In the first keynote speech, Professor Tim Bedford from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland discussed the requisite reliability modelling in complex engineered systems. He touched on examples from work carried out at the University of Strathclyde including power stations, wind farms and electricity networks. 

The second keynote, delivered by Professor Thomas A. Mazzuchi from George Washington University in the US, explored the use of expert judgment in risk analysis and offered an overview of some of the main themes in the literature.

A postgraduate maintenance programme was discussed in the third keynote, given by Professor D.N.P. (Pra) Murthy from the University of Queensland in Australia, and challenges in modelling complex systems was the focus of the fourth keynote, which was given by Professor Kishor S. Trivedi from Duke University in the US, and covered reliability and availability assurance methods based on probabilistic models.

Professor Masaaki Kijima from Hiroshima University in Japan gave a talk on the transition from mathematical reliability to financial engineering at the fifth keynote. He revealed some reliability models that allowed repairs to be more general and discussed the associated stochastic processes. 

The final keynote, delivered by Professor Zhu Xiaoyan from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, centred on the two-stage stochastic programming approach for combined redundancy allocation and preventive maintenance planning under uncertain future usages. 

The MMR conferences, which have been organised once every 2 to 3 years since 1997, bring together the best international experts in the field, both from academia and industrial sectors such as energy, aeronautics, automotive and telecommunications.