Speakers 2023


Adachi, Takero
KOBE STEEL, LTD.
Japan

Dr. Adam, Henrik
Tata Steel Ltd
Netherlands

Adam, Jörg
VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
Germany


Agraniotis, Michalis
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries EMEA Ltd.
Germany




Al-Gahtani, Masoud
SABIC
Saudi Arabia



Alharbi, Mansour
SABIC
Saudi Arabia



Altay, Mert
Erdemir
Turkey


Alzayer, Mohammed
SABIC
Saudi Arabia

Anderson, Matt
Primetals Technologies US
United States

Ashburn, Ronald E.
Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST)
United States



Atan, Mehmet Burak
İskenderun Iron and Steel Co.
Turkey

Athayde, Maycon
Minerai de fer Quebec
Canada

Aula, Matti
Outokumpu Stainless
Finland

Auzmendi, Itsaso
Sarralle
Spain

Avsar, Ahmet Mithat
İsdemir
Turkey


Baek, Min-Seok
Hyundai Steel Co.
Republic of Korea



Bär, Kai K. O.
adphos Innovative Technologies GmbH
Germany

Baron, Robert
Swiss Steel Group
Germany

Bartusch, Hauke
VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
Germany




Behrens, Holger
SMS group
Germany


Bernhard, Michael
Pohang University of Science and Technology
Republic of Korea

Berton, Julien
Vesuvius Europe
Belgium

Beskow, Kristina
UHT Uvån Hagfors Teknologi AB
Sweden


Bhattacharya, Saptarshi
M. N. Dastur & Co.
India





Dr. Bol, Luc
Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V.
Netherlands

Bollmann, Joerg
John Cockerill
Germany

Bono, Riccardo
Università degli Studi di Milano
Italy

Boot-Handford, Matthew
Calix
Australia





Breuer, Michael
SMS group
Germany


Brhel, Jaroslav
HTT Engineering spol. s r.o.
Czech Republic

Brune, Tobias
SMS group
Germany


Bryce, Christopher
Vesuvius UK
United Kingdom


Büttgen, Armin
thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
Germany


Cameron, Ian
Hatch Ltd.
Canada


Carreau, Jesse
Allied Mineral Products
Canada




Chattaraj, Soumi
Tata Steel Ltd
India



Chigwedu , Champion
HT-PEACS LLC
Germany

Cho, Yongseok
POSCO
Republic of Korea





Cojocaru, Vasile Danut
University Politehnica of Bucharest
Romania




Costa Braga, Barbara
Vallourec
United States



Dahmen, Burkhard
SMS group
Germany

Del Gobbo, Matthew
Hatch Ltd.
Canada


Dr. Denecke-Arnold, Heike
thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
Germany


Diegelmann, Volker
VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
Germany


Dimmer, Martin
Celsa Steel UK
United Kingdom

Dornelas, Bárbara
CRM Group
Belgium

Dratner, Christof
KME Special Products & Solutions GmbH
Germany

Duan, Shengchao
Hanyang University
Republic of Korea


Dumortier, François
John Cockerill
Belgium


Ece, Ömer
İskenderun Iron and Steel Co.
Turkey

Eisbacher-Lubensky, Jan
Montanuniversität Leoben
Austria



Eom, June yong
Hyundai Steel Co.
Republic of Korea

Ernst, Daniel
Montanuniversität Leoben
Austria

Esterhuizen , Andre
Tenova South Africa Pty Ltd
South Africa

Fang, Yuan
Baowu Group
China

Faraci, Eros
Rina Consulting – Centro Sviluppo Materiali S.p.A
Italy



Fernö, Elina
Swerim AB
Sweden

Ferraiuolo, Alessandro
Marcegaglia Carbon Steel S.p.A.
Italy

Fiedler, Andre
thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
Germany




Flament, Sebastien
CRM Group
Belgium


Florian-Henrich, Falk
Smart Steel Technologies GmbH
Germany

Fogelström, Julia
Swerim AB
Sweden


Fouarge, Hubert
CRM Group
Belgium

Franz, Klaus
Primetals Technologies Germany
Germany

Fredi, Francesco
Feralpi Group
Italy

Frittella, Piero
Feralpi Group
Italy


Fuchs, Hagen
Primetals Technologies Germany
Germany


Gaiser, Georg
Montanuniversität Leoben
Austria

Garassino, Domenico
Danieli Corus B.V
Italy

Garitaonandia Areitio, Erika
AZTERLAN Metallurgy Research Centre
Spain


Geach, Paul Mark
Primetals Technologies UK
United Kingdom

Gelmini, Mario
BM GROUP POLYTEC S.p.A.
Italy



Giese, Marcel
Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing
Germany

Glaser, Björn
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Sweden

Glodek, Peter
GEA Bischoff GmbH
Germany



Gordon, Yakov
Hatch Ltd.
Canada

Goryuk, Maksym
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Ukraine



Grasselli, Andrea
Tenova S.p.A.
Italy

Griessacher, Thomas
Stahl- und Walzwerk Marienhütte GmbH
Austria




Gulda, Maria Persson
H2 Green Steel
Sweden

Günerdi, Murat
Çolakoglu Metalurji A.S.
Turkey



Gurrath, Karola
Primetals Technologies Germany
Germany


Haase, Rico
Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology
Germany


Haimi, Timo
Metso Outotec Oy
Finland

Hain, Simon
Primetals Technologies Germany
Germany


Hansmann, Thomas
SMS group GmbH
Germany


Haschke, Arno
Primetals Technologies Germany
Germany

Haschke, Thomas
SMS group
Germany


Haverkamp, Mark
SMS group
Germany


Heidari, Aidin
University of Oulu
Finland


Higashi, Ryota
Tohoku University
Japan




Hohenbichler, Gerald
Primetals Technologies Austria
Austria

Hollensteiner, Florian
Primetals Technologies Austria
Austria


Hong, Yul
Hyundai Steel Co.
Republic of Korea

Hopperdizel, Paulo
Lumar Metals
Brazil



Hubrich, Martin
VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
Germany





Hyllander, Gunilla
Hybrit Development AB
Sweden




Jaouen, Olivier
Transvalor S.A.
France


Javurek, Mirko
Johannes Kepler University
Austria



Jeon, Jiho
Hyundai Steel Co.
Republic of Korea

Jeong, Eunju
POSCO
Republic of Korea



Dr. Juchmann, Peter
Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
Germany

Jun, Yeongjin
Hanyang University
Republic of Korea

Jung, Sungmo
Pohang University of Science and Technology
Republic of Korea


Kalugin , Mikhail
KALUGIN Top Combustion Solutions
Serbia



Karasev, Andrey
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Sweden

Kern, Wolfgang
Paul Wurth Italia S.p.A.
Italy

Kesavan, Sailesh
Swerim AB
Sweden

Kharchenko, Oleksandr
Zaporizhzhia National University
Ukraine

Kim, Gibeom
Pohang University of Science and Technology
Republic of Korea

Kim, Ji Joon
POSCO
Republic of Korea

Kim, Kyunghwan
Hanyang University
Republic of Korea

Kim, Taesung
Hyundai Steel Co.
Republic of Korea

Kim, YongWoo
Chosun University
Republic of Korea




Kirschen, Marcus
RHI Magnesita
Germany

Kitagoh, Kazutoshi
Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation
Japan


Klitschke, Silke
Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials
Germany


Knepper, Marco
Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH
Germany


Kofler, Alexander
SMS group
Germany


Kon, Tatsuya
Kyushu University
Japan


Köster, Marc
VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
Germany



Krause, Fabian
SMS group
Germany

Krauthäuser, Horst
IMS Messsysteme GmbH
Germany


Krieg, Elmar
SMS group
Germany

Krull, Hans-Günter
Deutsche Edelstahlwerke Specialty Steel GmbH & Co. KG
Germany





Kwon, Jaehong
Hyundai Steel Co.
Republic of Korea

Ladenthin, Noel
RWTH Aachen University
Germany

Laforest, Guylaine
Corem
Canada

Lahdo, Rabi
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V.
Germany



Latypova, Renata
University of Oulu
Finland


Lee, Jaemin
Hyundai Steel Co.
Republic of Korea

Lee, Minjoo
Hanyang University
Republic of Korea





Lis, Konrad
Lublin University of Technology
Poland

Liszio, Peter
thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
Germany



Lu, Yu-Chiao
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Sweden

Lücking, Friedrich
SMS group
Germany

Lytvynyuk, Yuriy
Elkem ASA
Norway






Martinez Rehlaender, Eloy
SvMet Engineering S.A.
Mexico


Masuyama, Asuto
NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
Japan



Matsuda, Kosho
Nippon Steel
Japan




Meier, Fiona
RWTH Aachen University
Germany

Mengel, Christian
SMS group
Germany

Mertas, Bartosz
Institute of Energy and Fuels Processing Technology
Poland


Minovsky , Johannes
Vesuvius Europe
Germany

Mintus, Frank
VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
Germany

Mishra, Ritesh
Jindal Steel & Power Angul Odisha
India

Mitas, Bernhard
K1-MET GmbH
Austria


Mizuta, Keiji
Primetals Technologies Japan
Japan

Mochizuki, Chitoshi
Primetals Technologies Japan
Japan


Mohapatra, Sangram Keshari
Imerys S.A.
France

Mohr, Andreas
Deutsche Edelstahlwerke Specialty Steel GmbH & Co. KG
Germany


Montazerozohour, Elmira
Primetals Technologies Austria
Austria


Morice, Didier
AST Technology S.A.S. France
France

Morishige, Seiji
KOBE STEEL, LTD.
Japan

Morrison, Colin
Primetals Technologies UK
United Kingdom


Mousa, Elsayed
Swerim AB
Sweden


Muller, Clément
Fives Group
France

Dr. Myungkyun, Shin
POSCO
Republic of Korea

Nadur Motta, Ricardo Sebastião
Ternium
Brazil



Nardini, Alberto
POMINI Long Rolling Mills Srl
Italy

Natsui, Shungo
Tohoku University
Japan



Neuer, Marcus
VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
Germany

Ney, Gerhard
Saarstahl AG
Germany

Nölle, Christoph
VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
Germany


Olcese, Alessandro
Paul Wurth Italia S.p.A.
Italy

Olivos, Alma
Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V.
Netherlands

Omelchneko, Volodymyr
thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
Germany

Ordieres Meré, Joaquín B.
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Spain




Overhagen, Christian
University of Duisburg-Essen
Germany


Pancaldi, Roberto
Tenova S.p.A.
Italy

Panda, Sourav Kumar
Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V.
Netherlands

Park, Jiook
POSCO
Republic of Korea

Park, Joohyun
Hanyang University
Republic of Korea


Park, Taechang
Hyundai Steel R&D Center
Republic of Korea


Pawelski, Hartmut
SMS group
Germany





Prof. Pinkwart, Karsten
University Karlsruhe
Germany


Plate, Frank
SMS group
Germany





Preisser, Nikolaus
Montanuniversität Leoben
Austria

Presoly, Peter
Montanuniversität Leoben
Austria

Pronk, Hans
Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V.
Netherlands



Rahmatmand, Behnaz
University of Newcastle
Australia

Rajabi, Ahmad
VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
Germany

Ramalingam, Sethu
Danieli Corus B.V
Netherlands

Ramirez Lopez, Pavel E.
Swerim AB
Sweden


Rasmussen, Thomas
Åkers Sweden AB
Sweden

Rauter, Wolfgang
voestalpine Stahl Donawitz GmbH
Austria


Reiche, Thomas
FEhS-Institut für Baustoff-Forschung GmbH
Germany

Reimer, Paula
Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH
Austria

Reinisch, Niklas
RWTH Aachen University
Germany


Richard, Sebastian
SMS group
Germany

Richardson, Andrew
Liberty Speciality Steels Ltd
United Kingdom


Richter, Gerhard
ONEMET Technology Trading GmbH
Austria

Riedler, Michael
Primetals Technologies Austria
Austria

Riethof, Sebastian
thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
Germany

Rimnac, Axel
Primetals Technologies Austria
Austria

Rische, Marco
ABP Induction Systems GmbH
Germany

Ritter, Agnes
McKinsey & Company
Austria

Rivetti, Pierpaolo
SMS Concast AG
Switzerland




Royo, Gabriel
Primetals Technologies US
United States


Rudge, David
Hatch Ltd.
Canada




Sainz, Bernardo
AMI Automation
Mexico

Saisse de Melo, Luísa
Ternium
Brazil

Salamone, Elisa
Danieli Corus B.V
Italy



Schaub, Eric
Paul Wurth Deutschland GmbH
Germany

Schickbichler, Manuel
Montanuniversität Leoben
Austria


Schlemminger, Alexander
QuantoLux Innovation GmbH
Germany

Schmidt, Thomas
SMS group
Germany


Schmitz, Alexander
Paul Wurth S.A.
Luxembourg



Scholles, Martin
SMS group
Germany

Schops, Matthias
Aperam Genk
Belgium



Schwarzer, Marc
PSI Metals GmbH
Germany

Schwarzmann, Jakob
IMS Messsysteme GmbH
Germany



Serban, Nicolae
University Politehnica of Bucharest
Romania




Shimoda, Naoki
Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation
Japan

Shimotani, Toshihito
Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation
Japan

Shu, Qifeng
University of Oulu
Finland

Siahaan, Andrey Stephan
Tohoku University
Japan

Sieghart, Jörn
SMS group
Germany

Siemann, Patrick
SMS group
Germany

Siri, Giovanni
Danieli & C. S.p.A.
Italy


Skelnik, Christian
thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
Germany

Dr. Skorianz, Michael
Danieli Corus B.V
Netherlands

Smart, David
Materials Processing Institute
United Kingdom




Spreitzer, Daniel
Primetals Technologies Austria
Austria

Staudinger, Günther
Danieli Corus B.V
Netherlands

Stefan, Tobias
Métal 7 inc.
Canada

Steinparzer, Thomas
Primetals Technologies Austria
Austria


Stenzel, Kerstin
thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH
Germany


Suetsugu, Iori
KROSAKI HARIMA CORPORATION
Japan

Sumikawa, Hiroaki
NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
Japan


Taferner, Matthias
Montanuniversität Leoben
Austria

Taleb-Araghi, Babak
SMS group
Germany

Taylor, Thomas
thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
Germany

Teng, Lidong
ABB AB
Sweden

Tesselaar, Ewout
Danieli Corus B.V
Netherlands


Theuringer, Martin
German Steel Federation
Germany
