This event on the 17th and 18th September 2019 in Nottingham, UK will take the form of a mini-symposium or 'Network Short Course' for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Initial Training Network 'Optimacs' project number 764650 on the theme 'Manufacturing-informed optimisation'. This network is aimed primarily at exploring multi-scale optimisation methods for composite structures, and involves Airbus Defence and Space, RISC and University of Porto and is led by the University of Nottingham.