The topics of interest of the conference include but are not limited to:
(1) Light metals (especially titanium and magnesium alloys)
(2) Advanced steels and high temperature metallic materials
(3) Amorphous metals
(4) Nano-structured and biomedical materials
(5) Advanced ceramic materials
(6) Composite materials and advanced polymers
(7) Novel materials processing technology (including severe plastic deformation, mechanical alloying, powder metallurgy, semi-solid processing, laser processing and surface engineering, simulation and modeling, etc.).