Scope of the Symposium The main objective of the Symposium is to provide a World forum which annually takes place in Central Europe to exchange knowledge, experience, results and information related to various aspects of advanced manufacturing and modern automation. DAAAM International Symposium covers all aspects of design, production, manufacturing, exploiting and maintenance of technical products, and all aspects of development and use of industrial and service automation. The scope of the Symposium covers scientific, technological and practical concepts concerning research, development and realization of advanced manufacturing automation and networking concepts, offering a unique opportunity for experts to meet and exchange ideas. Background and Mission Young researchers and scientists are the future of science and technology and the only hope of our technology based civilization. Globalization accelerates all kinds of processes in modern world. Efficient education, preparation and introduction of young people in these processes is crucial for survival and success on the global market of goods, knowledge and ideas. Introduction of young people to science and research includes following personal development processes: from learning to doing, from theory to practice, from university to industry, from analysis to synthesis, from local acting to international research and scientific scene. DAAAM International recognized the need and decided to found a permanent platform in form of international conference for support and international promotion of young researchers, scientists, and their supervisors from academia and industry to present and discuss about their research projects and results. Main Aims Encouraging young researchers and scientists in their carrierSupporting and accelerating their personal development to become high quality recognized researchersIntroducing them to the international scientific networkBreaking local isolation and opening the door to the international sceneLearning from older colleagues outside of the team, and to meet same age colleagues from other institutions and other fieldsOpen first possibilities to start building own international networkSupporting supervisors and project leaders and give them possibilities to exchange experiences with international colleaguesGiving possibilities to Universities to present their projects and final thesissGiving possibilities to companies to present new products, developments and projects