• Abstract Submission Deadline: November 20, 2026
• Notification of Acceptance: January 15, 2027
• Early Bird Registration: February 5, 2027
• Full paper or extended abstract: March 5, 2027

ECHT 2027 and 32nd IFHTSE World Congress will be jointly held in Milan on 14-17 April 2027 by AIM, the Italian Association for Metallurgy.
These two jont conferences are the premier global forum for the exchange of cutting-edge scientific knowledge and industrial advancements in heat treatment and surface engineering and will offer great networking opportunities.
The event is dedicated to researchers, engineers, metallurgists, and industry leaders seeking to bridge the gap between laboratory innovation and large-scale industrial application.

The full text or extended abstract of the accepted papers will be published in the electronic proceedings and issued to attendees on arrival at the Conference. They will also be published on the IFHTSE website.

Certain papers may be considered for publication in the AIM journal La Metallurgia Italiana – International Journal of the Italian Association for Metallurgy, which is covered in the Science Citation indexed by Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters), and in Scopus by Elsevier B.V.