Conference Registration
The plant tour is sold out!!
Information about plant tour for already registered attendees
We want to inform you about a change of date.
New date for the voestalpine Plant Tour: Monday, May 23, 2022 from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
The meeting point is in front of the conference location (Stahlwelt).
On Wednesday at 2 p.m. there is the possibility to explore the “Stahlwelt Museum” independently.
Here is the meeting point for the interested participants at the registration of the Stahlwelt (first floor).
Preliminary information can be found here:
https://www.voestalpine.com/stahlwelt/en/World-of-Discovery/Exhibition/
We are looking forward to a great and exciting conference in Linz.
Scope
The HMnS 2022 is the 5th international conference covering all scientific and technical aspects of medium and high Mn steels. In this conference, the topic of high Mn Nitrogen steels will also be included. After the success of the previous HMnS conferences in Seoul (2011), Aachen (2014), Chengdu (2016) and again Aachen (2019), the HMnS2022 will move to Linz, Austria. Here, many researchers intensively deal with research and development of medium and high Mn steels. Therefore, we intend to offer an international forum to this specific point of interest.
Medium and high Mn steels exhibit complex deformation mechanisms, leading to an extraordinary combination of mechanical properties. Austenitic single-phase high Mn steels, austenitic high Mn Nitrogen steels and multi-phase medium Mn steels between 3-30 wt-% will be addressed to cover the ongoing scientific and industrial developments in the design of Mn-rich high-strength steels. The HMnS2022 will bring together international scientists and engineers to discuss the understanding of the underlying physical phenomena and possible answers to relevant technical challenges.
We intend to adress participants from both industry and scientific institutions. Oral sessions will range from fundamental aspects to final application. In addition, a conference tour, included in the program, will present a globally unique adventure world dedicated to steel, voestalpine Stahlwelt, along with the voestalpine plant visit.
Conference Chairmen
- Prof. Reinhold Schneider, University of Appl. Sci. Upper Austria, Austria
- Prof. Daniel Krizan, voestalpine Stahl GmbH, Linz, Austria
Registration Information
Conference participants can register online at the conference website: www.hmns2022.org
- Regular participant: EUR 990,–
- Early Registration (Feb 28, 2022): EUR 890,–
- Undergraduate student: EUR 400,–
Call For Abstracts
Those who are active in the areas of medium Mn, high Mn and high Mn Nitrogen steels are invited to submit abstracts. The official language of the conference is English. An abstract with 200 to 300 words should be submitted until
November 15, 2021 online via the Conference website. A notification of acceptance for oral presentation will be sent after the abstracts are reviewed by the scientific committee. The authors of accepted abstracts are kindly asked to submit a 4-page extended abstract for the conference proceedings. Authors of selected papers will be invited to publish a contribution in a special issue of the Journal Steel Research International (SCI journal).
Important Dates
- Final Registration Deadline May 18, 2022
Our Plenary Lecture

Daniel Krizan
Research and Development Department, Business Unit Coil, voestalpine Stahl GmbH

Andreas Pichler
Research and Development Department, Business Unit Coil, voestalpine Stahl GmbH

Reinhold Schneider
Research and Development Department, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
Supported by
Venue, Accommodations & Contacts
ContactASMET | Austrian Society for Metallurgy and Materials
Franz-Josef- Str. 18, 8700 Leoben, Austria
hmns2022@asmet.at | +43 3842 402 2290 tel | +43 3842 402 2202 fax