Please note this is the programme of the 2025 edition. All timings, lectures, speakers and social events may be subject to adjustments and changes for 2026 edition.

Monday 23 June 2025

Time
08:30 – 9:00  Introduction & Presentation of EPMA

Dr. Bruno Vicenzi (EPMA)

09:00 – 09:45

Introduction to Materials Science

Prof. Alberto Molinari (University of Trento)

09:45 – 10:30

Introduction to PM

Prof. Marco Actis Grande (Politechnico di Torino)

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:45

Powder Manufacturing & Characterization

Dr. Dimitris Chasoglou (Höganäs AB)

11:45 – 12:30

Shaping Technologies – Die Compaction

Mr. Jose Manuel Sanchez Moreno (CEIT)

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:45

Fundamentals of Sintering

Dr. Johannes Trapp (Fraunhofer IFAM Dresden)

14:45 – 15:30

Liquid Phase Sintering

Mrs. Cinzia Menapace (University of Trento)

15:30 – 16:15

Sintering Atmospheres

Prof. Christian Gierl-Mayer (TU Wien)

16:15 – 16:45 Coffee Break
16:45 – 17:30

Post Sintering Treatments

Prof. Jose Manuel Torralba (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, IMDEA)

18:45 – 20:45 Welcome Reception

Tuesday 24 June 2025

Time
08:15 – 9:00 

Furnace Technology

Dr. Michael Kanaan (CREMER Thermoprozessanlagen)

09:00 – 09:45

Light Metals

Dr. Johannes Trapp (Fraunhofer IFAM Dresden)

09:45 – 10:30

Modelling

Prof. Christoph Broeckmann (RWTH Aachen University)

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:45

Calphad Method in PM

Prof. Raquel Oro de Calderon (TU Wien)

11:45 – 12:30

Additive Manufacturing (I) Alloys Development

Prof. Riccardo Casati (Politecnico di Milano)

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:45

Additive Manufacturing (II) PBF/DED

Prof. Diego Manfredi (Politecnico di Torino)

14:45 – 15:30

Additive Manufacturing (III) BJ/3D Printing

Dr. Cristina Berges (UCLM)

15:30 – 16:15

Metal Injection Molding I

Prof. Gemma Herranz (UCLM)

16:15 – 16:45 Coffee Break
16:45 – 17:30

Metal Injection Molding II

Prof. Frank Petzoldt (Petzoldt Consulting)

Wednesday 25 June 2025

Time
07:30 – 9:00 

Departure for Höganäs (1h bus)

09:00 – 09:45

Properties of PM parts

Dr. Michael Andersson (Höganäs)

09:45 – 12:30

Lab Work & Höganäs Site Visit

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 14:15

Low Alloy Steels

Dr. Maheswaran Vattur Sundaram (Höganäs)

14:15 – 17:30

Lab Work & Höganäs Site Visit

Thursday 26 June 2025

Time
08:15 – 9:00 

Special Steels

Dr. Shandra Sainz (CEIT)

09:00 – 09:45

Hot Isostatic Pressing

Mr. Anders Magnusson (Quintus Technologies)

09:45 – 10:30

Hard Materials I

Dr. Steven Moseley (Hilti AG)

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:45

Hard Materials II

Prof. Susanne Norgren (Sandvik and Lund)

11:45 – 12:30

Introduction in Cutting Technology

Mr. Volodymyr Bushlya (Lund)

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30

Lab Work & Sustainability Case Studies

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:30

Lab Work & Sustainability Case Studies

Friday 27 June 2025

Time
08:15 – 9:00 

RESQTOOL & START Projects

Prof. Susanne Norgren (Sandvik and Lund) & Mr. Damian Karpowicz (Genicore)

09:00 – 09:45

Alternative Methods and Innovative Sintering

Prof. Lars Nyborg (Chalmers)

09:45 – 10:30

High Temperature Materials

Prof. Monica Campos (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:45

Soft Magnetic Materials

Dr. Mark Dougan (AMES SA)

11:45 – 12:30

REPTIS Project

Mr. Tuomas Ranto (University of Leoben)

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch