13–15 Oct 2026
Hotel Caesius Terme & SPA Resort - Bardolino - Verona
Europe/Rome timezone

Committees

Conference chairpersons
Jacopo Longhi Vienna - GIVA  Group, Italy 
Alessandra Saleri - Forge Fedriga, Italy


Scientific & Steering Committee 
Anelli Ettore - Franchini Acciai, Italy 
Barella Silvia - Politecnico di Milano, Italy 
Bleck Wolfgang - RWTH Aachen University, Germany 
Bonfanti Francesca - Fomas Group, Italy 
Brunelli Daniele - Giva Group, Italy 
Chinaglia Luigi - Fomas Group, Italy
Fujitsuna Nobuyuki - Kobe Steel, Japan
Gotti Arianna - Transvalor, Italy
Groot Jochem - Tata Steel, The Netherlands
Lissignoli Alessandra - NLMK, Italy 
Liu Caiyi - Yanshan University, China
Manning Michael - Florida Turbine Technologies, USA 
Mapelli Carlo - Politecnico di Milano, Italy 
Marten-Perolino Matteo - Cogne Acciai Speciali, Italy
Montmitonnet Pierre - Mines Paris Cemef, France 
Ordoñez Olivares Ramundo - Ellwood Materials Technologies, USA 
Pola Annalisa - Università di Brescia, Italy 
Rampinini Gabriele - Italy
Rinaldi Marco - Danieli, Italy 
Siciliano Fulvio - Dynamic Systems Inc., USA
Speer John - USA
Steinböck Andreas - TU Wien, Austria 
Talamantes-Silva Jesus - Sheffield Forgemasters, United Kingdom 
Viscardi Christian - Ecotre Valente, Italy 

Organising Committee
Federica Bassani – AIM General Secretary
Sabrina De Donato – AIM Secretariat
Carlo Mapelli – Chair of AIM Steelmaking Technical Committee  
Silvano Panza – AIM President
Alessandra Saleri – Chair of AIM Forging Technical Committee  
Guido Capoferri – Chair of AIM Plastic Deformation Technical Committee