Dr. Schmitz presented a keynote address “Next generation milling” at the 8th International & 29th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research (AIMTDR 2021) Conference, December 9-11, 2021. AIMTDR was organized jointly by the Departments of Mechanical Engineering of PSG College of Technology and PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research, Coimbatore. Dr. Schmitz was joined by colleagues from Russia, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and the US, who presented the other five keynote lectures at the conference.