Name: International Conference on Thermo Mechanical Processing - TMP 2026
Start: 2026-10-20T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-22T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Austria Trend Parkhotel Schönbrunn

International Conference on Thermo Mechanical Processing - TMP 2026

from Tuesday, 20 October 2026 (09:00) to Thursday, 22 October 2026 (16:00)

Monday, 19 October 2026
Tuesday, 20 October 2026

13:00 Registration
Registration
13:00 - 13:45

13:45 Opening
Opening
13:45 - 14:00
Room: Room Österreich
14:00 Plenary Talk(s)
14:00 - 15:00
Room: Room Österreich
Contributions

14:00 Niobium effects on thermo-mechanical processes: It takes two to tango - Fabio d'Aiuto (CBMM | Niobium (General Manager EMEA)) Jose Britti Bacalhau (CBMM | Niobium (Global Market Development Manager))

14:30 High Performance, Low Emissions: The Role of Thermomechanical Treatment in Tomorrow’s Steel Industry - Bernd Linzer (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Technology Officer))
15:00 Alloy Interactions with TMP
15:00 - 15:40
Room: Room Österreich
Contributions

15:00 Strategies to Increase Productivity in Hot Rolling of Heavy-gauge Steel Plates Through Integrated Niobium Microalloying and Temperature–Microstructure Modeling - Jonatas Venancio Barbosa (CBMM | Niobium)

15:20 Nickel’s metallurgical functionalities in TMP processing of structural plate steels - Andreas Kern (thyssenkrupp Steel Europe)
Recrystallization, Precipitation and Phase Transformation
15:00 - 15:40
Room: Room Ungarn
Contributions

15:00 Mixed Microalloy Precipitate Evolution in Austenite - Emmanuel De Moor (Colorado School of Mines)

15:20 Austenite Conditioning of Hot Rolled Microalloyed Low-Carbon Steels - Matthias Militzer (The University of British Columbia)
15:40 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:40 - 16:10
16:10 Alloy Interactions with TMP
16:10 - 17:10
Room: Room Österreich
Contributions

16:10 Influence of NbC Precipitate Size Distribution on Pipe Seam/Girth Weld HAZ Austenite Grain Size Control in API X70 heavy gauge plates - Douglas Stalheim (DGS Metallurgical Solutions, Inc.)

16:30 Effect of Niobium Microalloying on Recrystallization Kinetics, Precipitation, and Mechanical properties in Low-Carbon, Low-Alloyed Steels - Katariina Lehtola (University of Oulu)

16:50 The Sustainable Production of Vanadium and its Application in TMP Steels and Other Alloys - David Crowther (Vanitec)
Recrystallization, Precipitation and Phase Transformation
16:10 - 17:30
Room: Room Ungarn
Contributions

16:10 In Situ Monitoring of Texture Evolution During Thermal Treatment - Edgar Scherleitner (Research Center for Non Destructive Testing GmbH - RECENDT)

16:30 Niobium precipitation strengthening potential and correlated physical-metallurgical phenomena - Hardy Mohrbacher (NiobelCon bvba)

16:50 Solubility of Microalloying Carbides in Steels: A Critical Review and Novel Aspects - Caio de Paula Camargo Pisano (CBMM | Niobium)

17:10 Hot Deformation Behavior of a Medium-Carbon Mo–Cr–V–Nb–Ti–B Steel - Farid Hassani (US Steel)
17:30 WELCOME RECEPTION
WELCOME RECEPTION
17:30 - 19:30
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
08:30 Plenary Talk(s)
08:30 - 09:00
Room: Room Österreich
Contributions

08:30 The production of sustainable, high-quality thin sheet grades via the EAF route as a new challenge for the steel industry - Andreas Pichler (voestalpine Stahl GmbH (Head of R&D in the business unit Coil))
09:00 Cooling Effects and Hardenability
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Room Ungarn
Contributions

09:00 Soft Quenching / Martensitic Free processing as a metallurgical route to high performance spooled rebar - Nicola Simaz (Danieli & C)

09:20 Influence of Cooling Rate and Reaustenitization Strategy on the Mechanical Properties of Ni–Mo Alloyed Quenched and Tempered Thick Plates - Pello Uranga (CEIT-BRTA and University of Navarra-Tecnun)

09:40 Producing High Strength H-Beams with Thermo-Mechanical Control Process (TMCP): the Danieli QST – Quenching & Self-Tempering process - Andrea Palma (Danieli & C)
Intelligent Manufacturing
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Room Österreich
Contributions

09:00 Prediction of Mechanical Properties in Automotive Hot-Rolled Steel Coils based on Position-Specific Cooling History and Process Data Mapping - JAEHYUN CHOI (POSCO)

09:20 Through Process Modelling of Steel Production in Štore-Steel Company - Božidar Šarler (University of Ljubljana)

09:40 A Hybrid AI Approach for Rolling Force Prediction in Plate Mills: Integrating Machine Learning Technique with Metallurgical Simulation Variables - Jackson Carvalho (CBMM | Niobium)
10:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 Microstructure & Properties
10:30 - 11:50
Room: Room Ungarn
Contributions

10:30 Metallurgical engineering of a new molybdenum prehardened steel for plastic injection moulding and mechanical applications - Jules Audard (ArcelorMittal Industeel)

10:50 In-situ HEXRD study of negative thermal expansion and martensitic transformation in water quenched and cold rolled TiNbTa alloys - Mahbod Golrang (KU Leuven)

11:10 Using a high-speed camera to understand edge cracking during thermomechanical processing of lightweight Fe-Mn-Al-C steels - Aniruddha Dutta (ArcelorMittal Global R&D Gent)

11:30 Stress Ratio Dependence of the Low-cycle Fatigue Properties of DQ&P Processed Medium-Carbon Ultra-high-strength Steels - Satyaprakash Mishra (University of Oulu, 4200, 90014 Oulu, Finland)
TMP Strategies, Modelling & Verification
10:30 - 12:10
Room: Room Österreich
Contributions

10:30 Advanced Thermomechanical Processing for High-Strength Pipe Steels - Andreas Kern (thyssenkrupp Steel Europe)

10:50 Inline laser ultrasonics for microstructure verification of heat treatments and thermal processes (ILUMHEAT) - Hampus Wikmark Kreuger (Swerim AB)

11:10 High-throughput Calphad-guided Design of OF Κ-Carbide -Strengthened Fe–Mn–Al–Ni–C Lightweight Steel with Processing-dependent Microstructural Validation - Mahsa Barati Mahyari (Materials and Mechanical Engineering, Centre for Advanced Steels Research, University of Oulu)

11:30 The Effect of the Rolling Strategy on the Low-Temperature Toughness and Microstructure of Heavy Plate Material - Charles Stallybrass (Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung GmbH)

11:50 Optimized pass schedule design to influence the mechanical properties of hot rolled strips - Thomas Haschke (SMS group GmbH)
12:10 LUNCH BREAK
LUNCH BREAK
12:10 - 13:30
13:30 Effects of Tramp Elements
13:30 - 14:50
Room: Room Ungarn
Contributions

13:30 Influence of tramp elements on static recrystallization after hot deformation of a Nb-micro-alloyed steel - Paul Gawes (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

13:50 Hydrogen embrittlement and diffusion modelling in QP1180 AHSS for automotive applications - Giuseppe Macoretta (University of Pisa, Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering)

14:10 A look under the scale: Cu-alloyed steels during continuous casting, re-heating and hot working - Stefan Zeisl (voestalpine Stahl Donawitz GmbH)

14:30 Influence of tramp elements on thermomechanical processing and properties of martensitic steel grades - Hans Magnusson (Swerim AB)
TMP Strategies, Modelling & Verification
13:30 - 14:50
Room: Room Österreich
Contributions

13:30 Decarbonizing Steel Production through Niobium Microalloying: A Total Cost of Operation Perspective - Paul Lalley (CBMM | Niobium)

13:50 Control and through process prediction of plate thermomechanical properties at JSW’s Anjar plate mill - Ian Robinson (Primetals Technologies)

14:10 Effect of edge masking on strip deformation in rapid cooling section during endless production - Michal Pohanka (Brno University of Technology)

14:30 Recrystallization and Texture Evolution of a Hot Rolled Nb Bearing Ferritic Stainless Steel - Caio de Paula Camargo Pisano (CBMM | Niobium)
14:50 COFFEE BREAK
COFFEE BREAK
14:50 - 15:20
15:20 Effects of Tramp Elements
15:20 - 16:00
Room: Room Ungarn
Contributions

15:20 Influence of tramp elements on phase transformations, structure, and properties of scrap-based steels. - Oleksandr Glushko (Montanuniversität Leoben)

15:40 NitridAge – A novel processing strategy for Cu-containing steels combining cold forging and tailored hardness gradients achieved by nitriding - Szymon Kwiecień (IMF Freiberg - TUBAF)
TMP Strategies for Advanced High Strength Steel
15:20 - 16:40
Room: Room Österreich
Contributions

15:20 In-situ Investigation of Austenite Decomposition During Prolonged Isothermal Holding of TRIP Steels - Philipp Retzl (TU Wien)

15:40 Thermomechanical processing of Cu- and Mo-containing multiphase steels subjected to Quenching and Partitioning treatment - Firew Kassaye (Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials)

16:00 Effects of Temperature and Deformation on Austenite Grain Size and Phase Transformations in Advanced High Strength Steels - OLGA GIRINA (ArcelorMittal)

16:20 Mechanical and microstructural properties of low carbon bainitic steels subjected to different controlled cooling strategies - Tommi Hintsala (University of Oulu)
16:00 Annealing & Softening
16:00 - 16:40
Room: Room Ungarn
Contributions

16:00 Mechanical Property Comparison of Bainite-Based and Conventional Quenching and Partitioning (BQ&P vs Q&P) in a Medium-Carbon Steel - Zeynab Aalipour Hafshejani (Materials and Mechanical Engineering, Centre for Advanced Steels Research, University of Oulu, Finland)

16:20 Thermomechanical processing and continuous annealing of Al-added lightweight steels - Tamiru Kori (Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials)
17:30 Departure by bus - CONFERENCE DINNER
Departure by bus - CONFERENCE DINNER
17:30 - 21:40
Thursday, 22 October 2026
08:30 Plenary Talk(s)
08:30 - 09:00
Room: Room Österreich
Contributions

08:30 Impact of preheating and hot rolling on AA6016 sheet texture and formability - Josef Berneder (AMAG rolling GmbH)
09:00 Computation and Modelling, ML and AI
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Room Österreich
Contributions

09:00 Validation and optimization of a recrystallization model to enhance the accuracy of microstructure evolution predictions in heavy‑plate rolling - Maita Roberts-Zimmer (AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke)

09:20 Hydrogen embrittlement resistant carbon/stainless multilayer steel produced by thermomechanical processing - Henri Tervo (University of Oulu)

09:40 Use of mesoscale models in designing thermomechanical processes for light alloys - Maria Cecilia Poletti (IMAT Graz University of Technology)
09:20 Non-Ferrous Alloys (AI, Cu, Mg and Ti)
09:20 - 10:00
Room: Room Ungarn
Contributions

09:20 Tailoring thermal expansion of Titanium alloys by thermomechanical processing - Matthias Bönisch (KU Leuven)

09:40 Modeling of the production process of a UDIMET720LI turbine disc using a multi-class grain size model and a multi-scale mean-field approach - Drazen Brescakovic (Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH)
10:00 COFFEE BREAK
COFFEE BREAK
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 Computation and Modelling, ML and AI
10:30 - 11:50
Room: Room Österreich
Contributions

10:30 Multiscale characterization methodology combining experimental and AI-based methods for the study of austenite conditioning in Nb-HSLA steels. - Jenifer Barrirero (Materials Engineering Center Saarland -MECS)

10:50 Simulation of Thermomechanical Processing in the Light of Green Steel Transformation - Daniel Marian Ogris (voestalpine Forschungsservicegesellschaft Donawitz GmbH)

11:10 Microstructure Modeling for Thermomechanical Processing of age hardenable aluminum alloys - Talina Terrazas Monje (TU Graz)

11:30 Constitutive flow behaviour and processing maps of 1CrMoV bainitic steel used in turbine applications - Rishabh Bharadwaj (University of Oulu)
11:50 CLOSING
CLOSING
11:50 - 12:00
Room: Room Österreich

12:00 LUNCH - END OF CONFERENCE
LUNCH - END OF CONFERENCE
12:00 - 13:30