The Department of Production and Metal Engineering at the University of Technology in cooperation with Iraqi universities held the first scientific conference for research of graduate students and the products and innovations of the students of the completed stages in the lecture hall of the late professor Jaber Al-Hayali on Wednesday and Thursday 24-25 / 5/2017 in the presence of the president of the university of technology Prof.dr. Amin Douai Thamer and the vice presidents Prof. Dr. Alaa Abdul Hassan Attieh and prof.dr. Sami Abu Al-Nun Ajil,in addition to the deans of colleges and professors of participating universities.
 The conference began with reading the holly Quran and then listening to the national anthem after reading Al-Fatihah on the martyrs of Iraq
 The president said "We are honored to extend our thanks and appreciation to all ministries, universities and private colleges participating in this conference and its supporting bodies and to the Department of Production Engineering, which embodied the efforts as a vivid embodiment of the establishment of this conference. The principle of cooperation and a great task according to the orientations of the ministry and the subject that we should specialize in is quality, which is a great address directed by the university since its establishment".
 He stressed that the university's orientation towards encouraging graduate studies, adding that the university, after gaining independence, has been able to set its own standards for admission to graduate studies.
 Then the proceedings of the opening session, chaired by Prof. Dr. Abdul Sattar Shaker Salman and the Assistant Chairman of the session,Prof, Dr.Kadhim Abdulhuter, began.
 An introductory lecture was given by the Head of the Department of Production and Metal Engineering, Dr. Ahmed Ali Akbar Akbar, and presented a documentary film about the University of Mosul and the reality of the destruction caused by the aggression of ISIS.
 The research was distributed in the Department of Production Engineering and Minerals and the Center for Environmental Research, where more than 165 papers were submitted over the course of the conference.