SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE

Steel is a material with a major strategic importance,  vital  to  many  industrial  sectors  such  as
transport,  construction,  oil  &  gas,  and  energy  production industries. Both the design and production of components and  of  load  bearing  structures  made  of  steel  are  constantly seeking the possibility of increasing the level of strength so as to reduce weight and dimensions in a significant way.
The  advantages  of  such  an  action  are  however  to  be  seen not only from a pure economic point of view, but, in many sectors, also within a much more important socio-environmental context.
In  addition  to  strength  properties,  the  new  steels  under development  should  offer  ease  of  forming,  of  welding  and other fabrication procedures. Severe working conditions often require either good toughness at low temperatures anticipated in service or other improved performances such as low susceptibility to hydrogen embrittlement, and resistance to high temperature.
 For Material Scientists and Engineers it is a hard task to obtain  a  satisfactorily  good  combination  of  properties  that makes the use of high strength steel materials in a selected context  possible  or  even  attractive.  But  the  importance  of the overall objective largely justifies the big efforts paid by the international Community through the years.
After  the  previous  successful  1st  International  Conference  on “Super-High  Strength  Steels”,  2-4  November  2005,  in Rome, organised by AIM (Associazione Italiana di Metallurgia) and CSM (Centro Sviluppo Materiali) and the Conference  on “New  Developments  on  Metallurgy  and  Applications of High Strength Steels”, 26-28 May 2008, Buenos Aires, Argentina,  organised  by  Ternium,  Tenaris  and  Asociación  Argentina de Materiales (co-sponsors AIM, TMS and ABM), AIM invites delegates to attend the 2nd International Conference on “Super-High Strength Steels”, in Peschiera del Garda, Italy on October 17-20, 2010.
The Conference will be a suitable meeting place for those involved in research, development and application of advanced steels. The congregation of these groups has proven to be a fruitful seed for the successful development of innovative processes, of new grades for a wide range of carbon and alloyed steels options and of new applications for improved performances high strength steels.
With  this  conference  the  organisers  intend  to  achieve  the continuation  of  the  path  towards  a  cooperation  on  a  permanent basis between Industry and Academia on the topic of  high  strength  steels.  This  International  Conference  will provide  a  technical  forum  for  the  dissemination  of  recent advances in the field of high strength steels. Academics, research centres, operators in leading market sectors such as Automotive,  Mechanics,  Oil  &  Gas  and  Energy  production and transmission, Constructions, are addressed to report on the  latest  progresses  made  in  the  field  of  formability,  weldability, corrosion, fatigue & fracture resistance, creep resistance, just to quote some of the main properties to be developed in association with the required High or Super High Strength levels.
Metallurgists and Technologists will be asked to contribute also on the fabrication cycles set-up and control themes as well as the identification and description of the relevant property - controlling mechanisms.

Conference website: www.aimnet.it/shss2010.htm