This series of workshops, sponsored by CIRP, had its first meeting in Atlanta, GA, USA, in 1998. Its last edition was held in Bled (Slovenia) in May 2006.
The 2007 edition will be organised by the University of Calabria and is going to be held at the Altafiumara Hotel on the 27^th and the 28^th of August, 2007, in the area of the famous and striking “Stretto di Messina”.