The organisers are pleased to announce that SAMIO 2023 (International Symposium on Structures and Materials Inspired by Origami 2023) is to be held in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China between 13th and 15th October 2023. As the title suggests, the conference is specifically for origami related research work, including origami itself and anything that is inspired by origami as well as its structural and material applications.

Recently origami, a traditional art form of paper folding, has been of increasing interest to engineers. It has been found that the formation of origami structures and the shape change capability of some origami objects can be readily parameterised and applied to the development of new structures and materials. Internationally there has been a flurry of research activities on origami related engineering topics since the new millennium. Major international associations and societies, e.g., the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and American Physical Society (APS), have had origami symposiums in their major annual meetings for a number of years. In China, there has been a surge in the research interest in origami and many Chinese scholars have produced world class research work in this field. With the success of SAMIO 2019 held in Shanghai, SAMIO 2023 is dedicated to the latest progress of origami related research in China.

Origami is a truly interdisciplinary research field. Due to this nature, we invite artists who create novel origami artifacts, mathematicians who model origami or use origami to solve other mathematics problems, scientists who explore folding of physical or biological objects, and engineers who use origami to solve problems in virtual and real world to come together and share their findings and insights. The success of SAMIO 2023 relies on your active participation.

The topics of the symposium include but not limited to the following:

• Origami art and design

• Mathematics of origami and folding

• Design for morphing or deployable structures

• Mechanics of origami structures and materials

• Origami-inspired metamaterials and metastructures

• Origami robotics

• Manufacture and applications of origami structures and materials

The symposium will consist of oral presentations and poster exhibitions by participants. In addition, we are trying to organise a number of keynote speeches, which, we hope, would provide the vision for future research in this thriving field.

The important dates of the symposium are listed on this page. The organising committee will update this website when more information becomes available. Please pre-register with us by sending us an email on the bottom on this page so that we can keep you informed about the symposium.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Shaoxing.