On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we are pleased to invite you to the 15th International Conference on Semi-Solid Processing of Alloys and Composites, which will be held from October 22nd to 24th, 2018 at Shangri-La Hotel, Shenzhen, China. It's our great honor that Prof. M.C. Flemings, the creator of semi-solid processing technology, NAE member, CLASS member and Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will attend this conference. The conference will set up three awards including: Best Paper Award for Young Scientist, Outstanding Contribution Award and Best Poster Award. There will be an exhibition of equipment and technologies. It is proposed to hold a day-long teaching session on the key technologies of semi-solid processing. The lectures will be in English. The conference will provide translation equipment.

Topics

The conference topics will cover - but will not be limited to – the following subjects:

(1) material development and characterization,

(2) semi-solid slurry making processes,

(3) rheology, modeling and simulation,

(4) economic aspects and industrial applications.

(5) environmental and (6) mold design.

The official language of the conference is English. Participants are requested to submit

their abstracts in English using the templates provided on the website.

All manuscripts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee.