Conference Topics

The conference will have several keynote lectures by experts in sheet metal forming across the globe. Technical paper presentations on novel and recent studies on topics related to sheet metal forming are invited. Some topics of current interest are listed below. Other topics related to the broad area of sheet metal forming that fall beyond the topics listed below are welcome too.

• Novel tooling, equipment and emerging sheet metal forming Technologies
• Constitutive modelling and emerging simulation techniques across length scales
• Damage modelling and forming limit prediction
• Forming technologies for joining and assembly
• Smart and Industry 4.0-enabled forming technologies
• Sustainable and green forming technologies
• Material testing 2.0 and standardization
• Surface-Engineering and tribology in sheet metal forming
• Hybridization of sheet metal forming with additive manufacturing and other techniques.
• Sheet metal engineering for Electric Vehicles