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.

Agenda

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.

Publication

We are proud to publish sel­ec­ted papers as a spe­cial issue titled “Smel­ting Tech­no­lo­gies: Sel­ec­ted Papers from the Smel­ting Sym­po­si­um 2026” in Iron­ma­king & Steel­ma­king: Pro­ces­ses, Pro­ducts and Appli­ca­ti­ons.

Registration

Secu­re your spot at the Smel­ting Sym­po­si­um today! Regis­tra­ti­on for the two-day event is open and must be com­ple­ted through our dedi­ca­ted regis­tra­ti­on page. The regis­tra­ti­on fee is € 670, which includes full access to all tech­ni­cal ses­si­ons, con­fe­rence mate­ri­als, cate­ring throug­hout the event, as well as admis­si­on to the evening Social Event at Restau­rant Eli­sen­brun­nen. We look for­ward to wel­co­ming you to Aachen!

Scientific Committee

Moritz Eick­hoff (RWTH Aachen University)

Ville-Valt­te­ri Visu­ri (Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu)

Shab­nam Sabah (Swin­b­ur­ne Uni­ver­si­ty of Technology)

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

You will be auto­ma­ti­cal­ly added to the list by regis­tering to the conference.