Committees
Chair
Dr. Lesley Frame (University of Connecticut, Vice President of IFHTSE, USA)
Dr. Thomas Waldenmaier (Robert Bosch GmbH, Chairman of AWT, Germany)
International Committee
Dr. Mischa Bachmann (Volkswagen AG, Germany)
Prof. Rafael Colas (Universidad Autónoma de Nueva Leon, Executive Committee Member of IFHTSE, Mexico)
Prof. Rainer Fechte-Heinen (Leibniz-Institut für Werkstofforientierte Technologien – IWT, Bremen, Executive Committee Member of IFHTSE, Germany)
Dr. Imre Felde (Óbuda University, Treasurer of IFHTSE, Hungary)
Prof. Jianfeng Gu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Executive Committee Member of IFHTSE, China)
Bernard Kuntzmann (Listemann AG, Executive Committee Member of IFHTSE, Switzerland)
Dr. Stefan Hock (Secretary General IFHTSE, Germany)
Dr. Scott Mackenzie (Quaker Houghton Inc, Executive Committee Member of IFHTSE, USA)
Enrico Morgano (Presidente del Comitato Tecnico AIM, Italy)
Prof. Masahiro Okumiya (Toyota Technological Institute, Past President of IFHTSE, Japan)
Prof. Massimo Pellizzari (University of Trento, President of IFHTSE, Italy)
Prof. Reinhold Schneider (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Executive Committee Member of IFHTSE, Austria)
Christophe Stocky (R&D Centre of ABS Acciaierie Bertoli Safau, Executive Committee Member of IFHTSE, France)
Dr. Eva Troell (RISE IVF Research Institutes of Sweden, Executive Committee Member of IFHTSE, Sweden)
Bernhard Vandewiele (General manager at BVDW consultancy, Belgium)
Filip Vráblík (ECOSOND s.r.o., President of ATZK, Czech Republic/Slovakia)
Prof. Mufu Yan (Harbin Institute of Technology, Executive Committee Member of IFHTSE, China)
Scientific/Program Committee
Prof. Thomas L. Christiansen (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, USA)
Prof. Rainer Fechte-Heinen (Leibniz-Institut für Werkstofforientierte Technologien – IWT, Bremen, Germany)
Dr. Volker Heuer (ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH, Germany)
Prof. Olaf Keßler (Lehrstuhl für Werkstofftechnik, Universität Rostock, Germany)
Prof. Ulrich Krupp (Director of IEHK - Institut für Eisenhüttenkunde, RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
Prof. Marcel Somers (Technical University of Denmark, Executive Committee Member of IFHTSE, Denmark)
Dr. Matthias Steinbacher (Leibniz-Institut für Werkstofforientierte Technologien – IWT, Bremen, Germany)
Dr. Isabell Toldo (Hilti AG, Liechtenstein)
Prof. Veronique Vitry (Université de Mons – Faculté Polytechnique, France)
Local Organizing Committee
Sonja Müller (Managing Director of AWT)
Dr. Thomas Waldenmaier (Robert Bosch GmbH, Chairman of AWT)
Dr. Rainer Tinscher (Managing Direcotor of F&E Technologiebroker Bremen GmbH)
Prof. Rainer Fechte-Heinen (Leibniz-Institut für Werkstofforientierte Technologien – IWT, Bremen, Germany)
Dr. Stefan Hock (Secretary General of IFHTSE)