The Smel­ting Sym­po­si­um was first orga­ni­zed in 2023 as an online event under the name SAF/OSBF Sym­po­si­um by the Depart­ment for Indus­tri­al Fur­naces and Heat Engi­nee­ring (IOB) at RWTH Aachen Uni­ver­si­ty. After the ren­aming to Smel­ting Sym­po­si­um and ano­ther online event in 2024, the 3rd Smel­ting Sym­po­si­um will take place as a face-to-face event on Sep­tem­ber 29 and 30, 2026 in Aachen.

The sym­po­si­um will be used to pre­sent the cur­rent sta­tus of rese­arch & deve­lo­p­ment and plant tech­no­lo­gy for elec­tric smel­ting fur­naces (ESF, inclu­ding SAF and OSBF) and to dis­cuss the future tasks and chal­lenges of the indus­tries (fer­ro­al­loys, steel­ma­king, recy­cling, etc.). To this end, spe­cia­list lec­tures from sci­ence and indus­try will be pre­sen­ted and dis­cus­sions held.

Sub­mer­ged Arc Fur­nace by Vik­tor Mácha / viktormacha.com

Smelting Symposium 2026

Venue

The Ford Hall (Ford-Saal) in the SuperC will be the cen­ter­pie­ce of the Smel­ting Sym­po­si­um — a place whe­re sci­ence, inspi­ra­ti­on, and a spec­ta­cu­lar view over pic­tures­que Aachen come tog­e­ther. As soon as you enter, you are wel­co­med by a light-fil­led space with high cei­lings that instant­ly con­veys a sen­se of new begin­nings and inno­va­ti­on. The pan­o­r­amic view of Aachen, fea­turing the Cathe­dral and City Hall, makes this venue in the heart of Aachen’s cam­pus life a tru­ly uni­que con­fe­rence location.

Super C, Ford-Saal (6th flo­or) — Temp­ler­gra­ben 57, 52062 Aachen (Gool­ge Maps)

Social Event

An Evening of Net­wor­king and Culina­ry Delights at Restau­rant Elisenbrunnen

To round off an inspi­ring day, we invi­te you to our social evening at the his­to­ric Restau­rant Eli­sen­brun­nen. Loca­ted right in the heart of Aachen, direct­ly adja­cent to the famous ther­mal springs, this venue per­fect­ly com­bi­nes tra­di­tio­nal charm with a sophisti­ca­ted atmo­sphe­re. Enjoy a first-class din­ner, rai­se a glass with col­le­agues, and use this won­derful oppor­tu­ni­ty to deepen con­ver­sa­ti­ons and for­ge new con­nec­tions in a rela­xed setting.

Restau­rant Eli­sen­brun­nen — Fried­rich-Wil­helm-Platz 14, 52062 Aachen (Goog­le Maps)

Hotels

For your con­ve­ni­ence, we have sel­ec­ted a ran­ge of near­by hotels available for direct boo­king.

Preliminary agenda

Mon­day, Sep­tem­ber 28, 2026

Wel­co­me Recep­ti­on at IOB start­ing at 6:00 p.m.

Tues­day, Sep­tem­ber 29, 2026

Sci­en­ti­fic pre­sen­ta­ti­ons at the Ford Hall (SuperC) from 9:00 a.m. til 4:00 p.m.

Social Event at the Restau­rant Eli­sen­brun­nen sar­ting at 7:00 p.m.

Wed­nes­day, Sep­tem­ber 30, 2026

Sci­en­ti­fic pre­sen­ta­ti­ons at the Ford Hall (SuperC) from 9:00 a.m. til 2:00 p.m.

Call for Abstracts

We invi­te you to share your latest rese­arch and insights at the Smel­ting Sym­po­si­um. Aut­hors are wel­co­me to sub­mit their abs­tracts (appro­xi­m­ate­ly 150–250 words) for con­side­ra­ti­on until July 31, 2026. Plea­se note that sub­mis­si­ons must be pro­ces­sed through our dedi­ca­ted sub­mis­si­on por­tal. Click on the but­ton below to view the gui­de­lines and sub­mit your abstract.

Sub­mit here

Registration

Infor­ma­ti­on on how to regis­ter for the sym­po­si­um will be available here shortly.

See you at the upcoming symposium!

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Scientific Committee

Moritz Eick­hoff (RWTH Aachen University)

Ville-Valt­te­ri Visu­ri (Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu)

Organization

Dr.-Ing. Moritz Eickhoff

Group Mana­ger High Tem­pe­ra­tu­re Flows

+49 241 80–26065

smelting@iob.rwth-aachen.de

Previous Smelting Symposia

SAF/OSBF Sym­po­si­um 2023 — online — Decem­ber 15th, 2023

Smel­ting Sym­po­si­um 2024 — online — Octo­ber 11th, 2024

Registration for the mailing list

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