Major conferences planned for 2023
5th International Conference on Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering of Tools and Dies (HTSE-TD)
Hangzhou, China | April 24-27, 2023
This conference in Hangzhou, China, will...
A message from the new IFHTSE vice president
It is a great honor to serve as your new vice president. I take on this role out of deep passion for our field...
World Congress keynote speakers and topics revealed
The ASM Heat Treating Society (HTS) and the International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE) proudly present the highly anticipated 29th IFHTSE...
Mark your calendars for these important conferences scheduled for 2026
7th Asian Conference on Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering
September 10-12, 2026
Chengdu, China
The 7th Asian Conference on Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering of Materials (7ACHTSE2026)...
IFHTSE website gets an update
The website of IFHTSE (www.ifhtse.org) recently has been upgraded to include the program and proceedings of many of the member conferences and IFHTSE congresses....
IFHTSE World Congress scholarships awarded
At the 29th IFHTSE World Congress in Cleveland, Ohio, awards were given to Benjamin Dollhofer of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany...
IFHTSE invites researchers to participate at World Congress
In the effort to support emerging talents and enhance the international character of our events, IFHTSE has invited four researchers under 35 to participate...
Conference updates and other IFHTSE highlights
ECHT 2023 Conference
AIM is proud to announce the ECHT 2023 Conference in Genova, Italy, at Magazzini del Cotone. The conference will meet May...
ECHT 2024 to focus on processes, tech for sustainable future
The ECHT 2024 Conference and the 50th Annual A3TS Congress will be together in Toulouse, France, June 5-7, 2024. The focus will be on...
A letter from IFHTSE’s outgoing president
Dear Colleagues and Friends:
Now 2021 has come to its end, it is time for a look back on the past two years, which were...
Heat Treat 2023 and other conference news
Heat Treat 2023, scheduled for October 17-19 in Detroit, Michigan, is co-located with IMAT 2023 and the Motion+Power Technology Expo in Detroit, Michigan, and...
Make plans to attend Heat Treat 2023
Heat Treat 2023 will be in Detroit, Michigan, October 17–19. This event will be co-located with IMAT 2023 and the Motion+Power Technology Expo and...
More World Congress details available
The ASM Heat Treating Society (HTS) and the International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE) proudly present the highly anticipated 29th IFHTSE...
Celebrating 50 years of IFHTSE in 2022
The 27th IFHTSE Congress will be in Salzburg, Austria, September 5-8, 2022, at the Wyndham Grand Salzburg Conference Center. This is going to be...
MacKenzie retires from Quaker Houghton
D. Scott MacKenzie, PhD, FASM, Quaker Houghton Research Fellow, recently retired from Quaker Houghton January 31. For the past 24 years, he worked at...
Lesley Frame elected vice president of IFHTSE 2024-2026
Lesley Frame, assistant professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut, recently was elected IFHTSE vice president for the 2024-2026 term in Yokahama and...
Dr. Scott MacKenzie appointed IFHTSE honorary president
The Executive Committee has awarded Dr. Scott MacKenzie the honorary presidency “In recognition of his exceptional and enduring service to IFHTSE, far exceeding duties...
Welcome address from the new IFHTSE president
Dear members and friends of IFHTSE:
I am honored to step into the role of president for our federation. Our organization has a long history...
Lesley Frame is new IFHTSE president for 2026-2027 term
Lesley Frame will be serving as the new president of IFHTSE for 2026-2027. Dr. Frame is associate professor of Materials Science and Engineering, past-UTC...
90-plus authors submit abstracts for European heat treat conference
So far, more than 90 authors from 22 countries have provided abstracts to the 27th IFHTSE Congress and ECHT2022. The contributions cover a wide...
European Conference on Heat Treatment in Prague well attended
The European Conference on Heat Treatment and 5th International Conference on Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering in Automotive and Transportation Applications “Heat Treatment in...
Get ready for Heat Treat 2023
Heat Treat 2023, October 17-19 in Detroit, Michigan, will co-located with IMAT 2023 and the Motion+Power Technology Expo and cover many topics of interest....
4th International Conference on HTSE of Tools and Dies successfully held online
This first online global IFHTSE conference was hosted by member China Heat Treatment Industry Association (CHTA) and co-organized by Harbin Institute of Technology and...
QDE conference draws packed halls in Vancouver
High energy and cutting-edge technology were on display recently at the Third International Conference on Quenching and Distortion Engineering (QDE) in Vancouver. A strong...
Deadline approaching for ECHT2022 conference abstract submissions
Abstract submission deadline is January 31, 2022, for the 27th IFHTSE Congress in Salzburg, Austria, September 5-8, 2022, at the Wyndham Grand Salzburg Conference...
Start making plans for Heat Treat 2023, one of many big conferences ahead
This event, co-located with IMAT 2023 and the Motion+Power Technology Expo in Detroit, is October 17-19 and is expected to cover many topics of...
Important conferences through 2027
7th Asian Conference on Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering
September 10-12, 2026
Chengdu, China
The 7th Asian Conference on Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering of Materials (7ACHTSE2026)...
Greetings from IFHTSE’s new president
Dear members, colleagues, and friends:
I am Masahiro Okumiya, and I have been the new president of IFHTSE since January 2022. I work for the...
More than a thousand attend successful 30th World Congress
Nearly 800 scholars, experts, and scientific and technological personnel attended the 30th World Conference on Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering at the Suzhou Shishan...
Salzburg conference to commemorate IFHTSE’s 50th year
The 27th IFHTSE Congress will be in Salzburg, Austria, September 5-8, 2022. This is going to be a very special event, as it will...
Industry conference news for 2023, beyond
The 5th International Conference on Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering of Tools and Dies (HTSE-TD), sponsored by the Chinese Heat Treating Association, will be...
Alessandra Palombi wins Aichelin Young Speaker Award
Alessandra Palombi from the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” was given the Aichelin Young Speaker Award at the...
Podgornik to be awarded IFHTSE Fellowship at Lecce conference
Prof. Bojan Podgornik, head of the Materials and Technology department at the Institute of Metals and Technology and Professor at the University of Ljubljana,...
Members to be awarded citations at European heat treat conference
The European Conference on Heat Treatment/IFHTSE 27th Congress, will be September 5-8 at the Wyndham Grand Salzburg Conference Center in Salzburg, Austria. The event...
Mark your calendars for these important conference dates
5th International Conference on Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering of Tools and Dies (HTSE-TD)
Hangzhou, China | April 24-27, 2023
This conference, sponsored by the Chinese...
HeatTreat 2023 is heating up!
HeatTreat 2023 is October 17-19 in Detroit, Michigan. It is co-located with IMAT 2023 and the Motion+Power Technology Expo and is expected to cover...
IFHTSE Fellow Prof. Tatsuo Inoue dies at 83
It is with regret that we announce the passing of IFHTSE Fellow Prof. Tatsuo Inoue. He was 83. He was a professor at Kyoto...
Sabine Denis to be awarded IFHTSE Medal at 30th World Congress
Sabine Denis with the University of Lorraine, Institut Jean Lamour, will be awarded the IFHTSE Medal for her lifetime achievements in numerical modeling of...
Imre Felde to be keynote lecturer at ECHT 2025 in Prague
The ECHT 2025 Conference and the 5th International Conference on Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering in Automotive and Transportation Applications will be in Prague...
Leading heat-treatment computer simulation expert dies
IFHTSE mourns the death of Dr. Caner Simsir, who was known worldwide as a leading expert on computer simulation of heat-treatment processes, which was...
