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