Name: International Conference on Thermo Mechanical Processing - TMP 2026
Start: 2026-10-20T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-26T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Austria Trend Parkhotel Schönbrunn

International Conference on Thermo Mechanical Processing - TMP 2026

from Tuesday, October 20, 2026 (9:00 AM) to Monday, October 26, 2026 (4:00 PM)

Monday, October 19, 2026
Tuesday, October 20, 2026

1:00 PM Registration
Registration
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

1:45 PM Opening
Opening
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Room Österreich
2:00 PM Plenary Talk(s)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Room Österreich
Contributions

2:00 PM Niobium effects on thermo-mechanical processes: It takes two to tango - RAFAEL MESQUITA (CBMM (Director of Technology, CTO)) FABIO D AIUTO (CBMM (General Manager EMEA))

2:30 PM High Performance, Low Emissions: The Role of Thermomechanical Treatment in Tomorrow’s Steel Industry - Bernd Linzer (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Technology Officer))
3:00 PM Alloy Interactions with TMP
3:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Room: Room Österreich
Contributions

3:00 PM Strategies to Increase Productivity in Hot Rolling of Heavy-gauge Steel Plates Through Integrated Niobium Microalloying and Temperature–Microstructure Modeling - Jonatas Venancio Barbosa (CBMM)

3:20 PM Nickel’s metallurgical functionalities in TMP processing of structural plate steels - Andreas Kern (thyssenkrupp Steel Europe)
Recrystallization, Precipitation and Phase transformation
3:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Room: Room Ungarn
Contributions

3:00 PM Mixed Microalloy Precipitate Evolution in Austenite - Emmanuel De Moor (Colorado School of Mines)

3:20 PM Austenite Conditioning of Hot Rolled Microalloyed Low-Carbon Steels - Matthias Militzer (The University of British Columbia)
3:40 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:40 PM - 4:10 PM
4:10 PM Alloy Interactions with TMP
4:10 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: Room Österreich
Contributions

4:10 PM Influence of NbC Precipitate Size Distribution on Pipe Seam/Girth Weld HAZ Austenite Grain Size Control in API X70 heavy gauge plates - Joao Paulo Souto (CBMM) Subhnit Roy (JSW Group)

4:30 PM Effect of Niobium Microalloying on Recrystallization Kinetics, Precipitation, and Mechanical properties in Low-Carbon, Low-Alloyed Steels - Katariina Lehtola (University of Oulu)

4:50 PM The Sustainable Production of Vanadium and its Application in TMP Steels and Other Alloys - David Crowther (Vanitec)

5:10 PM Effect of combined Nb-V microalloying in mechanical behavior of rebars - Joao Paulo Souto (CBMM)
Recrystallization, Precipitation and Phase transformation
4:10 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: Room Ungarn
Contributions

4:10 PM In Situ Monitoring of Texture Evolution During Thermal Treatment - Edgar Scherleitner (Research Center for Non Destructive Testing GmbH - RECENDT)

4:30 PM Niobium precipitation strengthening potential and correlated physical-metallurgical phenomena - Hardy Mohrbacher (NiobelCon bvba)

4:50 PM Solubility of Microalloying Carbides in Steels: A Critical Review and Novel Aspects - Caio de Paula Camargo Pisano (CBMM | Niobium)

5:10 PM Hot Deformation Behavior of a Medium-Carbon Mo–Cr–V–Nb–Ti–B Steel - Farid Hassani (US Steel)
5:30 PM WELCOME RECEPTION
WELCOME RECEPTION
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
8:30 AM Plenary Talk(s)
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Room Österreich
Contributions

8:30 AM 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))
9:00 AM Cooling Effects and Hardenability
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Room Ungarn
Contributions

9:00 AM Soft Quenching / Martensitic Free processing as a metallurgical route to high performance spooled rebar - Nicola Simaz (Danieli & C)

9:20 AM 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)

9:40 AM Producing High Strength H-Beams with Thermo-Mechanical Control Process (TMCP): the Danieli QST – Quenching & Self-Tempering process - Andrea Palma (Danieli & C)
Intelligent Manufacturing
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Room Österreich
Contributions

9:00 AM Prediction of Mechanical Properties in Automotive Hot-Rolled Steel Coils based on Position-Specific Cooling History and Process Data Mapping - JAEHYUN CHOI (POSCO)

9:20 AM Through Process Modelling of Steel Production in Štore-Steel Company - Božidar Šarler (University of Ljubljana)

9:40 AM A Hybrid AI Approach for Rolling Force Prediction in Plate Mills: Integrating Machine Learning Technique with Metallurgical Simulation Variables - Jackson Carvalho (CBMM)
10:00 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM Microstructure & Properties
10:30 AM - 12:10 PM
Room: Room Ungarn
Contributions

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

10:50 AM 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 AM 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 AM Effect of Heat treatment Parameters on the Mechanical Properties of a Hot-Rolled TRIP Steel - Daavood Mirahmadi Khaki (Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Amir-Kabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic),)

11:50 AM 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 for Advanced High Strength Steel
10:30 AM - 12:10 PM
Room: Room Österreich
Contributions

10:30 AM In-situ Investigation of Austenite Decomposition During Prolonged Isothermal Holding of TRIP Steels - Philipp Retzl (TU Wien)

10:50 AM 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)

11:10 AM FORMATION MECHANISM AND PROCESS CONTROL OF INTERGRANULAR OXIDATION IN HOT-ROLLED HOT STAMPING STEEL: OXIDE SCALE DECOMPOSITION-DRIVEN OXYGEN SUPPLY AND EVOLUTION OF “CORE-SHELL” STRUCTURE IN GRAIN BOUNDARY OXIDES - Yang YU (Shougang Group Co., LTD. Research Institute of Technology)

11:30 AM Effects of Temperature and Deformation on Austenite Grain Size and Phase Transformations in Advanced High Strength Steels - OLGA GIRINA (ArcelorMittal)

11:50 AM Mechanical and microstructural properties of low carbon bainitic steels subjected to different controlled cooling strategies - Tommi Hintsala (University of Oulu)
12:10 PM LUNCH BREAK
LUNCH BREAK
12:10 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM Effects of Tramp Elements
1:30 PM - 2:50 PM
Room: Room Ungarn
Contributions

1:30 PM Influence of tramp elements on static recrystallization after hot deformation of a Nb-micro-alloyed steel - Paul Gawes (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

1:50 PM Hydrogen embrittlement and diffusion modelling in QP1180 AHSS for automotive applications - Giuseppe Macoretta (University of Pisa, Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering)

2:10 PM A look under the scale: Cu-alloyed steels during continuous casting, re-heating and hot working - Stefan Zeisl (voestalpine Stahl Donawitz GmbH)

2:30 PM Influence of tramp elements on thermomechanical processing and properties of martensitic steel grades - Hans Magnusson (Swerim AB)
TMP strategies, Modelling & Verification
1:30 PM - 2:50 PM
Room: Room Österreich
Contributions

1:30 PM Decarbonizing Steel Production through Niobium Microalloying: A Total Cost of Operation Perspective - Jose Britti Bacalhau (CBMM)

1:50 PM Control and through process prediction of plate thermomechanical properties at JSW’s Anjar plate mill - Ian Robinson (Primetals Technologies)

2:10 PM Effect of edge masking on strip deformation in rapid cooling section during endless production - Michal Pohanka (Brno University of Technology)

2:30 PM Recrystallization and Texture Evolution of a Hot Rolled Nb Bearing Ferritic Stainless Steel - Caio de Paula Camargo Pisano (CBMM | Niobium)
2:50 PM COFFEE BREAK
COFFEE BREAK
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM

3:20 PM Effects of Tramp Elements

3:20 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Room Ungarn
TMP strategies, Modelling & Verification
3:20 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Room Österreich
Contributions

3:20 PM Advanced Thermomechanical Processing for High-Strength Pipe Steels - Andreas Kern (thyssenkrupp Steel Europe)

3:40 PM Inline laser ultrasonics for microstructure verification of heat treatments and thermal processes (ILUMHEAT) - Hampus Wikmark Kreuger (Swerim AB)

4:00 PM 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, P.O. Box 3000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland)

4:20 PM The Effect of the Rolling Strategy on the Low-Temperature Toughness and Microstructure of Heavy Plate Material - Charles Stallybrass (Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung GmbH)

4:40 PM Optimized pass schedule design to influence the mechanical properties of hot rolled strips - Thomas Haschke (SMS group GmbH)
4:00 PM Annealing & Softening
4:00 PM - 4:40 PM
Room: Room Ungarn
Contributions

4:00 PM 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)

4:20 PM 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)
5:30 PM Departure by bus - CONFERENCE DINNER
Departure by bus - CONFERENCE DINNER
5:30 PM - 9:40 PM
Thursday, October 22, 2026
8:30 AM Plenary Talk(s)
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: 1. Room Österreich
Contributions

8:30 AM Impact of preheating and hot rolling on AA6016 sheet texture and formability - Josef Berneder (AMAG rolling GmbH)
9:00 AM Computation and Modelling, ML and AI
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Room Österreich
Contributions

9:00 AM 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)

9:20 AM Hydrogen embrittlement resistant carbon/stainless multilayer steel produced by thermomechanical processing - Henri Tervo (University of Oulu)

9:40 AM Use of mesoscale models in designing thermomechanical processes for light alloys - Maria Cecilia Poletti (IMAT Graz University of Technology)
Non-Ferrous Alloys (AI, Cu, Mg and Ti)
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Room Ungarn
Contributions

9:00 AM Tailoring thermal expansion of Titanium alloys by thermomechanical processing - Matthias Bönisch (KU Leuven)

9:20 AM Enhanced Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Cu-Based Alloys via TMCP Techniques - Eman El-Shenawy (Central Metallurgical R&D Institute (CMRDI))

9:40 AM 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 AM COFFEE BREAK
COFFEE BREAK
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM Computation and Modelling, ML and AI
10:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Room: Room Österreich
Contributions

10:30 AM 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 AM Simulation of Thermomechanical Processing in the Light of Green Steel Transformation - Daniel Marian Ogris (voestalpine Forschungsservicegesellschaft Donawitz GmbH)

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

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

12:00 PM LUNCH - END OF CONFERENCE
LUNCH - END OF CONFERENCE
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Friday, October 23, 2026
Saturday, October 24, 2026
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