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The 23rd International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR2026) will take place from 2 to 4 September at Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan. It will include keynote presentations by internationally renowned researchers including Cambridge University and industrialists, as well as papers from academia and industry, exploring all core areas of advanced and digital manufacturing engineering.

Initiated by the Consortium of UK University Manufacturing and Engineering Heads (COMEH), ICMR has been the UK's main manufacturing research conference for 39 years and an international conference since 2003 - bringing researchers, academics and industrialists together to share their vision, knowledge and experience, and discuss emerging trends and new challenges.

Publisher
The conference Proceedings will be published in the Lecture Notes of Mechanical Engineering by Springer. It will be indexed in Scopus, Google Scholar, Web of Science, EI Compendex, INSPEC, Conference Proceedings Citation Index.

Key Dates
15th March 2026 Full paper submission
15th April 2026 Paper acceptance notification
15th May 2026 Final camera-ready paper submission
10th June 2026 Deadline for early bird registration
10th July 2026 General Registration Deadline

We Look forward to welcoming you to Astana, Kazakhstan.

Contact details:
Professor Essam Shehab
General Chair, ICMR2026
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering and Digital Sciences
Nazarbayev University
Astana, Kazakhstan