82nd HeatTreatmentCongress (HK)

The 82nd HeatTreatmentCongress (HärtereiKongress)

31st IFHTSE-World Congress - Congress event of the International Federation on Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE)

European Conference on Heat Treatment (ECHT) 2026

and 4th conference Steel Innovation

HeatTreatmentCongress: The largest European congress on topics of heat treatment and materials technology, manufacturing and process engineering in 2026 is organized in cooperation with the International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE) as well as the European heat treatment associations from France, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the Benelux countries. Due to the expected number of lecture registrations, the congress event is planned as a three-day event. The language of the conference will be English.

Topics

HeatTreatmentCongress, IFHTSE-World Congress, ECHT 2026

Heat treatment – processes, systems, media, safety
Sustainability concepts for heat treatment plants and process chains
Artificial intelligence, simulation and digitalization
Production and processing of components in the process chain
Properties of components in processing
New material developments
Material analysis and quality control

Steel Innovation

Materials Engineering steel
Digital steel technology
High strength and wear-resistant steels
Sustainable steel - recycling, re-use and re-manufacturing
Corrosion-resistant steels
Hydrogen embrittlement /steel development for the hydrogen economy
Materials testing for steel
Increasing the damage tolerance of steels
New steel concepts for additive manufacturing

The language of the conference will be English.

You are welcome to send us an abstract of 1,800 characters (including spaces) along with your photo to info@awt-online.org until March 15, 2026. From November 2025 onwards, abstracts can also be submitted using the form on this website. Please note, that only abstracts in English language will be accepted.

In 2026 an extended abstract is requiered and will be published in the proceedings of the event. Further details and deadlines will be published asap on this website.