Scientific Committee
Ing. Martin BALCAR, Ph.D.
Head of Steel Production and Ingot Casting
ŽĎAS, a.s., Czechia
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Christian BERNHARD
Head of a Steel Cleanness and Casting Research Group
Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria
Doc. Ing. Marian BOJKO, Ph.D.
Deputy Head of Department of Hydromechanics and Hydraulic Equipment
VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czechia
Doc. Ing. Branislav BUĽKO, Ph.D.
Director of Institute of Metallurgical Technologies and Industry Transformation
Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
Ing. Jiří CIBULKA, Ph.D.
Head of Research and Industrial Property Management Department
TŘINECKÉ ŽELEZÁRNY, a.s., Czechia
Dr hab. inż. Adam CWUDZIŃSKI, prof. PCz
Associate Professor at Department of Metallurgy and Metals Technology
Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Claire DAVIS
Professor and Head of the Advanced Steel Research Centre
University of Warwick, UK
Dr.-Ing. Thomas ECHTERHOF
Academic Director at Department for Industrial Furnaces and Heat Engineering
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Prof. Pavel Ernesto RAMIREZ LOPEZ
Specialist & Leader Casting Research Area (at SWERIM) / Adjoint Professor (at KTH)
SWERIM AB / KTH – Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Prof. Lukasz MADEJ
Professor at Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science
AGH University of Krakow, Poland
Prof. Ing. Karel MICHALEK, CSc.
Professor Emeritus
Czech Metallurgical Society, Czechia
Ing. Mgr. Šárka MIKMEKOVÁ, Ph.D.
Group leader at the Institute of Scientific Instruments
Czech Academy of Sciences, Czechia
Dr. Rodolfo D. MORALES,
Professor at Department of Metallurgy
Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
Doc. Ing. Jaromír MORAVEC, Ph.D.
Dean of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Technical University of Liberec, Czechia
Ing. Rudolf MORAVEC, Ph.D.
Process Engineer of Steelmaking
US Steel, Vestavia, Alabama, USA
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Josef PETERS
Chief Executive Officer
Peters Engineering, Germany
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Herbert PFEIFER
Professor at Department for Industrial Furnaces and Heat Engineering
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Prof. Ulrich PRAHL
Director of Institute for Metal Forming
Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Ing. René PYSZKO
Researcher at Environmental Research Department
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice, Czechia
Prof. dr hab. inż. Mariola SATERNUS
Professor at Department of Metallurgy and Recycling
Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Carl SLATER
Associate Professor at Warwick Manufacturing Group
University of Warwick, UK
Prof. Ing. Bedřich SMETANA, Ph.D.
Department Head – Chemistry and Physico-Chemical Processes
VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czechia
Prof. Brian G. THOMAS
Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, USA
CJ Gauthier Professor Emeritus and Research Professor, University of Illinois, USA
Prof. Chenn Q. ZHOU
Distinguished Professor and Director CIVS & SMSVC
Purdue University Northwest, USA