The FAIM 2013 Conference Organize Committee cordially invite everyone, from academy to industry to participate the 23rd International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing. This is a major event in the area of emerging information technologies and automation in manufacturing and services to be held in Porto, Portugal. Responsiveness, agility and high performance of manufa
cturing systems are driving the recent paradigm shifts and call for new approaches to achieve cost-effective responsiveness at all levels of the enterprise. In this context, creating appropriate frameworks for exploring the best synergies between human potential and automated systems represents an enormous challenge in terms of processes characterization, modeling, and development of adequate support tools. The implementation and use of Automation Systems demands an ever increasing knowledge about enabling technologies and Business Practices. The focus of the FAIM'13 conference is to discuss the rapidly evolving field of integration of human actors and emergent technologies and multi-disciplinary approaches towards business ecosystems where a myriad of networked technologies and devices, full interacting with human beings, will be generating, consuming and relaying data and knowledge in the context of a pervasive digital environment.
