Symposium on Lift and Escalator Technologies

The Symposium will be held as a part of the 2012-13 Inaugural Lift Engineering School in Northampton scheduled for the week starting 24th September 2012. The Lift Engineering programme offered at the University of Northampton includes postgraduate courses at the MSc/ MPhil/ PhD levels that involve a study of the advanced principles and philosophy underlying Lift and Escalator Technologies, and aims to provide a detailed, academic study of engineering and related management issues, for persons employed in lift making and allied industries. At the undergraduate level the Foundation Degree and HNC in Lift Engineering as well as the BTEC Professional Diploma in Engineering (Lift Technology) courses have been introduced.

The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) is the professional body that exists to support the Science, Art and Practice of building services engineering.  The CIBSE Lifts Group is a specialist forum for members who have an interest in vertical transportation.  The group meets regularly to promote technical standards, training and education, publications and various aspects of the vertical transportation industry. The CIBSE Lifts Group directs the development of CIBSE Guide D: Transportation systems in buildings, the de facto reference on vertical transportation.

The Symposium will bring together experts from the field of vertical transportation and will offer an opportunity for graduates and final year students of the Lift Engineering programme at the University of Northampton to present papers on the subject of their research projects. There will also be keynote addresses by international industry experts invited by the CIBSE Lifts Group.

Abstracts

Short abstracts of up to 300 words are invited in electronic format and should be submitted as an MS Word file via e-mail to the Symposium office before 13th April 2012. The abstract should state the authors' names, affiliations and e-mail address, the title of the paper, the objectives, methodology employed, the main results, and the conclusions of the research. Notification of acceptance of the abstracts will follow by 18th May 2012. If the abstract is accepted, authors will be asked to submit an extended four page A4 abstract or a full eight page A4 paper by 29th June 2012. Copies of the extended abstracts and papers will be available in booklet format for the Symposium delegates.

Venue

The Symposium will be held at Sunley Conference Centre, The University of Northampton. Accommodation will be available at the Symposium venue and local hotels.

Registration and Fees

The deadline for registration is 7th September 2012.
The registration fees are as follows:

The fees will cover admission to sessions, coffee breaks, lunch and a copy of the book of extended abstracts.

Organising Committee

Jonathan Adams  - The University of Northampton
Eur Ing David Cooper - The CIBSE Lifts Group (Lift Academy)/LECS (UK) Ltd
Professor Stefan Kaczmarczyk - The University of Northampton (Co-Chair)
Mr Nick Mellor - LEIA/ The University of Northampton
Dr Richard Peters - The CIBSE Lifts Group (Co-Chair)

Scientific Committee

Dr Lutfi  Al-Sharif - The University of Jordan, Jordan
Dr Gina Barney - Gina Barney Associates
Dr Rosa  Basagoiti - University of Mondragón, Spain
Dr Jack Hale -  University of Newcastle, U.K.
Professor Ignacio Herrera - University of Extremadura, Spain
Professor Erdem Imrak - Technical University of Istanbul, Turkey
Dr Rory Smith - ThyssenKrupp Elevator, Middle East Regional Center

Symposium Office

Registration:
Elizabeth Evans
Peters Research Ltd.
Tel +44 (0)1494 717821
Fax +44 (0)1494 716647
E-mail: elizabeth.evans@peters-research.com

Submission of abstracts and papers:

Margaret Byrne
School of Science and Technology
The University of Northampton
Tel: +44 (0)1604 893347 / 892009
Fax: :+44 (0)1604 893071
E-mail: margaret.byrne@northampton.ac.uk

 Website: http://www.liftsymposium.org/