Invited and keynote lectures
Prof. Andrey A. Rempel
The director of the Institute of Metallurgy of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Plenary lecture title: High temperature synthesis and atomic structure of high entropy alloys
Prof. Ralf Riedel
The head of the research group Fachgebiet Disperse Feststoffe, which is part of the Department Material – und Geowissenschaften of the Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
Plenary lecture title: Discovery of Inorganic Nitrides under High Pressure Conditions
Prof. Natalia Sobczak
Head of the Department of Metallurgical Processes, Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
Prof. Xianran Xing
Changjiang professor at University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), and director of the Institute of Solid State Chemistry, USTB, China
Plenary lecture title: Magnetic structure and negative thermal expansion in rare earth alloys
Dr. Mathieu Allix
Laboratoire CEMHTI – Site HT, Orléans, France
Keynote lecture title: Innovative Ceramics Synthesised by Glass Crystallisation
Massimo Angiolini
ENEA, Roma, Italy
Keynote lecture title: Corrosion in Heavy Liquid Metals
Prof. Rajendra Kumar Bordia
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
Keynote lecture title: Corrosion and Oxidation Resistant Polymer Derived Ceramic Coatings
Dr. Prof. Salvatore Grasso
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, PR China
Keynote lecture title:
Dr. Rer. Nat. Branko Matovic
Vinca Institute of Nuclear Science, Belgrade, Serbia
Keynote lecture title: High temperature densification of ceramic materials under high pressure
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietmar Koch
Institute of Materials Resource Management, University of Augsburg, Germany
Keynote lecture title: Processing of Ceramic Matrix Composites with Enhanced Properties
Diletta Sciti, PhD
CNR – Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, Faenza, Italy
Keynote lecture title: Advances and challenges in the development of Ultra High Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites for severe environments
Prof. Yuji Iwamoto
Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech), Japan
Keynote lecture title: Hydrogen affinity of metal-free ceramic-based materials