SPCI-XII

The schedule for SPCI-XII has been decided!
SPCI-XII will be implemented by hybrid style of face-to-face and online.

※Due to the influence of COVID-19, speakers who cannot join will be Online presentation.
According to recent policy, participant have to stay for two weeks in hotel near to Haneda or Narita airport. After that, you can continue to come to Hokkaido and Muroran.

BACKGROUND AND SCOPE

The 12th International Symposium on the Science and Processing of Cast Iron follows the distinguished tradition of researchers, producers and users of cast iron together and discuss the advances in the science and processing of cast iron.

TOPICS

Fundamental research on metallurgy, solidification and solid state transformations of cast iron.
Thermo-physical and thermos-mechanical properties of cast iron.
Modelling and simulation of phenomena’s related to processing of cast iron.
Recent technologies of melting, casting, heat treatment and process control.
Novel developments and applications of cast iron.

PROGRAM

November 9, 2021	Registration Welcome reception
November 10, 2021	Registration Opening Ceremony Plenary Lecture Lunch Technical session Banquet
November 11, 2021	Registration Technical session Lunch Excursion ① Date City Museum of History and Culture Official Banquet
November 12, 2021	Registration Lunch Excursion ② Hokkaido Ainu Museum named Upopoy

Conference Schedule at a Glance here

To all online speakers
Please your presentation according to the following manual.
Manual here

General Information
Please click the tab below to check the presentation procedure.
Oral Presentation Instruction here(face to face and online)

REGISTRATION

Registration
Early Bird-Registration:〜30th September,2021(JST)
Standard Registration:1st October,2021(JST)〜On-Site

Registration Fee
Registration categories	Early Bird Fee 〜30th September,2021	Standard Fee 1st October,2021〜On-Site
Participant	JPY 75,000	JPY 85,000
Student	JPY 35,000	JPY 45,000
Online participation	JPY 30,000	JPY 40,000
Accompanying Person	JPY 30,000	JPY 40,000
Excursion	JPY 5,000	JPY 7,500

※"Accompanying Person" must be a spouse or a family member of the registered participants.
※At least one of the authors must register and pay a registration fee before final paper submission.
※The registration of Work Visits has a deadline on 30th September, 2021.
However, the registration of tour will be closed once full.

CALL FOR PAPERS

ABSTRACT

Lecture application June 1st,2021
Abstract deadline : June 30th,2021
Abstract must be more than 200 words and cannot be exceeded 300 words.
List the 3-5 keywords covered in your paper.
Please write in English according to the abstract template.

Abstract Template here

EXTENDED ABSTRACT

The congress will be conducted in English.
Extended abstract are welcome to be submitted by September 30th,2021.
Please write in English according to the Extended abstract template.template.(Do not exceed 2 pages.)

Extended Abstract Template here

IMPORTANT DATES

Lecture application June 1st,2021
Abstract deadline : June 30th,2021
Submission of extended abstract deadline : August 31st,2021.

VENUE

The symposium will be held in Muroran city in Hokkaido, Japan. The symposium venue is the Muroran City Lifelong Learning Center "Kiran". The word “Muroran” is derived from the Ainu word “Mo - Luerani” and means “small, downstream”.

view", and with the light up of the Swan Ohashi over the Muroran port, it creates a night view as if it is inside a jewelry box.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

CHAIRPERSON	Kazumichi Shimizu (Muroran Institute of Technology)
CO-CHAIRPERSON	Shinji Kumai (Tokyo Institute of Technology) Hideyuki Yasuda (Kyoto University)
MEMBER	Sadato Hiratsuka (Iwate University) Toshimitsu Okane (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) Yasuhiro Maeda (Daido University) Takashi Kanamori (KANAMORI SYSTEM Inc.) Hiroyasu Makino (SINTOKOGIO, LTD.) Noritaka Horikawa (National Institute of Technology, Asahikawa College) Yoshiyuki Noda (Yamanashi University) Atsuya Toba (Hokkaido Research Organization) Kenta Kusumoto (Muroran Institute of Technology) Kazunori Sato (SECRETARY GENERAL of Japan Foundry Engineering Society)
ADVISER	Shoji Kiguchi (Former Chairman of Japan Foundry Engineering Society) Takeshi Torigoe (Chairman of Japan Foundry Engineering Society) Kiyohiko Hosoda (Adviser of Japan Foundry Engineering Society)

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

MEMBER	Lena M Åberg (Volvo Powertrain) Roberto Boeri (INTEMA - University of Mar del Plata - CONICET) Sarum Boonmee (Suranaree University of Technology) Andriy Burbelko (AGH University of Science and Technology) Andreas Bührig-Polaczek (RWTH Aachen University) Manuel de Jesús CASTRO-ROMÁN (Cinvestav Unidad Saltillo) Attila Dioszégi (Jönköping University) Steve Dawson (SinterCast) Jessica Elfsberg (Scania CV AB) Hasse Fredriksson (KTH) Marcin Górny (AGH University of Science and Technology) Wilson Luiz Guesser (TUPY and State University of Santa Catarina – UDESC) Sadato Hiratsuka (Iwate University) Zenon Ignaszak (Poznań University of Technology) Jacques Lacaze (CIRIMAT) Juan Miguel Massone (INTEMA, National University of Mar del Plata) Werner Menk (Dr. Werner Menk Giessereiberatungen) Primož Mrvar (University of Ljubljana) Adel Nofal (Central Metallurgical R&D Institute) Iulian Riposan (POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest) András Roósz (University of Miskolc) Carlos Silva Ribeiro (Porto University) Peter Schumacher (Montanuniversität Leoben) Pål Schmidt (Volvo Powertrain AB) Kazumichi Shimizu (Muroran Institute of Technology) Doru M Stefanescu (The Ohio State University) Ramón Suárez (AZTERLAN) Niels Skat Tiedje (Technical University of Denmark) Babette Tonn (Clausthal University of Technology) Robert C Voigt (Pennsylvania State University) Hideyuki Yasuda (Kyoto University) Note: Members will be added after confirmation.

MEMBER

Lena M Åberg
(Volvo Powertrain)
Roberto Boeri
(INTEMA - University of Mar del Plata - CONICET)
Sarum Boonmee
(Suranaree University of Technology)
Andriy Burbelko
(AGH University of Science and Technology)
Andreas Bührig-Polaczek
(RWTH Aachen University)
Manuel de Jesús CASTRO-ROMÁN
(Cinvestav Unidad Saltillo)
Attila Dioszégi
(Jönköping University)
Steve Dawson
(SinterCast)
Jessica Elfsberg
(Scania CV AB)
Hasse Fredriksson
(KTH)
Marcin Górny
(AGH University of Science and Technology)
Wilson Luiz Guesser
(TUPY and State University of Santa Catarina – UDESC)
Sadato Hiratsuka
(Iwate University)
Zenon Ignaszak
(Poznań University of Technology)
Jacques Lacaze
(CIRIMAT)
Juan Miguel Massone
(INTEMA, National University of Mar del Plata)
Werner Menk
(Dr. Werner Menk Giessereiberatungen)
Primož Mrvar
(University of Ljubljana)
Adel Nofal
(Central Metallurgical R&D Institute)
Iulian Riposan
(POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest)
András Roósz
(University of Miskolc)
Carlos Silva Ribeiro
(Porto University)
Peter Schumacher
(Montanuniversität Leoben)
Pål Schmidt
(Volvo Powertrain AB)
Kazumichi Shimizu
(Muroran Institute of Technology)
Doru M Stefanescu
(The Ohio State University)
Ramón Suárez
(AZTERLAN)
Niels Skat Tiedje
(Technical University of Denmark)
Babette Tonn
(Clausthal University of Technology)
Robert C Voigt
(Pennsylvania State University)
Hideyuki Yasuda
(Kyoto University)
Note: Members will be added after confirmation.