Invited speakers

Plenary

• Kaneaki TSUZAKI (National Institute for Materials Science, Japan)
  Fracture and Microstructure in High-Strength Steels: How can we get fracture-resistant steels?
• Naoki MARUYAMA (Nippon Steel Corporation, Japan / Osaka University, Japan)
  Challenges to eco-friendly advanced ultra-high-strength structural steels

Invited

• Jacques BESSON (Centre des Matériaux, France)
  Ductile failure of vintage and modern line-pipe steels
• Stefanus HARJO (Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Japan)
  In situ neutron diffraction monitoring on transformation and tensile behavior of lath martensite
• Bevis HUTCHINSON (Swerim AB, Sweden)
  The origins and resulting effects of internal stresses in martensite
• Satoshi IGI (JFE Steel Corporation, Japan)
  Advanced Technologies for Ductile Fracture Prevention in Gas Transmission Pipeline
• Makoto KAWAMORI (Kobe Steel, Ltd., Japan)
  Evaluation and Control of Local Hydrogen Distribution for Improving Hydrogen Embrittlement Resistance of Steel
• Akihiro UENISHI (Nippon Steel Corporation, Japan)
  Development of automotive advanced high strength sheet steels: from macro to nano
• Stefan ZAEFFERER (Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Germany)
  Quantitative 2D and 3D characterization of lattice defects in metals using electron diffraction techniques in the SEM
• Xiaodan ZHANG (Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark)
  Microstructure and strengthening mechanisms in pure iron wires and pearlitic steel wires