[APDIO] Special Invited Session in MIM 2016. Troyes, France. June 28-30, 2016.

["A. Ismael F. Vaz" <aivaz@dps.uminho.pt>]

 

8th IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control, MIM 2016

 

Troyes, France. June 28-30, 2016.

 

Special Invited Session: Management of International Shipments of Hazardous Materials and Waste (Code: 4qqp7).

 

There is an increasing public awareness of the dangers of transporting hazardous materials, where huge volumes of hazardous materials and waste are transported by container ships, trucks and trains daily.  Recent chemical explosions in Tianjin Port China caused tremendous loss of life and destruction of property in addition to extensive disruption of global supply chain of a number of international companies. The control process begins at the hazardous material’s movement from its origin all the way to its destination. Should an accident or intentional breach occur in the shipping container where hazardous materials are released, an automatic electronic notice of distress is sent to the appropriate first responders identifying the cargo, its volatility or danger level, and the emergency response with respect to initial isolation, and protective distances and actions required for that specific hazardous cargo. This special session is aimed to bring in both academy and practitioner with solutions to address this important issue. The related topics include transportation and storage of hazardous materials and waste in term of maritime, highway, rail, airborne and pipeline. The topics on hardware, software, cases, pilot programs and regulatory policy are encouraged to submit.

 

Organizers:

 

Prof. Haibo Wang

Texas A&M International University, USA

hwang@tamiu.edu

 

Prof. Elias Olivares-Benitez

UPAEP University, Mexico

elias.olivares@upaep.mx

 

Important dates:

 

Draft papers submission deadline: October 1, 2015

Notification of acceptance: February 1, 2016

Registration: March 31, 2016

 

Web links:

 

http://mim2016.utt.fr/index.htm

http://mim2016.utt.fr/sessions.htm

https://ifac.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl#MIM16