Events
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2025
The International Congress on the Science and Technology of Steelmaking provides a forum for academic and industrial researchers to present their work on topics in process metallurgy, particularly those related to steel production, refining and casting. This meeting is aimed at creating an opportunity for a technical exchange at an international level among the numerous experts involved in steelmaking.
2nd - 5th July 2025
Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Seoul, Korea
The first International Colloquium on Sustainable Steel will take place at RWTH Aachen University on 1 and 2 September 2025.
The event will bring together leading representatives from science and industry to promote dialogue on current developments and discuss joint solutions for sustainable steel production. Key topics will include carbon-neutral steel metallurgy, materials for electromobility, digitalisation in steel development, new materials for new process routes and circular economy.
Date: 1-2 September 2025
Location: Aachen
The workshop addresses the entire value chain of modern steel products including the challenges of the transformation to hydrogen-based direct reduction. Topics include:
- Carbon-neutral steel metallurgy,
- High strength steels for lightweight design,
- Materials for electric vehicles,
- Towards a digital twin of steel processing and application,
- Impurities and other challenges from new process routes,
- Testing and service life assessment for complex loading conditions,
- Circular economy and socio-economic aspects.
ESTAD will take place for the seventh time after Paris 2014, Düsseldorf 2015, Vienna 2017, Düsseldorf 2019, Stockholm 2021 and Düsseldorf 2023.
ESTAD 2025 will be hosted by AIM, the Italian Association for Metallurgy, in Verona – Italy on 6-9 October 2025.
The knowledge and the development of the new ideas enhance progress. With the 7th European Steel Technology and Application Days 2025 (7th ESTAD 2025) AIM offers attendants and visitors
the opportunity to meet, exchange their ideas, perform fruitful discussion and create new professional relationships involving technology providers, suppliers, producers and customers.
The meeting will be focused on the technological advances, changes of the supply chain involving the raw materials and energy sources, transformation of the production processes and plants to accomplish the twin transition (ecological and digital) and the new perspective of steel applications.
Material developments are an integral part of technological innovations. A fundamental understanding of the relationships between material structure and properties is crucial. Materials testing is concerned with clarifying these relationships.
In addition, a sound understanding of the reliability of materials and products is important for economic value creation. Materials testing contributes to the circular economy by enabling sustainable material decisions and resource conservation.
Modern materials testing techniques and measurement technologies, supported by digital data management, machine learning and automated evaluations, are crucial. Other key topics remain the standardization of testing procedures and quality assurance. Data-driven methods can only be applied reliably with a high-quality database. Close cooperation is necessary in order to develop a common understanding of future requirements. This year's conference will also focus on the challenges facing the semiconductor industry.
By expanding the range of topics covered by the conference to include aspects of the circular economy, the automation of testing processes and their evaluation and, finally, the special requirements for materials testing in the chip manufacturing environment, the program committee hopes for a lively exchange with new participants as well as long-time companions of the conference from the academic and industrial environment. In addition to the intensive technical exchange, there will also be ample opportunity to find out about the latest systems, equipment and measuring methods from our exhibitors.
Main topics
- Hydrogen in metals
- Failure analysis / damage prevention / structural health monitoring
- Materials testing in the context of the circular economy
- Digital methods / research data management / automated testing
- Testing of additively manufactured components
- Plastics testing/composite materials
- Fatigue / fatigue strength
- Measuring and testing technology, micro-testing technology
- Determination of characteristic values
- Standardization, accreditation and quality assurance
- Testing under elevated temperature and/or corrosion
- Wear testing
- Fracture mechanics testing
- Materials testing beyond standardization
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Freuen Sie sich auf spannende Vorträge aus Industrie und Wissenschaft zum Thema Langzeitverhalten von Grundwerkstoffen und Schweißverbindungen im erhöhten Temperaturbereich.
Hochkarätige Referenten berichten über aktuelle Anforderungen und Lösungsansätze. Nutzen Sie unser Event auch zum Treffen mit Fachkollegen und zum Austausch!
2027
The new date for the Bright World of Metals in Düsseldorf has been set! From June 21 to 25, 2027, GIFA, METEC, THERMPROCESS and NEWCAST will present the latest developments in the industry. World's leading trade fair quartet 2027 in Düsseldorf.