IAS 2010

2^nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTERSTITIALLY ALLOYED STEELS

October 3-6, 2010, Antwerp, Belgium

www.ias2010.com

After launching the very 1^st International Conference on Interstitially Alloyed Steels (IAS After launching the very 1^st International Conference on Interstitially Alloyed Steels (IAS 2008) in South Korea we are pleased to announce the organization of IAS 2010, the 2^nd edition of the conference series devoted to the state of science, production, technology and application of interstitially alloyed steels including industrial, social, political and customer needs. The conference, on request of the 1^st IAS conference’s delegates’, will take place in Belgium (Antwerp), from October 3^rd to October 6^th, 2010.
       In industrial steel production including interstitial alloying and subsequent metallic or functional coating and application (e.g. forming and (multi-material) joining) are of paramount importance for all industrial sectors and therefore a topic of research institutions worldwide. IAS 2010 answers to the demands of the worldwide politics, global market requirements and customer needs. Consequently, IAS is addressing FCS’s (e.g. BH, HSS, UHSS, quenchable (B-alloyed) automotive grades, AHSS, DP, TRIP, TWIP) as well as stainless steels (austenitic, ferritic, martensitic, duplex) applicable for all markets.

THE CONFERENCE WILL SPECIFICALLY INCLUDE NO LESS THAN 11 SPOTLIGHT SYMPOSIA, FOCUSING ON THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF INTERSTITIALLY ALLOYED FERROUS ALLOYS:

          1.   Alloy Development and Processing

          2.   Applications and Performance (forming, stamping, cutting, fatigue, wear resistance …)

          3.   Atomic-scale Phenomena

          4.   Corrosion Challenges (scientific and industrial, such as e.g. met in the automotive, chemical and off-shore industry)

          5.   Global Requirements (sustainability, saving recourses)

          6.   Mesoscale Phenomena and Microstructures

          7.   Physical Metallurgy (texture development, creep cavities at grain boundaries, interaction with micro alloying elements …)

          8.   Steel Making (including “green steel”)

          9.   Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Phase Transformations (simulation and experimental confirmation)

        10.   Welding Technologies (practical, technical, metallurgical) including Working Environments and Toxicology (medical)

        11.   Quantitative Analysis of Interstitials (Analysis of Low-concentration High-mobility Interstitial Solutes, Internal Friction Techniques, Thermo-electric Effect, Hydrogen Thermal Desorption Analysis …)

ABSTRACTS:

We invite you to submit your abstract(s) (max. 250 words) for oral presentation on IAS 2010 online (www.ias2010.com) for one (or more) of the above listed symposia (please indicate). Abstracts dealing with the interaction of several interstitial alloying elements (eventually also with micro-alloying elements) from theory to industrial application are especially welcome. We also like to ask you to pre-register via the homepage to indicate your interest in certain symposia’s.

DEADLINE for Abstract Submission: 1^st  October, 2009

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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE IAS 2010 CONFERENCE (KEYNOTE/PLENARY LECTURERS, COMMITTEES, DEADLINES) PLEASE VISIT WWW.IAS2010.COM. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE IAS 2010 CONFERENCE HOMEPAGE IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.