We; the Training Center of the Chamber of Metallurgical and Materials Engineers of UCTEA, are proud to announce that 8th International Iron and Steel Symposium EFRS-2022, will be held at Izmir Tepekule Convention and Exhibition Center on May 26-27, 2022 with “New Horizons...” motto, to bring the industry and employees together, to improve social and professional networking and to increase the morale / motivation that we lacked and need so much in these hard days.

In line with our motto, we would like to discuss and manifest our industrial awareness to understand what lays beyond the horizon for steel; with respect to the green deal, along with the uncertainties, threats and opportunities, the future position of scrap based steel making facilities in the context of resource supply chain challenges ahead, efficiency of developing green technologies to meet promising targets of integrated steel plants, the dilemma of high quality product requires high quality raw material and the decisive role of policy makers globally. In this context, while trying to understand the philosophy of digitalization, we will question the effects of big data structuring, artificial intelligence and the use of robots in the steel industry. We will try to answer what the energy crisis at the door will force us to do? We will discuss effect of all the aforementioned on overall investment climate. Our primary concern, Occupational Health and Safety along with “Safely Together” act as we name it and “Wellbeing” issues getting increasingly popular recently will also be covered as main subject of importance.

We invite you all to talk about future of steel at new horizons...