第七届国际塑性加工会议于２００２年１０月２８日在日本横滨国际会议中心举行。国际塑性加工会议是由日本工藤英明教授与中国上海交通大学阮雪榆教授、哈尔滨工业大学王仲仁教授及一些欧美学者发起举办的。第一届会议于１９８４年在日本东京举办，之后先后在德国斯图加特、日 The 7th International Plastic Processing Conference was held on October 28, 2002 at the Yokohama International Convention Center in Japan. The International Plastic Processing Conference was sponsored by Prof. Hideki Kudo of Japan, Professor Ruan Xueyu of Shanghai Jiao Tong University of China, Professor Wang Zhongren of Harbin Institute of Technology and some European and American scholars. The first session was held in Tokyo, Japan in 1984 and later in Stuttgart, Germany