TURBO

Wind EUROPE 2025
2025-04-08 - 2025-04-10 | Copenhagen, Center Blvd. 5, København, 2300, Denmark
WindEurope’s Annual Event is returning again to Denmark – the home of wind energy. The entire wind industry will be in Copenhagen from 8-10 April 2025. You can expect 15,000+ visitors in the Bella Center over the three days. And over 500 companies on the exhibition floor will be ready to showcase their latest products and do business with you.

CILCA 2025
2025-04-07 - 2025-04-11 | Mexico City, Torre de, Circuito Escolar, Ingeniería S/N, C.U., Coyoacán, CDMX, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
The International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in Latin America, CILCA, is the most
recognized Life Cycle event in Latin America. It is a forum where companies, government,
academia and civil organizations share experiences, needs and points of view regarding
sustainable development, circular economy, carbon footprint, water footprint and responsible
production and consumption. All of the above, within the methodological and scientifically robust
framework of Life Cycle Analysis.
ARDITEC plans to represent the project at this event. More info soon.

Digital Manufacturing Industrial workshop
2025-03-26 | Brussels, Bld. General Wahislaan 16f, Brussels Schaerbeek, Bruxelles, 1030, Belgium
On 26-Mar-2025, the 4ZDM Cluster​, in partnership with EFFRA, will host an unmissable event immediately following the EFFRA General Assembly in Brussels.
As a key member of the 4ZDM Cluster, TURBO will be represented by two speakers: Gregoire Lebreton (Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy) will discuss digital manufacturing from an end user perspective and Nikos Pantelelis (Synthesites) will present some of the latest sensing technology for digital production.
Open and free to attend, the first Digital Manufacturing Industrial Workshop will bring together industry leaders, researchers, and end-users to explore the latest innovations in digital manufacturing and zero-waste production. Places are limited, so please register ASAP.

JEC World 2025
2025-03-04 - 2025-03-06 | Paris, ZAC Paris Nord 2, Villepinte, 93420
JEC World is a leading international composites show.

Synthesites will have Booth 6A35 at this event, and will also have some TURBO merchandise for visitors!

The project will also be represented in Prof. Janet Barton’s presentation on “An Industry/Academic Partnership for a Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Innovation for Sustainable Composites Engineering”.
Janice BARTON – JEC World 2025 – English

MORPHO Conference
2025-01-30 | Vigo, Rúa Oliva, 2, Vigo, Pontevedra, 36202, Spain
The Final Conference of the MORPHO Project will be held on January 30, 2025, at the Palacio de la Oliva in Vigo, Spain.
MORPHO “Manufacturing, Overhaul, Repair for Prognosis Health Overreach” aims to, design, develop, test and validate an innovative, robust, and environmentally friendly industrial process to manufacture, monitor, and recycle a new generation of intelligent, multifunctional, multi-material parts such as engine fan blades. This process will rely on embedded sensors, data-driven hybrid twins, and machine learning algorithms to track the entire life cycle of the targeted aeronautical parts in real-time.
TURBO will be represented at this project by Dr. Nikos Pantelelis (Synthesites).

AMI Wind Turbine Blades 2024
2024-12-10 - 2024-12-12 | Düsseldorf, Georg-Glock-Straße 20, Düsseldorf, 40474, Germany
Taking place over three days, this event delivers two days of packed and informative sessions to make sure you are at the leading edge of the industry, as well as an exhibition space and two dedicated evening networking functions, cementing your new and existing relationships.
TURBO will have a booth at the exhibition, and there will be several TURBO presentations in the conference.
More info soon!

2nd International Conference on Sustainable Wind Turbine Blades
2024-11-18 - 2024-11-20 | Roskilde, Frederiksborgvej 399, Roskilde, 4000, Denmark
This conference offers lectures, round tables and sessions on the following topics:
New blade materials // bio-composites, recyclable thermosets, thermoplastics, bio-based resins, bio-based carbon fibres // Recycling // Reuse, repurpose, pyrolysis, solvolysis // Recycling value chain // Estimating and mapping wind turbine blade waste, circular economy, life cycle assessment of recycling processes // Future perspective // Design for recycling, recycling of recyclable wind turbine blades, and more.

2024 Sandia Blade Workshop
2024-09-16 - 2024-09-20 | Albuquerque, 1000 Woodward Pl NE, Albuquerque, NM, NM 87102, United States
The 2024 Sandia Blade Workshop will be held Sept. 16-20, 2024, at the Embassy Suites in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The workshop brings together wind industry experts, wind farm stakeholders and operators, manufacturers, and researchers. Speakers and attendees will address the major topics for wind turbine blades, network with colleagues, and identify future technology pathways.

8th Annual Wind Blade Materials Innovation And Sustainability Forum
2024-09-16 - 2024-09-17 | Istanbul, Gumussuyu Mah Siraselviler Cad, Tak-ı Zafer Cd. No:13, İstanbul, 34437, Turkey
Global wind market and turbine blades development trends
Sustainable materials for wind blades
Recycling wind turbine blades
Best inspection and lifetime assessment practices that contribute to wind blade lifetime extension
Blade defects and damage inspection and assessment using computer vision and high-performance simulations

ICTAM 2024
2024-08-25 - 2024-08-30 | Daegu, 10, Exco-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu, 41515, Korea, Republic of
The 26th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM 2024)
TURBO plans to participate in this event: more info soon.

ECCM21
2024-07-02 - 2024-07-05 | Nantes, 5 Rue de Valmy, Nantes, 44000, France
ECCM is Europe’s leading conference on composite materials and will provide a forum for access to the latest knowledge from both industry and academia in all areas of composite materials. It provides an opportunity to highlight the latest developments and to identify emerging and future areas of progress in this dynamic field. TURBO has several contributions at this conference:

In the session on “Permeability of fibrous reinforcements for resin flow II” (TUE 02-Jul-2024; 16:30; Room KL), Debabrata Adhikari will present a paper, “An efficient approach for mesoscale virtual permeability predictions using realistic fiber geometry extracted via micro-X-ray computed tomography.”

In the poster session on WED 03-Jul-2024 (Mezzanine 16:00-17:30), Jesper John Lisegaard will present a poster on, “Quantifying intra-tow fiber volume fraction in GFRP: A comparison of 3D non-destructive X-ray computed tomography and destructive optical microscopy.”

In the session on “Manufacturing defects in composite materials and structures (THU 09:15; Room 1), Jesper K. Jørgensen will give a paper on, “Finite element simulation of the driving mechanisms for cure-induced wrinkles.”
In the session on “Understanding and improving longitudinal compressive strength V” (THU 04-Jul-2024; 16:30; Auditorium 450), Lars Pilgaard Mikkelsen will give a paper on, “Compression strength predictions of uni-directional composites taken into account case-specific fibre orientation distributions.” Please come along and find out more about these fundamental materials topics.

I-ESA 2024
2024-04-10 - 2024-04-12 | Crete, Crete, Greece
I-ESA brings together the world’s leading researchers and practitioners in the area of enterprise interoperability, and it is a unique forum for the exchange of visions, ideas, research results and industrial experiences, dealing with a wealth of interoperability research subjects.
Topics covered by the workshop:

Collaborative Non-Destructive Inspection Interoperability
Collaborative Non-Destructive Inspection standards
Ontologies and data models for NDI systems
Collaborative Non-Destructive Inspection systems for monitoring and control
Collaborative processes prognostics and optimization
AI-based solutions for NDI systems
Integration of NDI systems with WMS, ERP, and MES/MOM systems

Of particular relevance to TURBO is the workshop organised by fellow ZDM Cluster partner ZDZW, titled “Zero Defects Zero Waste strategies based in non-destructive inspection technologies.”

TURBO plans to be involved in this event; more info soon.

SPIE Photonics West 2024
2024-01-27 - 2024-02-01 | The Moscone Center, 747 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
Photonics West is one of the world’s most important laser, photonics and biomedical optics event. SPIE Photonics West covers a wide range of topics: biomedical optics, biophotonics, industrial lasers, optoelectronics, microfabrication, displays and more.
TURBO partners Norblis (Booth 2663) and DTU Electro (Booth 2665) will both be present at the exhibition. Please drop by and pick up some TURBO merch!
Several papers will be presented by TURBO partners (on TUE 30-Jan-2024) at this important conference:
Non-destructive inspection of wind turbine blades with mid-infrared optical coherence tomography
Looking into eggs by mid-infrared OCT for non-destructive inspection

Wind Turbine Blades 2023
2023-12-12 - 2023-12-14 | Düsseldorf, Georg-Glock-Straße 20, Düsseldorf, 40474, Germany
This well-established industry event provides a unique opportunity for attendees to engage with the experts and executives from across the blade supply chain and gain invaluable insight into the latest industry trends and innovations.
TURBO will be on Booth #5 and plans to have several representatives at this event.

EU Industry Days 2023
2023-10-04 - 2023-10-06 | Malaga, Avenida de José Ortega y Gasset, 201, Málaga, 29006, Spain
The EU Industry Days are Europe’s flagship annual event focusing on key industrial policy discussions, connecting industrial frontrunners, and boosting the knowledge base of European industry.
TURBO will be represented by Michael and Simone Bancora from NCC. If you are available, please come along to the TURBO booth and ask any questions you may have on the project!

EFFRA Manufacturing Partnership Day
2023-09-26 | Brussels, Bld. General Wahislaan 16f, Brussels Schaerbeek, Bruxelles, 1030, Belgium
The Manufacturing Partnership Day will take place on 26-Sep-2023 (Brussels, Belgium). This event – co-organized by EFFRA (European Factories of the Future Research Association) and Factories of the Future and Made in Europe projects – will bring together the Factories of the Future and Made in Europe community and showcase ongoing project work.
TURBO will be one of the project represented at this important industry event.

Composites for Wind Energy
2023-09-04 - 2023-09-07 | DTU Risø Campus, Frederiksborgvej 399, Roskilde, 4000, Denmark
43rd Risø International Symposium on Materials Science
Composites for wind energy: Manufacturing, operation and end-of-life
Hosted by TURBO partner DTU Wind, this symposium is highly relevant to TURBO topics and there will be a number of papers from the project at the event.
NB The 12M plenary TURBO project meeting will be held directly after this event.

More info soon!

ICCM 2023
2023-07-30 - 2023-08-04 | Belfast, United Kingdom
International Conference on Composite Materials
ICCM 23 will attract the leading researchers and practitioners, to report and exchange ideas on the latest developments in the advancement and exploitation of a wide range of composites materials and structures.
Several TURBO presentations are planned at this event.

CLEO®/Europe-EQEC 2023
2023-06-26 - 2023-06-30 | Munich, Messe München GmbH, Messegelände,, München, 81823, Germany
The CLEO®/Europe-EQEC conference series has a strong tradition as a comprehensive and prestigious gathering of optics and photonics researchers and engineers in Europe.
More specifically, CLEO®/Europe emphasizes applied physics, optical engineering and applications of photonics and laser technology whereas EQEC emphasizes basic research in laser physics, nonlinear optics and quantum optics.
For TURBO, the CLEO®/Europe topics of relevance include the latest developments in laser source development, materials, fibre optics and nonlinear optics, as they relate to the NDT technology developed in the project.
DTU-E plans to present several papers on TURBO topics at this event.

Composites UK Digitalisation Showcase
2023-06-06 | Bristol, United Kingdom
Taking place at TURBO Associated Partner NCC, the National Composites Centre, 06-Jun-2023, Composites UK will be holding a Digitalisation Sector Showcase. There are opportunities for composites manufacturers to embrace ‘Industry 4.0’ – the fourth industrial revolution, in order to optimise processes, reduce waste and increase production quality, speed and more.
TURBO will have a small booth at this event, with two presentations on project topics:
1) Keynote from Jonathan Butt, Chief Engineer, National Composites Centre
2) Digitalizing the Monitoring of the Manufacturing Process of Wind Turbine Blade with Simulations and Machine Learning Approaches
Yann Duplessis Kergomard, Senior Product Innovation Manager, ESI Group

Digital Manufacturing Industrial Summit (DMIS)
2023-04-25 - 2023-04-27 | Valencia, Spain, Valencia, Spain
The Digital Manufacturing Industrial Summit (DMIS) is hosted by the 4ZDM Cluster at UPV, Valencia, Spain 25-27 Apr-2023.
TURBO partner UPV will give a presentation on Artificial Intelligence in NDT inspection – a review and future directions.

JEC World 2023
2023-04-25 - 2023-04-27 | Paris, France, Paris, France
JEC World is a major global trade show for composite materials and their applications. Held in Paris, JEC World is the industry’s leading event, hosting all the major players in a spirit of innovation, business, and networking.
JEC World is the “place to be” for composites with hundreds of product launches, awards ceremonies, start-up competitions, conferences, live demonstrations, Innovation Planets, and networking opportunities.

TURBO partner Synthesites will have Booth A35 in Hall 6. Please come along to find out more about the projects, and maybe pick up some TURBO goodies!

Wind Turbine Blade Manufacture
2022-12-13 - 2022-12-15
The event examines the manufacturing and performance of wind blade composites for large windmills.

TURBO had a booth in the exhibition and there are presentations from four TURBO researchers:

Affordable and Innovative Manufacturing of Large Composites (AIOLOS)
Dr Søren Randrup Daugaard Henrich
Team Lead Manufacturing Technology; SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY

Joule Challenge: exploiting composites to decrease LCoE of super-sized floating offshore wind
James Lightfoot
Senior Technology Programme Manager – Energy; NATIONAL COMPOSITE CENTRE (NCC)

Compression strength measurements and predictions of pultruded profiles for wind turbines
Dr Lars Pilgaard Mikkelsen
Associate Professor; DTU WIND AND ENERGY SYSTEMS

Manufacturing cost reduction through Online Intelligent Process Control
Dr Nikos Pantelelis
R&D Director; SYNTHESITES INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES

International Conference on Sustainable Wind Turbine Blades: New Materials, Recycling and Future Perspectives
2022-11-21 - 2022-11-23 | DTU Risø Campus, Frederiksborgvej 399, Roskilde, 4000, Denmark
This conference is hosted by TURBO partner DTU Wind, and the agenda includes several TURBO contributions. The event offers lectures, round tables and sessions on a range of topics dedicated to the sustainability of wind turbine blades.

Advanced Engineering
2022-11-02 - 2022-11-03
Engineering professionals from all sectors can network, learn and discover innovative new solutions and suppliers from the engineering supply chain across two action-packed days.
