Industry 4.0 – Shaping The Future of The Digital World Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Smart Manufacturing (S2M 2019), 9–11 April 2019, Manchester, UK

The City of Manchester, once the birthplace of the 1st Industrial Revolution, is today a pioneering hub of the 4th Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0), offering Industry 4.0 solutions in advanced materials, engineering, healthcare and social sciences. Indeed, the creation of some of the city?s greatest academic institutions was a direct outcome of the industrial revolution, so it was something of a homecoming that the Sustainable Smart Manufacturing (S2M) Conference was hosted by The University of Manchester in 2019.

The conference was jointly organised by The University of Manchester, The University of Lisbon and The Polytechnic of Leiria ? the latter two bringing in a wealth of expertise in how Industry 4.0 manifests itself in the context of sustainably evolving, deeply-rooted cities.

S2M-2019 instigated the development of 61 papers selected for publication in this book on areas of Smart Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing and Virtual Prototyping, Materials for Healthcare Applications and Circular Economy, Design Education, and Urban Spaces.

Preface. Smart Manufacturing. Additive Manufacturing and Virtual Prototyping. Materials for Healthcare Applications and Circular Economy. Design Education. Urban Spaces.

Paulo Bartolo is Head of the Manufacturing Group and Innovative Manufacturing Theme at the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, The University of Manchester. He is the University’s Industry 4.0 Academic Lead, theme leader of the Industry 4.0 Societal Challenge at Digital Futures and sits on the Management Board of the Centre for Doctoral Training in Regenerative Medicine funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Medical Research Council (MRC). He authored more than 600 publications in journal papers, book chapters and conference proceedings, co-edited 18 books and holds 14 patents, is the Founding Editor of the Virtual and Physical Prototyping Journal (Taylor & Francis) and Editor-in-Chief of Biomanufacturing Reviews (Springer). He has been engaged in around 90 research projects funded by the EPSRC, Innovate UK, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Royal Society, the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, the Portuguese Agency for Innovation, the European Commission, as well as industry. Paulo is a Fellow of the International Academy of Production Engineering and chairs their Scientific Technical Committee on Electro-Physical and Chemical Processes. He is also member of the MANUFUTURE High Level Group, advisor to the Brazilian Institute of Biofabrication and several national and international funding agencies.

Fernando Moreira da Silva is Full Professor of Design at the Lisbon Faculty of Architecture, Universidade de Lisboa, and has been President of CIAUD - Research Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Design - since 2009. He obtained his PhD in Built Environments from the University of Salford (Greater Manchester) and the Technical University of Lisbon. His early research work included Inclusive Design, Communication Design and Colour (University of Salford) and Aggregation in Design (Universidade de Lisboa). He has been Coordinator for: the PhD d