Plenary Speakers
Dr. Guoqing Wang
CIO (Chief Information Officer) of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, academician of CAE (Chinese Academy of Engineering), and academician of IAA (International Academy of Astronautics).
Title of Lecture:
Chinese Research Progress of Welding Technology Under Extreme Conditions
Dr. Dmitriy Trushnikov
Professor at Perm National Research Polytechnic University. Author of over 250 publications, including 3 monographs and 15 patents. Laureate of the 2021 Perm Territory Science Award in Engineering Sciences and holds the honorary title “Honored Worker of Science and High Technologies of the Russian Federation.”
Title of Lecture:
Hybrid Additive Manufacturing: Improving the Process Efficiency
Dr. Hidetoshi Fujii
Director and professor of the Joining and Welding Research Institute, Osaka University. He has published more than 500 journal papers (H-index 60) and received the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2016), and many other awards.
Title of Lecture:
Flat Hardness Joints by Solid-state Welding
Dr. Reinhart Poprawe
Professor at RWTH Aachen University in Germany, and a honorary professor at Tsinghua University and serves as a senior advisor at the Fraunhofer Institute for the Promotion of Applied Research. He is one of the earliest scientists in the world to study applications such as diode pumped solid-state lasers, diode lasers, multi sector pump modules, and amplifiers.
Title of Lecture:
Additive Manufacturing in Metals: From Its Very Beginning to Dozens Of Companies
Dr. Xiaoqi Chen
Fellow of Royal Society of New Zealand and Fellow of Engineering New Zealand, Dean of the Shien-Ming Wu School of Intelligent Engineering, South China Univ. of Technology (SCUT); Director for Ministry of Education of China “Human-Centric Intelligence and Equipment” International Collaboration Joint Laboratory.
Title of Lecture:
Embodied Intelligent Robots for Future Manufacturing
Dr. Amitava De
Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India. Fellow of the Institute of Engineers (India) , and fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineers. Key / principle reviewers, associate editor(s) and editor(s) for several journals in the broad area of joining science and technology, and metal additive manufacturing.
Title of Lecture:
Electromagnetic Pulse Welding: Principle, Understanding, Capabilities, and Challenges
Dr. Myung Hyun Kim
Professor at Pusan National University (PNU) and Harbin Institute of Technology, specializing in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering. President of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea (2024-present) and Vice President of the Korean Welding and Joining Society.
Title of Lecture:
Performance and Structural Reliability of Steels in Cryogenic Environments
Dr. Huijun Li
Senior Professor at University of Wollongong; Associate Dean - Higher Degree Research at Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences. His publication has attracted more than 22,900 citations with h-index 73 in Scopus, and h-index 89 with more than 33,800 total citations in Google Scholar (April 2025).
Title of Lecture:
Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing: Standard Development and Qualification Process
Dr. Katsuki Suganuma
Specially Appointed Professor and Professor Emeritus of Osaka University, director of Nanotechnology Center of ISIR in 2007-2009, director of ISIR in 2018-2020. Head of 3D Packaging Technology Division of Leading-edge Semiconductor Technology Center (LSTC) in 2022-2025. Currently in charge of IEC SC47D Semiconductor Packaging Japan Committee/JEITA.
Title of Lecture:
Interface Nano Structure Control Has The Key For Power And AI Semiconductors
Dr. Shujun Chen
Professor and vice president of Beijing University of Technology, has been selected for the National Major Talent Program of Ministry of Education, China, and the Beijing High-Level Talent Support Program. He has received the Second Prize of the National Award for Scientific and Technological Progress in 2015 , the First Prize of the Beijing Science and Technology Progress Award in 2023, and more than 10 of other awards.
Title of Lecture:
Evolution and Development of Advanced Welding in Beijing University of Technology