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 Modelling of powder melting and slag infiltration for ingot casting
Alberto Bianco (Inteco rolling mill technolgies SRL)
- Speaker at Two-Stage Descaling at PSM Plate Mill for High-Alloy Plates
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: bridging the gap between language understanding and formal standards verification
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 Improved ingot casting technology
Andrea Canal (Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche SpA)
- Speaker at Danieli’s QSP-DUE®: Unlimited freedom for green HRC production
Ding chuan (TYUT)
- Speaker at Experimental and finite element investigation of three-roll skew rolling of titanium/steel bimetallic composite tubes
Valentina Colla (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna)
- Speaker at AI-Powered decision support system for early defect 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 driven crack prevention in steel 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
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 WASM method for water footprint reduction in the metallurgical sector
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 Heat treatment qualification of forged and ring-rolled Ti-6Al-4V components for particle accelerator applications
Arianna Gotti (Trasnvalor SA)
- Speaker at Discrete Particle Modelling of Inclusion Transport and Localization in Bottom-Poured Ingots
Matteo Gregori (RINA spa)
- 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
Zhiqiang He (Yanshan University)
- Speaker at A CAD/CAE integrated simulation method for forging press hydraulic system 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
Vitalii Kharseev (Micas Simulations Limited)
- Speaker at Digital Twin–Based Simulation Chain for Rail Manufacturing: Roll Pass Design, Head Hardening, and Straightening
DİDEM KILIÇ OĞUROL (KARDEMİR ÇELİK SANAYİ AŞ.)
- Speaker at Improvement of product quality and production efficiency through a section straightening system
CEYHUN KOZAK (KARDEMİR ÇELİK SANAYİ AŞ.)
- Speaker at Improvement of product quality and production efficiency through a section 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
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
Ruowei Li (Politecnico di Milano)
- Speaker at Shear and dynamic effects on hot deformation of Fe-25Mn-5Al-0.7C lightweight steel
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
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 (POMINI Long Rolling Mills)
- 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.
Luca Premoli (GIVA spa)
- Speaker at Modeling Remelting and Solidification: An OpenFOAM-based Approach for ESR and VAR Processes
Nima Safaee (Swerim AB, Luleå University of Technology)
- Speaker at Surrogate modelling of open-die forging
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
Eike Schmilinsky
- Speaker at White Spot Origins, their Impact on Critical Components, and a Pathway for Prevention using VARmetric
Viktor Schönhof (Steuler)
- Speaker at Closing the quality Chain: Refractories and their Influence on Ingot Steel Quality
Falk Snatkin (Deutsch)
- Speaker at Substitution of a high-carbon fly ash in casting powders for ingot casting: why equal total carbon does not give equal performance
Claudia Solari (AIM)
- Speaker at 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 Wear damage evolution of a hot rolling work roll under frictional shear conditions associated with slip transition
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
Daniele Vecchiato (Vecchiato Officine Meccaniche)
- Speaker at Advanced Energy-Saving Technologies in Open Die Forging Presses: A Case Study on Press Upgrade
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