T1 - Information Technology in Industrial and Factory Automation: Development Platforms and Frameworks: .NET, J2EE; Programming languages: Java, C#, etc.; Operating Systems; Databases and Web Interfaces; Mobile Computing, Network Computing, Client/Server Computing; Distributed Objects and Components: CORBA, COM, COM+, DCOM, etc.; Groupware.

T2 - Industrial and Factory Communication Systems: Real-time Communication and Applications; Formal Description Techniques; Multimedia Communication Support; Distributed application platforms (CORBA, Java/Jini, etc.); Internetworking, Interoperability; Configuration Tools and Network Management; Fieldbus Networks; Cell Networks; High Speed Networks; Wireless Networks; Intranet and Internet Access; Factory Applications and Case Studies.

T3 - Real-Time and (Networked) Embedded Systems: Design and Implementation; Environments and Tools; Models of Computation and Formal Methods; Hw/Sw Co-Design; IP Cores and Platforms; System-on Chip; Re-configurable systems; Network Embedded Systems Technology; Real-Time Executives and Operating Systems; Languages; Case studies

T4 - Intelligent Sensors and Sensor Networks: Design and Implementation; Development Environments and Tools; Hardware/Software; Data Integration and Fusion; Algorithms; Wireless Integrated Networked Sensors; Wideband Networked Sensors; MEMS Sensors; System Architecture; Power Supplies; Communication Modes; Case Studies.

T5 - Automated Manufacturing Systems and Development Methodology: Architectures and Operations: FMS, CIM, IMS, ADS, Planning, Scheduling, Reliability, CAD/CAE/CAM, Human Factors, Petri Nets, Simulation, Queuing Networks, Perturbation Analysis, Concurrent Engineering, Rapid Prototyping.

T6 - Automation Systems and Control: Discrete and Continuous Manufacturing, Supervisory Control, Industrial Automation, Process Automation, Distributed Control Systems, Programmable Logic Control, Re-configurable systems; Virtual Reality & Telesensation, Multimedia, Prototyping, Rapid Prototyping.

T7 - Computational Intelligence in Industrial and Factory Automation: Expert Systems, Fuzzy Systems, Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, Chaos, Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems, Industrial Applications of Intelligent Systems.

T8 - Intelligent Robots & Systems: Machine Vision and Intelligence, Actuators and Motion Control, Multisensor Fusion and Integration, Intelligent Robots and Systems.

T9 - Information Technology in Enterprise Integration: Data base technologies, Middleware, Data Mining, Data Warehouses, Decision Support Systems (DSS), Executive Information Systems (EIS), Manufacturing Execution Systems, Enterprise Resource Planning, Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Application Integration, Internet, e-commerce, e-business, etc.