Some invited presentations have been confirmed with the titles listed below.

The conference schedule plan will be updated soon....

• Prof. Guo-Cai Chai  (Sandvik AB, Sweden)
  “Roles of nitrogen on TWIP in a super austenitic stainless steel”

• Prof. Toshihiro TSUCHIYAMA (Kyushu University)                                        “Nitrogen-enhanced temperature dependence of grain refinement strengthening in austenitic stainless steel”

• Prof. Ke Yang (Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)  “Biological Effects of Nitrogen and HNS for Medical Applications”

• Prof. Rainer Fluch (Voestalpine Böhler Edelstahl GmbH & CoKG)                          “On the development of a new type of high nitrogen superaustenitic stainless steel”

• Prof. Zhouhua Jiang (Northeastern University China)                                              “A promising pressurized duplex route for manufacturing of high nitrogen stainless steel”

• Prof. Hua-Bing Li (Northeastern University China)                                          “Effects of high pressure on solidification behavior and structure characteristics of special steel”

• Dr. Guilio Maistro (Uddeholms AB)                                                                                “Heat treatment of N-alloyed stainless PM tool steel with superior corrosion and wear properties”

• Dr. David Molnar (Outokumpu Stainless AB)                                                   “Deformation behaviour of nitrogen-alloyed stainless steels” 

• Dr. Simona Radice (Rush University Medical Center)                                           “Investigations on Corrosion and Tribocorrosion of a Ni-free Austenitic HNS for Orthopedic Implant Applications”

• Prof. Qing-Chuan Wang (Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)                                                                                                         “Design of a Novel Self-healing High Nitrogen Stainless Steels”