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DAAAM International was founded on November 5th, 1990 at the Vienna Symposium, in order to mark the 175th anniversary of the Vienna University of Technology. The purpose of DAAAM International is to provide a world forum for engineers, scientists and industrial managers to present and discuss the current status and impact of advanced manufacturing and automation. During the last ten years the activities of DAAAM International are supported from the scientists and experts from more than fifty countries all over the world. During the last three years the DAAAM International focused activities on the regional and global long-term cooperation between (technical) universities. The results of this initiative is the founding of the University Network of DAAAM International Vienna and the start of two long-term cooperation projects. The founding document of the Network is the University Charter of Dubrovnik, signed on October 23rd 1997 in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

 

The main aims of DAAAM are:

	To organise an annual DAAAM International Symposium each year.
	To found and organise the University Network of DAAAM International Vienna as a strategic alliance and permanent international open platform for long-term co-operation and partnership in all fields of technology, research and education.
	To organise long-term projects, initially known as Inter-university Doctoral Studies
	To organise a pilot project, initially known as the Virtual University.
	To enable and promote the exchange of people, scientific, and technical information.
	To enable and promote international co-operation among scientists and engineers.
	To enable and promote R & D, education and industrial application.
	To co-operate with other national and international organisations in matters of common interest.
	International scientific and academic cooperation in the frames of DAAAM International Network for Advanced Technologies.

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