The ISNM Forum on Manufacturing Paradigm III will be held in Chongqing, China, from May 16th to 18th, 2025. The forum is sponsored by the International Society of Nanomanufacturing (ISNM) and organized by Chongqing University of Technology (CQUT), Chongqing Science & Technology Bureau, and Chongqing Science & Technology Association.

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The critical trajectory of manufacturing advancement manifests in scaling precision from microscale through nanoscale toward atomic resolution, where functional architectures are governed by atomic/molecular orchestration. This paradigm shift necessitates transitioning from macroscopic empirical statistics to fundamental particle interaction mechanisms, as quantum effects and atomic-level material behaviors dominate process dynamics. Modern manufacturing – anchored in classical mechanics and macroscopic analysis – is being superseded by next-generation technologies predicated on interdisciplinary convergence, formally defined as Atomic and Close-to-Atomic Scale Manufacturing (ACSM).

 

Academician Fengzhou Fang, former President of CIRP, conceptualized in 2012 a tripartite manufacturing paradigm framework, establishing ACSM (termed Manufacturing III) as the core enabler for deterministic atom manipulation. This theoretical construct elucidates the inevitability of atomic-scale manufacturing as an emergent technological epoch.

 

To foster interdisciplinary collaboration and empower early-career researchers, the current conference integrates the former High-End Forum and Young Scientist Symposium into a unified platform – The forum of Manufacturing Paradigm III (FMP3). This synergistic forum will: disseminate frontier advancements in ACSM methodologies, address fundamental challenges in disruptive technology development, and stimulate theoretical/experimental innovations spanning process physics, instrumentation, and metrological verification frameworks.

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Forum Themes:

• Ultra-precision manufacturing and measurement.

• Micro/nano manufacturing and metrology

• Atomic and close-to-atomic scale manufacturing, characterization, and applications