PROGRAM (Status 26.08.2026)
MAIN PROGRAM
OPENING
09:00 – 09:30
Intro by Moderators (Carina Schlögl, Stephan Ucsnik)
Welcome by Christian Chimani
KEYNOTE 1
09:30 – 10:00
Recycling of Scrap and Aluminium Production Residues – Experiences from Cooperative Research of Swerim - Ulf Sjöström (Ferro Arcum AB)
– BREAK –
10:00 – 10:30
SESSION 1 – Advanced Alloys and Recycling - Materials and Life Cicle Analysis
10:30 – 12:30
Characterization of End-of-Life Aluminium Scrap for AI-Assisted Sorting in Circular Recycling Systems - Georgia Kastrinaki (CERTH)
Microstructure and Processing of 5xxx-10 % Mg Rolled Sheets - Philip Aster (Montanuniversität Leoben)
Novel Atomic-scale Insights into Heterogeneous Nucleation in Al Alloys: Solving a Decade-Old Debate with STEM-EELS - Shihao Wang (SciTech Daresbury)
N.N.
– LUNCH BREAK –
12:30 – 13:45
KEYNOTE 2
13:45 – 14:15
DED-FAST: Sustainable Hybrid Manufacturing of Titanium Alloy Structures using Field-Assisted Sintering Technology and Directed Energy Deposition - Martin Jackson (University of Sheffield) and Thomas Klein (LKR Light Metals Technologies, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology)
SESSION 3: Advanced Alloys and Recycling - Casting, Characaterisation and Digitial Aspects
14:20 – 16:20
Elastic Property-based Characterization of Precipitation Kinetics in High-strength Aluminum Alloys - Thomas Obermayr (AMAG)
Advanced Electron Microscopy for Multiscale Characterization and In Situ Studies of Wrought Aluminum Alloys - Moritz Theissing (FELMI-ZFE)
Battery Cell Enclosures from Aluminium Alloys with Low Carbon Emissions Produced from Scrap - Shirin Nouhi (Swerim)
RecAL – Europe’s Game Changer for Circular Aluminium - Ivan Mayorov (Cancom)
AI Assisted Phase Segmentation of Fe-rich Intermetallic Phases in Secondary Aluminum Alloys - Nicole Wechner (MUL)
N.N.
– BREAK –
16:20 – 16:35
PANEL DISCUSSION 1: Driving Digital Transformation and Innovation in the Metal Industry
16:35 – 17:20
Werner Fragner (AMAG), Evgeniya Kabliman (University of Bremen - tbc), Herwig Eichler (IBA), Georg Stöger (TTTech - tbc); Moderation: Carina Schlögl (LKR)
PARALLEL SESSIONS
SESSION 2: Forming and Processing Technologies
10:30 – 12:30
80% Less CO₂: A New Production Route for Battery Aluminium Foils - Alexander Wimmer (Constantia Teich)
Titanium at Its Best – Where Tradition Meets Digital Transformation in an innovative SME - Thomas Meyer (Heggemann)
Accelerating Titanium Sheet Forming: From Microstructure Optimization to Economical Deep Drawing of Complex Components - Carina Schlögl (LKR Light Metals Technologies, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology), Christopher Wiednig (voestalpine Metal Forming Division), Alexander Janda (voestalpine Böhler Bleche)
Intelligent Control Algorithm for Enhanced Product Quality and Process Efficiency in Heat Treatment of Aluminium Alloys - Stephan Strommer (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology)
Beyond Extrusion: Alternative Forming Routes for Magnesium Wire Production - Max Stirl (TU Freiberg)
The foundry of the future, utilising humanoids and physical AI - Andreas Fent (BMW)
SESSION 4: AM and Welding
14:20 – 16:20
Mechanically Manufactured (“Machined”) Aluminum Alloy Powders for LPBF Processing - Frank Palm (Airbus)
Mechanical and Microstructural Characterization of EN AW-2014 Components Manufactured via Wire-based Friction Stir Additive Manufacturing (W-FSAM) - Martin Werz (Materialprüfungsanstalt Universität Stuttgart)
Influence of Laserbeam Rotating to the Porosity of Laser-MIG-Hybrid Welded AW 6063-T6 Aluminum Alloy for Battery Trays - Herbert Staufer (Fronius)
Optimization of Heat Treatments for Additively Manufactured Al-Cu-Alloys for Robust and Efficient Processes - Felix Wenninger (TH Ingolstadt)
Laser Welding of 3xxx and 6xxx Alloys Produced from Secondary Sources - Joacim Hagström (Swerim)
Model-based Process Development for Friction Stir Welding toward In-dustrial Bobbin Tool Application for Heavy Wall Aluminium Welds - Hannah Gottlieb (TU Graz)
WEDNESDAY, 4th November
THURSDAY, 5th November
MAIN PROGRAM
PANEL DISCUSSION 2: Forging Resilience: Sustainability and Competitiveness in the Metal Industry
09:00 – 09:45
Christina Sobotka (Mercedes-Benz), Sabine Sigle (Nemak), Alexander Pogany (BMIMI), Alexander Wimmer (Constantia Teich); Moderation: Carina Schlögl (LKR)
KEYNOTE 3:
09:50 – 10:20
Innovative Approaches in Materials Design: High-throughput Screening and beyond - Evgeniya Kabliman (University of Bremen and Leibniz Institute for Materials Engineering – IWT)
– BREAK –
10:20 – 10:45
SESSION 5: Innovative Materials Testing
10:45 – 12:25
Damage energy density-based approximation to describe the material behavior under cyclic loading - Rainer Wegener (Fraunhofer LBF)
Accelerating Materials Testing through Robotics and Semantic Data Management for Self Driving Labs - Eric Breitbarth (DLR)
AI-Enhanced CAE for Accelerated Structural Assessment - Christian Kurzböck (Virtual Vehicle)
Digital Twin Material Characterization of Dual-Phase Steels using LINOVIS: From Strain-Rate Effects to Automated 3D-DIC Forming Limit Evaluation - Martin Schwab (4a)
High-Speed Imaging for Wire Production - Pauline Meyer-Heye (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology)
– FAREWELL –
12:25 – 12:35
– LUNCH –
12:25 – 14:00
PARALLEL SESSIONS
SESSION 6: Simulation in Advanced Light Metal Processing
10:25 - 12:25
N.N.
AI Based Digital-Twin Framework for Predicting Quality and Mechanical Properties in Aluminum Gravity Casting - Hamed Rezvanapour (UNIMORE)
Extending a Physics-based Recrystallization Model using Genetic Programming - Gabriel Kronberger (FH Hagenberg)
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Graph Neural Digital Shadows for Fast Vertical Direct Chill Casting Simulation - Anahid Wachsenegger (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology)