We are happy to welcome our users to a User Group Meeting in Paris, France! The aim of the meeting is to exchange ideas and experience in the field of CALPHAD-type thermodynamics and kinetics in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. The meeting will be a two-day event.
The language of all presentations will be English.
Program
Thursday November 5, 2026
09:00 – 12:00 Thermo-Calc Hands-on training / workshop on Additive Manufacturing Module and
Calculating materials properties for additive
12:00 – 12:30 Registration
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:00 News from Thermo-Calc, Overview of recent developments, Outlook to the future
Thermo-Calc Software AB
14:00 – 14:30 Adapting High-Temperature Steels for Additive Manufacturing
Dr. Manuel Sánchez Poncela – R&D Senior Researcher, ArcelorMittal Global R&D, Spain
14:30 – 15:00 Crack Susceptibility Coefficient‑Based Optimization of Alloy Composition for Hot‑Tear
Mitigation
Dr. Daniel Irmer – CETIM, Mulhouse, France
15:00 – 15:30 A Combined CALPHAD and data mining approach for the design of Cu–Al-based high-
temperature shape memory alloys
Prof. Dr. Léo Thiercelin – ENSAM Metz, France
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 16:30 From CALPHAD calculations to engineering solutions
Dr. Savya Sachi, Thermo-Calc Solutions, Sweden
16:30 – 17:00 EERZ kinetic modelling of steel refining process
Anissa Sadou and Christoph Stocky, ABS Acciaierie Bertoli Safau S.p.A., France / Italy
17:00 – 17:30 Duplex Steels (exact title to follow)
Irena Collado, Acerinox, Spain
19:00 – late Social gathering and dinner
Friday November 6, 2026 TBD
09:00 – 09:30 Calfateria
Dr. Nathalie Dupin, Calcul Thermodynamique, Orcet, France
09:30 – 10:00 At the Calfateria, discussing Phase diagrams created by Universal Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials
Dr. Suzana Fries, Ruhr Uni Bochum, Germany
10:00 – 10:30 Bainite – Experiments and Modelling
Dr. Aurélie Jacob, TU Vienna, Austria
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30 Thermodynamic Approaches to Managing Tramp Elements in Steel Production
Nicholas Grundy, Thermo-Calc AB, Sweden
11:30 – 12:00 High-throughput calculation of eutectic and congruent compositions for latent heat
energy storage
Karoline Borowski, Jean-Marc Joubert, ICMPE-CNRS, Thiais, France
12:00 – 12:30 Identifying Eutectics and Optimal Compositions using Algorithms and Machine Learning,
coupled with Thermo-Calc
Dr. Katarina Firdova, Dr. Guillaume Deffrennes, SIMAP, Grenoble, France
12:30 – 13:00 Solidification path in the iron-rich region of the Fe-B-C ternary system
Luanna Carvalho De Souza, SIMAP, Grenoble, France
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Lab Tour
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