The 7th International Conference on Magnesium (ICM 7) was successfully held on Nov. 19th-22nd, 2020. ICM 7 was hosted by Chinese Materials Research Society (C-MRS) and Journal of Magnesium and Alloys (JMA), and organized by International Magnesium Society (IMS), Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing University, and Chinese Committee for Magnesium and its Application (CCMA), etc.. Prof. Fusheng Pan (Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), chairman of Chongqing Association for Science & Technology, director of National Engineering Research Center for Magnesium Alloys, vice President of C-MRS) from Chongqing University, China served as Chair of ICM 7, Prof. Karl Ulrich Kainer from Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland and Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany, Prof. Kwang Seon Shin (Member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea) from Seoul National University, Korea, Prof. Alan A. Luo from Ohio State University, United States, and Prof. Yuansheng Yang from Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China served as co-chairs. Three academicians of CAE, Prof. Tieyong Zuo, Prof. Jilin He, Prof. Wenjiang Ding and Prof. David St John from the University of Queensland, Australia served as the Honorary Chairs of ICM 7.
ICM 7 was held both online with Zoom and offline in Chongqing and Shengyang, China. More than 1200 delegates from China, United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, Singapore, Korea, Japan, and Australia etc. participated online and onsite in ICM 7. The conference was watched by over 120,000 persons/times. There were 13 plenary talks, 105 keynote, invited and oral talks, 53 online posters and 5 forums.
Prof. Fusheng Pan made an opening speech and welcome all the participants from all over the world. The 13 wonderfully plenary presentations were given by Prof. Wenjiang Ding (Academician of CAE, China), Prof. Karl U Kainer (Germany), Prof. Andrej Atrens (Australia), Prof. Kwang Seon Shin (Korea), Prof. Alan A Luo (United States), Prof. Zhongyun Fan (United Kingdom), Prof. Yuntian Zhu (United States), Prof. Jian Lu (Hongkong, China), Prof. Maximilian Fichtner (Germany), Prof. Matthew R. Barnett (Austrilia), Prof. En-Hou Han (China), Prof. Manoj Gupta (Singapore), and Prof. Warren J Poole (Canada). The 105 oral presentations were arranged in six parallel oral sessions, which were Cast alloys, Wrought alloys, Processing, Performance & Application, Modeling & Simulation, and Corrosion & Protection. Ten Best Poster Awards were selected from the 53 posters. In addition, Forum on Standards, Forum on Lightweight, Forum on Scientific Journals, Forum on Frontier Technology, and Forum on Industry-Academy Cooperation were held in parallel with ICM 7. President of International Magnesium Association (IMA), Mr. Rick McQueary also joined in the forum on Lightweight and made a presentation on “IMA Supports the Global Growth of Magnesium Industry”.
Prof. Fusheng Pan also made a closing speech to conclude ICM 7. ICM 7 is a comprehensive international conference covering almost every aspects of magnesium and magnesium alloys, including smelting and casting, phase transformation, simulation and modelling, alloy design, plastic processing, production application, corrosion and protection, application of magnesium and magnesium alloy and environmental protection, etc. Extensive exchanges and discussions were carried out on the afore-mentioned aspects. This is a successful international conference which was held both online and offline in two places. In addition, ICM 7 effectively promoted the discussion and exchange between famous scientists, young scholars and students, promoted the interaction and cooperation among universities, research institutes and enterprises, and promoted the development of magnesium and magnesium alloy science and technology. ICM 7 provided an effective platform for international exchange and cooperation.
The 8th International Conference on Magnesium (ICM 8) is planned to be held in 2023.
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