruker and Gábor Stépán, Széchenyi Prize-winning Professor at BME. On the third and final day, participants visited the CU.BE Innovation Experience Centre of Bosch Rexroth Ltd.
The organisers were welcomed by Fengzhou Fang, Professor of Tianjin University and University College Dublin, on behalf of AET, while SZTAKI was represented by László Monostori, Director of HUN-REN SZTAKI and József Váncza, Head of the SZTAKI Research Laboratory of Engineering and Business Intelligence. More than 60 participants came from the UK, Ireland, Greece and China.
Photos from the event are available in a Facebook gallery, which can be accessed by clicking here.