The call for papers is still open to submit an abstract for Celle Drilling 2017 to be held 11-12 September this year. Topics include drilling process optimization, drilling equipment and automation plus data, modeling, validation and simulation, among other topics. The work done by the student teams for the Drillbotics should be of interest to the program committee. For additional details about the conference and to submit an abstract, please see www.celle-drilling.com.