The 35th annual International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials, METAL 2026, took place in Brno from May 5 to 7, 2026. A total of 70 presentations and 69 posters were prepared for the 163 participants from 25 countries.
The conference was opened by Ing. Šárka MIKMEKOVÁ, Ph.D., from the Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno with a plenary lecture on the topic "Pushing the Limits of SEM in Materials Science: Slow Electrons, Intelligent Signal Filtering, and Next-Generation Detection".
The second plenary lecture, titled "Recovery of Valuable Metals from Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment: Technologies and Challenges", was delivered by Prof. Mariola SATERNUS from the Silesian University of Technology in Katowice.
However, the thematic scope of the conference lectures was, as usual, much broader. Researchers presented new developments not only in the fields of iron, steel, cast iron, non-ferrous metals, and alloys production, metal forming, and surface engineering, but also in the economics and management of metallurgical production.
The accompanying exhibition by the sponsoring company Metalco Testing s.r.o. was also very informative.
The award for the best poster went to KANDULA Muni Kumar from Triveni Turbine Limited and the Indian Institute of Science in India.
The next 36th edition of the METAL conference will take place in May 2027.