The conference covers all major areas of the technology and science of metal forming, including:

• Manufacturing processes & equipment
• Materials behavior and characterization
• Modeling and simulation
• Microstructure design by forming
• Surfaces & Interfaces
• Control & Optimization

Themes of particular interest have emerged in recent years and are expected to mark the 2023 edition:

• Green / sustainable metal forming technologies
• Digitalization, virtualization, AI in metal forming
• Joining by forming, multi-material processing
• Agile / flexible metal forming processes
• Forming of non-metallic materials
• Micro-forming and luxury applications

Plenary lectures

• Julian Allwood, University of Cambridge (UK): The role of metal forming in a world with zero emissions
• Bernd-Arno Behrens, Leibniz Universitat Hannover (Germany): Digital Transformation in the World of Forging
• Jian Cao, Northwestern University (USA): Machine Learning in Advancing Metal Processing Technologies
• Ming Wang Fu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (China): The past, present and future challenges in microforming
• Toshihiko Kuwabara, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Japan): Advanced material testing methods for sheet metals
• Pierre Montmitonnet, Mines Paris PSL Research University (France): Space- and time-varying friction in metal forming: risks and opportunities, experimental and numerical assessment
• Sandrine Thuillier, Université de Bretagne Sud (France): From homogeneous to heterogeneous mechanical testing of metallic materials