Important Dates

Abstract Submission Open

Abstract Submission Due

Notification of Acceptance, Registration Open

Early Bird Registration Closed

May 15, 2020

August 15, 2020

September 15, 2020

January 15, 2021

Notification of Acceptance, Registration Open

Sintering 2021

Call for Papers

The International Conference on Sintering 2021

March 27 - 31, 2021Nagaragawa

Convention Center, Gifu, Japan

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TokyoOsakaKyoto

Fukuoka

Sapporo

Gifu

Gifu city

TakayamaShirakawa-go

Nagoya

Central JapanInternational Airport Location

Central JapanInternational

Airport MeitetsuGifu St.

Nagaragaw

a Convention Center

JRGifu St.JR

Tokyo St.Nagoya St.

[Shinkansen]Nozomi (52 mins)

JRShin-Osaka St.

[Shinkansen]Hikari (55 mins)

[Shinkansen]Nozomi (100 mins)

[JR TokaidoLine]New rapid (18 mins)

[Meitetsu]Express (about 28 mins)

Gifu HashimaSt.

[Meitetsu] Express (about 66 mins)

Bus

Bus

Bus information will be posted on website.

**AccessGifu City is located in the center of Japan. Although it is the capital of Gifu Prefecture, it is blessed with an environment full of natural beauty; the Nagara River running through the center of the city has clear water, and Mt. Kinka is rich in greenery.

Gifu is easily accessible both domestically and for travellers coming from abroad. Gifu can be reached by train in 20 minutes from Nagoya, 1 hour from Central Japan International Airport (CENTRAIR), 2 hours from Tokyo, and 1 hour from Osaka.

Gifu City is well known as a historical city with Ukai (cormorant fishing) in the pristine Nagara River —a tradition with some 1300 years of history. Gifu Castle is located atop Mt. Kinka. Providing a dynamic 360-degree panoramic view of the region, this castle is one of Gifu's most popular spots.

Shirakawa-go (Shirakawa Village) is a world cultural heritage site which is about 50 mins by bus from Takayama, located about 2 hours by train from Gifu.

Sightseeing highlights

Nagaragawa Convention Center2695-2 Nagara Fukumitsu, Gifu City, 502-0817, JAPANhttp://www.g-ncc.jp/en/

Conference Venue

Sintering2021 SecretariatE-mail: info@sintering2021.org

Supported byThe Engineering Ceramics Division, The Ceramic Society of JapanJSPS 124th committee on Advanced Ceramics

Endorsed byThe American Ceramic SocietyThe Ceramic Society of JapanJapan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy

https://www.sintering2021.org

The organizing committee of SINTERING 2021 invites all interested individ-uals to submit abstracts for presentation by August 15, 2020. Abstract submission will be accepted on-line only through the conference website, www.sintering2021.org. Detailed abstract submission guidelines will be available on the website.

Abstract submission

A number of contributors will be invited to submit a manuscript for a peer reviewed special section of the Journal of the American Ceramic Society, based on the presentations at Sintering 2021. Additionally, the authors presenting at Sintering 2021, will be invited to submit a manuscript for publication in International Journal of Ceramic Engineering & Science. https://ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Publications

Conference Chairs• Fumihiro Wakai (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)• Rajendra K. Bordia (Clemson University, USA)• Eugene A. Olevsky (San Diego State University, USA)• Didier Bouvard (University Grenoble Alpes, France)• Bernd Kieback (Technical University Dresden, Germany)• Young-Wook Kim (University of Seoul, Korea)

Local Organizing Committee • Chair: Fumihiro Wakai (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)• Koji Morita (NIMS, Japan)• Makoto Nanko (Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan)• Toshiyuki Nishimura (NIMS, Japan)• Satoshi Tanaka (Nagaoka Univeristy of Technology, Japan)• Junichi Tatami (Yokohama National University, Japan)• Hidehiro Yoshida (University of Tokyo, Japan)• Michiyuki Yoshida (Gifu University, Japan)

International Advisory BoardAsia and Australia• Vikram Jayaram (Indian Institute of Science, India)• Dongliang Jiang (Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, China)• Suk-Joong L. Kang (KAIST, Korea)• Hai-Doo Kim (Korea Institute of Materials Science, Korea)• Jai-Sung Lee (Hanyang University, Korea)• Jing-Feng Li (Tsinghua University, China)• Yong Liu (Central South University, China) • Graham Schaffer (University of Melbourne, Australia) • Wei-Hsing Tuan (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Europe• Jon Binner (University of Birmingham, UK) • Claude Estournès (CIRIMAT, France) • Olivier Guillon (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany) • Michael Hoffmann (Karlsruhe University, Germany) • Oleg Khasanov (Tomsk Polytechnic U., Russia) • Christophe Martin, (Grenoble-INP, France) • Andrey Maximenko (IPMS, Ukraine) • Vojislav Mitic (University of Belgrade and Nis, Serbia) • Alberto Molinari (University of Trento, Italy) • Jingzhe Pan (University of Leicester, U.K.) • Tadeusz Pieczonka (Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza, Poland)• Jan Räthel (Fraunhofer IKTS, Germany) • Torsten Staab (University of Würzburg,Germany)• Ender Suvaci (Anadolu University, Turkey) • Richard I. Todd (University of Oxford, UK) • José M. Torralba (Universidad de Navarra, Spain) • Francois Valdivieso (École des Mines de St.-Étienne,

France) • Thomas Weißgärber (Fraunhofer IFAM, Germany)

America and Africa• I-Wei Chen (University of Pennsylvania, USA) • Ricardo Castro (University of California, Davis, USA)• Olivia A. Graeve (University of California, San Diego,

USA) • Kathy Lu (Virginia Tech, USA) • Gary Messing (Penn State University, USA) • Peter Olubambi (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa)• Veena Tikare (Sandia National Laboratories, USA) • Sebastian Diaz de la Torre (Instituto Politecnico Nacional,

Mexico) • Edgar Dutra Zanotto (Federal University of Sao Carlos,

Brazil)

Committee We are happy to invite you to the Sintering 2021 – an International conference and a world-wide forum on sintering science and technol-ogy. The conference will address the latest developments in the sintering and microstructural evolution processes for the fabrication of powder-based materials in terms of fundamental understanding, technological issues, and industrial applications. Besides its tradition-al importance for the production of structural powder components, sintering technology is emerging as a leading and irreplaceable tool for a variety of modern applications. This conference will focus on the increasing ability to design complex and multifunctional materials with specific microstructures and properties.

This conference continues the famous cycle of conference on Sinter-ing and Related Phenomena in the middle of 20th century, and is ninth in a series that began in 1995. The previous eight conferences have been held in Pennsylvania State University, USA (1995, 1999, 2003); Grenoble, France (2005); La Jolla, USA (2008); Jeju, Korea (2011); Dresden, Germany (2014), and San Diego, USA (2017).

Sintering 2021 invites researchers, industrial partners, and students to meet and establish collaborations, common under-standing and professional relationships.

Scope

TopicsThe technical program covers sintering of all classes – from powder materials through invited and contributed talks – and includes poster presentations and special programs designed to facilitate discussion among participants. Program topics include, but are not limited to the following:

• Fundamental aspects of sintering• Modeling and simulation of sintering at multiple scales• Sintering of multi-material and multi-layer systems• Microstructural evolution in sintering processes• Novel sintering processes• Sintering phenomena in additive manufacturing• Stress-assisted sintering• Sintering of nano-structured materials• Sintering of electronic materials• Sintering in emerging energy and bio applications• Chemical interactions during sintering• In-situ measurements and analysis of sintering • Materials informatics of sintering• Other sintering-related topics

Japan• Takashi Goto (Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan) • Hideaki Matsubara (Tohoku University, Japan)• Tatsuki Ohji (AIST, Japan) • Manshi Ohyanagi (Ryukoku University, Japan) • Yoshio Sakka (NIMS, Japan) • Kazunari Shinagawa (Kyushu University, Japan)