Miniaturized devices and complex design features with advanced materials have been in demand in recent years. These demands can be addressed through Precision Micro and Nano Engineering. Innovative manufacturing methods, modeling, characterization and testing are required for producing these miniaturized products/components. Moreover, such innovation should embraces and complement the recent trend of intelligence in manufacturing-popularly know as industry 4.0 or smart manufacturing.
The COPEN conference continues to grow as a platform where industry and academic professionals and researchers gather to connect with the pace of innovation in manufacturing technology.
The objective of the conference COPEN 11 is to provide a common platform for specialists working in Precision, Meso, Micro, Nano Engineering, and Smart Manufacturing in industries, academic institutions and in R&D organizations, to come together for interaction and exchange of their ideas and findings. The conference also aims at networking of participating institutes/organizations/industries to systematically confront challenges in mutual areas of interest to the advance manufacturing technology in these areas.

IIT Indore located at Simrol, Khandwa Road, Madhya Pradesh, is one of the eight new Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India in 2008-09. IIT Indore, is a unique educational institution that focuses on interdisciplinary research and teaching. The institute is growing rapidly as the only center for advanced learning and knowledge-dissemination in the pure and applied sciences in Central India. The interdisciplinary approach of the institute is well reflected in its departmental setup comprising basic sciences, a school of engineering and a school of social sciences. The larger commitment of the institute to socio-economic development is evident in its multi-dimensional approach to social problems and is engraved in its motto ('knowledge for the wellbeing of all'), which makes this institution one of its kind and it stands out even within the distinguished IIT family. Recently IIT Indore is ranked 14th amongst all engineering universities and institutions in India and a very impressive 5th in teaching and resource category by MHRD as per NIRF 2018. Also, IIT Indore debuts with a rank of 351-400 in the times higher education world University ranking 2019, 2nd amongst Indian institutes.