ICRF 2026 - 5th International Conference on INGOT CASTING, ROLLING & FORGING

13–15 Oct 2026

Hotel Caesius Terme & SPA Resort - Bardolino - Verona

Europe/Rome timezone

Organising secretariat

Speaker List

Marco Alloni (Prosimet S.p.A.)
- Speaker at STAINLESS STEEL AND SPECIAL ALLOYS INGOTS. WHICH CASTING POWDER?
Ettore Anelli (Franchini Acciai SpA)
- Speaker at Metallurgical Design of Forged Pipes and Connecting Parts
Norbert ASAMER (BRAUN Maschinenfabrik GmbH)
- Speaker at LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN ABRASIVE CUTTING AND GRINDING OF LARGE-SCALE FORGINGS
Noura BELAICHA (Mines Paris Cemef, France)
- Speaker at A Multiphysics Front-Tracking Model for Thermochemical Evolution of Casting Powders during Ingot Casting
Luca Bertoldi (Sales Director)
- Speaker at Advanced Energy-Saving Technologies in Open Die Forging Presses: A Case Study on Press Upgrade
Nikolay Biba
- Speaker at Digital Twin–Based Simulation Chain for Rail Manufacturing: Roll Pass Design, Head Hardening, and Straightening
Benedikt Blitz (SMR Premium GmbH)
- Speaker at 'Update on Special Steels, Titanium and Powder Metallurgy’
Jörg Blum (DANGO & DIENENTHAL Maschinenbau GmbH)
- Speaker at Revitalizing Lifecycle Support for Heavy Forging Equipment – Modernization and Upgrade Strategies for Existing Manipulator Systems
Ovidiu Bogdan (Industrial Soft)
- Speaker at Using AI models to mould design, predict segregation, porosity and CET zone in steel ingots
Giacomo Bottoli
- Speaker at Hybrid Generative-Neurosymbolic AI for Explainable Quality Certification in Industrial Forging
Sara Busolini (Acciaierie Bertoli Safau)
- Speaker at Transition to synthetic casting fluxes in ingot casting area, Acciaierie Bertoli Safau case study: analysis of process variables and qualitative impact following the fly ash supply crisis.
John Campbell (University of Birmingham, UK)
- Speaker at Improving ingot casting technology
Andrea Canal
- Speaker at Danieli’s QSP-DUE®: Unlimited freedom for green HRC production
Ding chuan (TYUT)
- Speaker at Three-Roll Skew Rolling of Titanium/Steel Bimetallic Composite Tubes: Simulation and Experiment
Valentina Colla (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna)
- Speaker at AI-Powered decision support system for early defects prediction in cast-iron products
Michele De Santis (Rina Consulting - Centro Sviluppo Materiali SpA)
- Speaker at Current Practices, Challenges and Industrial Perspectives in Modelling of Casting Processes
- Speaker at Physics Based Modelling as an Enabler for Machine Learning Defect Prevention in Casting
Antonio Di Mauro (Nippon Sanso Industrial)
- Speaker at THE INDUSTRIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF A BURNER CAPABLE TO OPERATE IN PREHEATED AIR-FUEL MODE, OXY-FUEL MODE OR PREHEATED AIR-OXY-FUEL MODE
Andrea Di Schino (University of Perugia)
- Speaker at Effect of heat treatments on a "lean" chemical steel composition for cylinders
Christof Dratner
- Speaker at Advanced Copper Solutions for Remelting Technologies
Julio Espinoza Jaimes
- Speaker at Advances in the Production of Ultra-Clean Specialty Steels: Recent Strategies for Hydrogen Removal, Total Oxygen Reduction, and Nonmetallic Inclusion Control
Roberto Fernandez Martinez (University of the Basque Country)
- Speaker at Data-Driven Regression Modeling for Energy Efficiency Optimization in Industrial Induction Heating Processes
Angelo Ferranti (Contec Industry)
- Speaker at Water Footprint Reduction in the Metallurgical Sector through Oily Emulsion Reuse and the WASM Method
Andrei Filatov
- Speaker at Weldability Investigation of Industrial Heavy Plate Steels for Pressure Vessels Designed for Mobile CO₂ Storage Applications
Henrik Franz (ALD Vacuum Technologies Gmbh, Hanau, Germany)
- Speaker at PLASMA – Value add for metallurgical refining in VID-Processes
Paixian Fu (Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
- Speaker at Controlling A‑Segregation in a 100‑Ton Hollow Steel Ingot via Liquid Nitrogen‑Air Core Cooling
Mattia Gianola
- Speaker at Qualification of Heat Treatment Cycle for a Forged blank in Ti-6Al-4V
UDAY SHANKER GOEL (TATA STEEL INDIA)
- Speaker at Investigating & Understanding Hot Mill Back Up Roll Failures at Tata Steel India
Arianna Gotti (Trasnvalor SA)
- Speaker at Discrete Particle Modelling of Inclusion Transport and Localization in Bottom-Poured Ingots
Matteo Gregori (RINA spa)
- Speaker at Modeling Remelting and Solidification: An OpenFOAM-based Approach for ESR and VAR Processes
- Speaker at Optimizing Induction Heating for Steel Billets: A Multiphysics Approach to Electrification and Decarbonization
SHUO GUO (Policlinico di Milano)
- Speaker at Extension and Application of Hot Workability Prediction Model in Thermomechanical Processing
Gustav Häggström (Swerim AB)
- Speaker at Industrial trials with renewable dimethyl ether as fuel in an ingot reheating furnace
- Speaker at Surrogate modeling of the cogging process in open die forging simulation
Zhiqiang He (Yanshan University)
- Speaker at A CAD/CAE Integrated Simulation Method for the Hydraulic System of Forging Presses Based on Model Parameter Mapping
Milan Hnizdil (Brno University of Technology, Heat transfer and fluid flow laboratory, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering)
- Speaker at Heat Transfer Study in Descaling and Roll Cooling on Blooming Line
Thomas Holzgruber
- Speaker at Improving Ingot Quality Through Controlled Melt Flow: Industrial Application of Rotating Casting Mold (RCM) Technology
Pello Jimbert (University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU)
- Speaker at Efficient electrification of round steel bars heating during rolling process
DİDEM KILIÇ OĞUROL (KARDEMİR ÇELİK SANAYİ AŞ.)
- Speaker at Improvement of Product Quality and Production Efficiency through a Profile Straightening System
CEYHUN KOZAK (KARDEMİR ÇELİK SANAYİ AŞ.)
- Speaker at Improvement of Product Quality and Production Efficiency through a Profile Straightening System
Ravi Kumar (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India-560012)
- Speaker at Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Novel Al–Cenosphere–MWCNT Composite Foams under Varying Strain Rate
Thomas Leitner (voestalpine BÖHLER Edelstahl GmbH & Co KG)
- Speaker at Small-scale Experiments on the Recrystallization of alloy 718 and their Transferability to Industrial Production
Ruowei Li (Politecnico di Milano)
- Speaker at Shear and dynamic effects on hot deformation of Fe-25Mn-5Al-0.7C lightweight steel
Peng Li (Taiyuan University of Technology)
- Speaker at Investigation on the crack resistance and strength–ductility synergy of Ta-12W alloy via corrugated–flat warm rolling
Qi Liu
- Speaker at Development of Linear Elastic and Elastoplastic Finite Element Solvers for Forging Simulation
Yu-Chiao Lu (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
- Speaker at Minimization of mould flux entrapment during ingot casting through CFD modelling
Yanzhao Luo (Shougang Research Institute of Technology)
- Speaker at A Novel Method to Regulate Non-metallic Inclusions by Pulsed Electric Current in Ultra-Low Carbon Steel and Industrial Practice
Chunhui Luo (Swerim AB)
- Speaker at An ICME‑Enabled Digital Framework for Modeling of Microstructure Evolution during Industrial Steel Casting and Forging
Georg Maier (voestalpine Böhler Edelstahl GmbH & Co KG)
- Speaker at LEVERAGING DOWNSAMPLING AND EXPERT SYSTEMS FOR DATA-DRIVEN PROCESS OPTIMIZATION IN THE FORGING INDUSTRY
Takahiro Makiyama (Institute of Technologists)
- Speaker at Effects of Axial Feed Direction on Forged Shape in Mandrel-Less Incremental Forging of Circular Variable-Cross-Section Tube Ends
Anna Mantelli (ASONEXT SpA Società Benefit)
- Speaker at Numerical simulation of carbon macrosegregation in large steel ingots
Carlo Mapelli (Dipartimento di Meccanica - Politecnico di Milano)
- Speaker at Role of Manganese and Sulphur Segregation in Hydrogen-Assisted Cracking and MnS Formation in Large Forged Steel Ingots
Matteo Marten-Perolino (AIM)
- Speaker at Manufacturing and Remelting Technologies
Lev Medovar (Paton Welding Institute)
- Speaker at Features of the solidification of large ESR hollow ingots
Mohammed Kedir Mustofa (Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Karnataka, India-560012)
- Speaker at Effect of Cu addition on microstructure, mechanical properties, and Heat treatment response of in situ Al-15Mg2Si-4.5Si composite
Alberto Nardini
- Speaker at Billet Welding Machine – Latest development description and real application results
- Speaker at Intelligent heat treatment in line applications for hot rolling process
- Speaker at Concept to Operation: Digital Twin Integration and FEM Simulation in Horizon
Thanh Chung Nguyen (Framatome)
- Speaker at Intelligent surrogate model for the calibration of Hansel-Spittel flow stress model
Stefan Pahnke (Pahnke Systems)
- Speaker at Next-Generation Metal Forming: Utilizing the PMSD as a Universal Drive for Hydraulic Presses
Ferruccio Pastorino
- Speaker at Ingot uphill casting defect potential reasons and forecast by different approach and analysis.
Christian Redl (INTECO melting and casting technologies GmbH)
- Speaker at Two-Stage Descaling at PSM Plate Mill for High-Alloy Plates
Edgar Saldana (FRISA)
- Speaker at Hot workability of Ni-Fe high-temperature alloy.
Božidar Šarler (University of Ljubljana and Institute of Metals and Technology)
- Speaker at A Combined Physics-Based and Artificial Intelligence Through-Process Modelling of Steel Production Path
Anna-Lena Schäfer
- Speaker at Closing the quality Chain: Refractories and their Influence on Ingot Steel Quality
Eike Schmilinsky
- Speaker at White Spot Origins, their Impact on Critical Components, and a Pathway for Prevention using VARmetric
Guoyi Shen (Key Laboratory of Advanced Forging & Stamping Technology and Science，Ministry of Education of China，Yanshan University; School of Mechanical Engineering, Yanshan University; National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Advanced Manufacture Forming Technology and Equipment，Yanshan University)
- Speaker at Research on anti-deflection roll-bending process for longitudinal pipes with a large length-to-diameter ratio
Gulvir Singh (Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana)
- Speaker at Intelligent Integration of Reheating Furnace Control and Hot Rolling Process to Reduce Energy Losses and Delays in Steel Bar Manufacturing
Falk Snatkin (Deutsch)
- Speaker at Current challenges of fly ash-based casting fluxes
Claudia Solari (AIM)
- Speaker at ECAI Omega: 2 machines in one!
Ganna Stovpchenko (CFHI, UDUNT)
- Speaker at ELECTROSLAG REMELTING: AN ADDITIVE APPROACH TO LARGE COMPOSITIONALLY HOMOGENEOUS AND COMPOSITE COMPONENTS MANUFACTURING
Hannu Suopajärvi (Sapotech Oy)
- Speaker at AI-Driven Surface Inspection Enabling Automated Grinding of Forged Ingots
Chaouki TAHRI (ArcelorMittal)
- Speaker at Optimization of Hot Rolling Processes Using Temperature-Dependent Ductile Damage Modelling
SUNRUI TAO
- Speaker at The Effect of the Slip Transition in the Rolling Deformation Zone on the Wear Behavior of Hot Rolling Work Rolls
Mikhail Trull (Dr)
- Speaker at Development of Industrial Processing Models for Prediction of Micro-segregation in Advanced Fusion Steels
Alberto Vazquez
- Speaker at Extending SBQ Rolling to Large Diameters: Stainless and Special Steels from 3.75 to 16 inches at FRISA Steel
Cristian Viscardi (ECOTRE Valente srl)
- Speaker at ESR simulation: prediction of quality and grain size for nickel based ingot
Joachim von Scheele (Linde GmbH)
- Speaker at Heating Ingots with Oxyfuel and Hydrogen before Rolling and Forging
Shufeng Wei (College of Mechanical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China)
- Speaker at Research on Pulsed Current-assisted Rolling Forming and Microstructure–Properties of Pure Titanium Ultra-thin Strips
Alexander Weigl (Inteco melting and casting technologies GmbH)
- Speaker at Vacuum Ingot Casting in the Modern Era: Plant Concepts, Process Optimization, and Performance
Martin Wolfgarten (SMS group GmbH)
- Speaker at Latest developments in radial forging technology for titanium and nickel alloys
Haoran Xu (Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
- Speaker at A dynamic permeability model based on real-time local solidification time for macrosegregation modeling in alloy directional solidification
Qingxin Xu (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
- Speaker at Characterization of mould flux-originated non-metallic inclusions in ingot casting
Shintaro Yano
- Speaker at Experimental determination of partition coefficients considering peritectic reactions and application to macro-segregation simulation in a large steel ingot
瑀晨王
- Speaker at Thickness-Dependent Annealing Response and Microstructure–Property Evolution of 4J36 Invar Alloy during Ultrathin Processing