EEC 2026 Scientific and Steering Committee
Chairpersons
Banzato Giovanni – Acciaierie Venete, Italy
Kleimt Bernd – VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut, Germany
Arlt Detmar – Hochschule Düsseldorf, Germany
Bianchi Ferri Mauro – Acciarium, Italy
De Santis Michele – Rina Consulting Centro Sviluppo Materiali, Italy
Di Cecca Cosmo – Feralpi Group, Italy
Echterhof Thomas – RWTH Aachen, Germany
Elsabagh Sami – Georgsmarienhütte, Germany
Fasolini Serena – Deref, Italy
Foglio Gianpaolo – Feralpi Group, Italy
Krassnig Hans Joerg – Primetals Technologies, Austria
Krüger Klaus – Ingenieurbüro Klaus Krüger – Passion Steel, Germany
Lanari Andrea – SMS group, Italy
Mombelli Davide – Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Moreschi Riccardo – Fassa Bortolo, Italy
Pastorino Ferruccio – Consultant, Italy
Peri Roberto – SANAC, Italy
Zanforlin Maurizio – ORI Martin, Italy
EMECR Scientific and Steering Committee
Chairpersons
Caldonazzo Arvedi Marcello – Acciaieria Arvedi, Italy
Mapelli Carlo – Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Barella Silvia – Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Boehm Christian – Primetals Technologies, Austria
Brooks Geoffrey – Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Cirilli Filippo – Rina Consulting Centro Sviluppo Materiali, Italy
Colla Valentina – Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy
de Villa Gino – Hatch, Canada
Dijon Leandro – Vale International, Switzerland
Lachmund Helmuth – Consultant, Germany
Lüngen Hans Bodo – Stahlinstitut VDEh/Steel Institute VDEh, Germany
Manenti A. Angelo – Metal Consulting LLC., USA
Nogami Hiroshi – Tohoku University, Japan
Strezlov Vladimir – Macquarie University, Australia
van der Stel Jan – Tata Steel R&D, Nederland
Organising Committee
Federica Bassani – AIM General Secretary
Ettore Bordon – Cogne Acciai Speciali
Sabrina De Donato – AIM Secretariat
Carlo Mapelli – Politecnico di Milano
Davide Mombelli – Politecnico di Milano
Silvano Panza – AIM President
Alessandra Saleri – President of AIM Forging Technical Committee
Valentina Tavana – Siderweb