On May 31^st, UK-USA-KOREA Symposium on Smart Manufacturing was held at the New Engineering Building in Seoul National University. The symposium began with the welcome speech from Prof. Frank Chongwoo Park, Head of Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Keynote speakers included Prof. Paulo Jorge Bártolo from the University of Manchester (UK), Prof. Martin Jun from Purdue University (USA), and Prof. Sung-Hoon Ahn from SNU.