12–13 Mar 2026
Hotel Weitzer Graz
Europe/Vienna timezone

Scientific Programme

  • Fundamentals of surface defect formation in casting, reheating and hot rolling

  • Impact of new upstream production lines on surface quality in continuous casting

  • Recent developments in mold fluxes and their impact on surface quality

  • Defect prediction by data analytics, AI applications, numerical simulation and computational thermodynamics

  • Recent advances in defect analysis, including new sensors and quality prediction systems

  • The role of caster operation and maintenance, new innovatice solutions in continuous casting

  • Fluid flow in SEN and Mold: Simulation and measurements

  • Surface quality of long and flat semis: Plant results and lab experiments

  • New engineering concepts for improvement of surface quality

  • Surface quality prediction in cc at the crossroads: From phenomenological models to data driven models and hybrid approaches