From In-person to Digital
Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, we transformed the 59th conference of Metallurgists into a digital event.
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Conference Program
How to Navigate the Conference
Uranium joins COM 2020
Together as ONE digital event
To better serve the community, MetSoc has decided for U2020 to join forces with the COM 2020 digital conference!
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Thank you to our sponsors!
Theme
Emerging Technologies in Materials and Metallurgical Industries
Technologies that were non-existent or immature a decade ago, are being developed/commercialized currently, and are expected to be fully adopted in a decade.
Metallurgy
- Sustainable Energy Practices in Metal Processing
- Development and Implementation of Novel Extraction Technologies
- Best Safe Practices and Catastrophic Risk identification and Mitigation
- Processing of Strategic Materials
Materials
- Additive manufacturing
- Digitization (Industry 4.0)
- Accelerated Materials Design
- Materials for renewable energy technologies
Technical Program
- Light Metals for the Transportation Industry
- Manufacturing Involving Rapid Solidification
- Advances in Materials Manufacturing IV- Dr. Jason Lo Memorial symposium
- Corrosion and Degradation
- Accelerated Material Design (ICME) in Structural and Energy Materials
- Towards Sustainable Energy Practices in Metal Processing
- Third Novennial Symposium on New Technology Implementation
- Rodney Jones Honorary Symposium on Chromite Processing
- Best Safe Practices and Catastrophic Risk Identification and Mitigation
- Processing of Critical Materials
- Novel Technologies for Environmental Footprint Reduction in Mineral Processing Operations
Organizing Committee
CONFERENCE CHAIR
Mansoor Barati
University of Toronto
SECRETARY
Stephen Corbin
Dalhousie University
TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIR,
METALLURGY
Sina Mostaghel
SNC-Lavalin
TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIR,
MATERIALS
Jun Song
McGill University
SHORT COURSE CHAIR
Peter Lind
Newmont Mining
SPONSORSHIP CHAIR,
MATERIALS
Mark Kozdras
NRCAN
SPONSORSHIP CHAIR,
METALLURGY
Nils Voermann
Hatch
STUDENT ACTIVITIES CHAIR
Abu Syed Kabir
Carleton University
SHOW MANAGEMENT
Brigitte Farah
Conference Management
Janice Burke
Editorial Coordinator
Victoria Di Woo
Administrative Coordinator
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