On September 18-19, 2024, we gathered for the annual meeting of the Smart Mobile Factory for Infrastructure Project (SMF4INFRA) at ETH-Zürich, Switzerland. The event allowed us to review the project's progress and align on the next steps. A key highlight was our visit to the DemoTube infrastructure at the EuroTube Foundation in Dübendorf, showcasing cutting-edge advancements in transportation technology. We are excited to see how this project, combining distributed manufacturing systems, digital twin technology, and life cycle analysis, continues to drive innovation in digital construction and infrastructure. 

From 10th to 12th September the GNI Symposium & Expo on Artificial Intelligence for the Built World was held at TUM in Munich, Germany. Irfan Čustović gave a presentation on behalf of the SMF4Infra project team explaining the ongoing research about “A Proposed Ontology Network for AI-based Root Cause Analysis in Precast Supply Chains”

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Patrick Dallasega participated as speaker at the International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS), Chemnitz, Germany from 08-12 September 2024.

PhD student Jianxiang Ma from the Chair of Sustainable Construction in Institute of Construction and Infrastructure Management, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering at ETH Zurich, attended the Net-Zero Future 2024 conference in Oslo, Norway, from June 19th to 21st. The event featured eight keynote talks and over 200 presentations.

Assistant professor Daniel Hall and Postdoctoral Researcher Jianpeng Cao, from the Section of Design & Construction Management, Department of Management in the Built Environment at TU Delft's Faculty of Architecture, attended the International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC) 2024. The conference took place in Lille, France, from June 3rd to 5th and featured six keynote talks and over 200 presentations.

On April 26, 2024, researchers Andrea Revolti, Jianxiang Ma, and Jianpeng Cao met at ETH Zürich. The gathering focused on updating the progress of the Hyperloop construction and selecting advanced sensors for integration into a physical factory prototype. Additionally, the potential use cases of digital twin applications are discussed.