Coordinator: Danieli Aparecida Pereira Reis - UNIFESP

Scope: This topic has the main purpose of bringing together industrial professionals and scholars who work with structural materials at high temperatures, especially in terms of mechanical behavior, mechanical maintenance, quality control in the iron-steel, metallurgical, petrochemical, automotive and aeronautical industries. The works presented must cover topics, such as creep, fatigue, oxidation, coatings, surface change and microstructures.

Coordinator: Neusa Alonso Falleiros - EPUSP

Scope: The corrosion phenomenon occurs spontaneously in metallic materials under different ways. Therefore, maintenance, repair and protection costs of metallic structures are very high (and may reach 5% of GDP of a country). It is important to know the characteristics of the metal/mean system to understand the degrading effect of corrosion. This topic covers the mechanisms and different types of corrosion, in addition to protection techniques (metal coats; inorganic non-metal coats; organic non-metal coats (paints and polymers); corrosion inhibitors; anodic protection; cathodic protection; etc.), project specification and material selection, aiming at minimizing corrosion effects. Case studies and assays on corrosion are presented. Thus, the subject usually receives an expressive number of Works, with great attendance of researchers and students, as well as professionals in the industrial segment.

Coordinator: Leonardo Barbosa Godefroid - UFOP

Scope: This topic completes this year its 16th uninterrupted edition. It is an already consolidated event in the industrial/college scenario, which has the main purpose of bringing together professionals that work in the mechanical behavior of materials, especially in mechanical maintenance, structural project and product quality control. It includes theoretical and practical works, basically involving fracture toughness, fatigue, creep, corrosion under stress, fault analysis, modeling and laboratory techniques.

Coordinator: Roberto Ribeiro de Avillez - PUC-Rio

Scope: The works submitted to this subject must address aspects related to the interactions among micro-structure, properties, applications, synthesis and processing of materials, emphasizing theoretical foundations and their inter-correlations. This subject is not restricted to metals, as the physical-chemical foundations are common to all the material classes. Particularly important are the articles capable of correlating at least three of the areas mentioned above, since they may contribute significantly for improving quality of material applications, synthesis or processing.

Coordinator: Guilherme Frederico Bernardo Lenz - EPUSP

Scope: Nanotechnology is high innovative area, offering great opportunities to revolutionize the paradigm of production, marketing and applications. The nanotechnology session of ABM Annual Congress aims to stimulate a close interaction between research groups and the productive/industrial sectors. Because nanotechnology is a cutting edge area of knowledge, the nanotechnology section is accepting technical papers focusing on materials, devices and their applications, encompassing a wide universe of subjects where the performance characteristics depend (or can be improved) with the use of nanostructured materials and devices. Thus, the papers may involve material synthesis and production, purification, processing, functionalization, simulation, characterization & testing, equipments, safety handling & storage and technological forecasting with emphasis on applications of nanotechnology.

Coordinator: Hélio Goldenstein - EPUSP

Scope: The papers submitted to the phase transformations in materials sessions should involve research on phase transformations, including descriptions of the genesis and evolution of microstructures, characterization of the kinetics and mechanisms of transformations, measurements of activation energy, computational models (both empirical and from first principles), physical models for transformations and comparisons between theoretical predictions and experimental results. Following the tradition of international meetings dealing with phase transformations, not only interface or diffusion controlled heterogeneous nucleation & growth transformations will be accepted, but also homogeneous reactions involving diffuse interfaces or the absence of interfaces, reactions involving partition of solute between phases, clustering or ordering, homogenization of composition/chemical potential gradients.

Coordinator: Valter Pieracciani - CLAEQ - Latin American Center for Innovation, Excellence and Quality

Scope: Innovation has been heralded as the way to follow for companies of all kinds and sizes to proceed competing in increasingly demanding, sophisticated markets. Nevertheless, few are the really innovative companies. More concerning yet, there is evidence that managers do not know for sure what to change in order to make sustainable, repeated innovation in their companies. A recent survey carried out with 300 CEOs from Fortune magazine showed that 95 % of them acknowledge innovation as critical for growth but half of them admit that their companies do not have systems, tools, and processes to innovate. Indeed, how do we go about changing a common company into an innovative one? Is it possible to build an innovation-friendly environment? Would this secure sustainability? How to make professionals more innovative? What processes to set up or, in other words, what would eventually be the factors facilitating and inhibiting innovation? Is it possible to induce, or minimize them? These and other questions are bubbling up in the minds of managers of all ranks. Especially in the steelmaking, metallurgical and materials industries, innovation, together with technology issues, is decisive. Synonym with competitiveness for the future. Thus, this theme was included in the Conference to encompass the following topics: differences present in innovative companies; innovative people; management processes and practices of innovation; environments and cultures for innovation; key factors; industry cases that have been marked by innovation; innovation and technology; innovation and R&D, management systems and winning practices in the field of innovation; measurement of innovation results; tools for generating ideas and strategies which include innovation as a differential.

Coordinator: Evandro de Figueiredo Neto - ArcelorMittal Tubarão

Scope: The expressive commercial balance of the Brazilian balance of payments is primarily sustained in the increase of commodities exports by the key Brazilian exporting companies. The production costs have been severely increased by the higher prices of raw materials and the valorization of Brazilian currency. The continuity of this global competition scenario depends on the response from companies in the ongoing search for improving the productivity and income of production plants. In this scenario, Maintenance, as a strategic function in the productive process, may contribute in an important way to improve operational availability and reduce production process variations. This subject is aimed at discussing during this Congress, by presenting technical works, practical cases, round tables and lectures, the "Maintenance Management" theme, addressing the topics below: - Maintenance management systems - Optimization of scheduled downtimes - Planning, scheduling and control of maintenance resources - Qualification and certification programs for professionals - Quality certification in the management of goods and services providers - Accident and risk prevention programs - Anomaly registration and handling systems - Maintenance function indicators.

Coordinator: Evandro Abreu de Souza – Saint-Gobain

Scope: When deploying an environmental management system companies seek to know and reduce or eliminate the negative impact exerted by its operations on the environment, aligning themselves with the environmental legislation in the country at the federal, state and municipal levels, in accordance with the scope of the business. The increasing importance attached to this issue has caused ABM to receive a significant number of technical papers related to environmental protection, originating from companies as well as universities and research centers. Interest areas have concentrated on liquid waste treatment, control of atmospheric emissions and noise, recycling, recovery and disposal of solid waste, conservation of energy and water resources, assessment and treatment of contaminated areas, hazardous materials management and radiation control. Special attention should be given to the production of renewable energy resources and their use by the metallurgical sector, since this is a Brazilian vocation, beyond the growing worldwide shortage of non-renewable energy resources such as coal and oil.

Coordinator: Márcio Antônio da Silva - USIMINAS

Scope: The meeting on systemic management follows close to the evolution of concepts related to quality areas, including integrated management systems, leadership systems, management by skills, experiences with work teams and ongoing improvement, performance indicators, knowledge management, technological innovation, people management, social responsibility, corporate governance, six sigma and TPM - Total Productive Management. This is na excellence forum for the effective exchange of experiences between leaders and professionals with executive management responsibility in their organizations, consultants, auditors, scholars and technicians of companies in several areas, who work with improvement of quality of life, processes, products and services.

Coordinator: Túlio Magno Füzessy de Melo - USIMINAS

Scope: Disclosure and discussion on industrial results, R&D projects, college and basic studies related to the forming processes by forging, drawing and die pressing, not only for steels, but also for other alloys, including the non-ferrous ones. The works might address the different aspects related to the subject, including raw materials and their preparation, the own processes (equipment, tools, new developments) and their products (properties, applications, development of new products). Also, works involving physical and numerical simulation, as well as mathematical modeling of the hot and cold forming processes will be welcome.

Coordinator: Laurindo de Salles Leal Filho - EPUSP

Scope: The entire world is experiencing an unprecedented growth phase in the demand for mineral resources. Brazil is achieving the benefits from this increasing growth and becoming a player more and more important in the international scenario. Many problems arise in this situation, lack of qualified labor, lack of technology suitable for the peculiarities of Brazilian mines and ores, environmental implications from mining activities. This subject is aimed at bringing together professionals in the area for discussing next actions.

Coordinator: Luiz Cláudio Pinto Oliveira - ThyssenKrupp CSA

Scope: To support the growth of the Brazilian metal-mechanic industry, while providing sustainability to it, it is mandatory to combine efforts in the industrial, technological and academic segments regarding the environmental questions resulting from this growth. Among the questions faced by the industry, we may highlight the implementation of a waste management model tuned with the requirements related to recovery, treatment and recycling internal as in such a way external, aiming at changing them into co-products, by adding social, ambient and economical value. Then, the purpose is discussing proposals and methodologies that contribute for the so desired sustainability in the metal-mechanic industry.

Coordinator: Valter Rocha dos Santos - PUC-Rio

Scope: Today, welding is one of the most important areas in the manufacture of metallic structures and components. Several thermal, physical, chemical, and especially metallurgical, phenomena are related to welding and are in charge of the properties of welded joints. Due to the large scope resulting from this relationship, new welding processes, new concepts on welding metallurgy and new concepts on welding physics are being developed or starting to be used to serve as reference in the manufacture of metallic components in applications that require new materials. Thus, works that cover the welding of new materials have been prepared, which involve an accurate control of the microstructure, such as alloys with very high yield stresses. New welding processes have been studied and developed. Their application by mechanical, automated and robot systems, makes welding an increasingly essential subject.

Coordinator: Eliana Bezerra de Menezes Netto - CONSULTANT

Scope: Heat treatment and surface engineering processes provide specific improvements in the properties of materials for the most varied applications. These two knowledge fields are comprehensive and involve a series of theoretical and practical concepts, from the selection of the material to be thermally treated and / or coated to the monitoring and control of such industrial processes. The results of heat treatments and coatings, both in renowned processes and in the new technologies, as well as in performance enhancements for components and tools, due to the utilization of these techniques, are of paramount importance. Heat treatment processes, such as annealing, normalization, austenitic hardening, hardening, tempering, casehardening, carbonitriding, nitriding, nitrocarburization, boron treatment, induction hardening, coatings via PVD and CVD, metallizations, characterization, results from laboratory tests and assays applied to the thermally treated and coated materials, new technologies applied to furnaces, protective atmospheres, cooling means, as well as PVD and CVD coating equipment, are included in the Scope. Due the great academic and industrial interest related to this subject, the event usually has expressive attendance by researchers, students and professionals of industries, such as automotive, aerospace, oil & gas, tools, components in general, production and application of metallic materials.

Coordinator: Eduardo Torres Serra - CEPEL

Scope: The technical contributions to be submitted to this subject must address, separately or as a whole, questions related to characterization of raw materials, synthesis, processing, treatments, mathematical modeling, computer simulation, properties, micro/nanostructures, practical applications, technological innovations, recycling and environment impacts. By considering the comprehensiveness of this subject, a particular emphasis will be given to contributions that value aspects related to research, development and utilization, aiming at the national productive efforts.

Coordinator: Willy Ank de Morais - USIMINAS/UNISANTA

Scope: Since 2005, this subject has the purpose of bringing together professionals, researchers and entrepreneurs to present and discuss works, by focusing both on the development of ferrous products and new applications, and also adaptations of the existing products, in order to support specific final applications. The attendants may present their efforts in scientific and technological development, as well as experiences in interchange and/or interaction intra- and inter-companies, education/research institutions and incentive bodies. Actual cases and contributions evidencing the potential application of works will be welcome, as well as products obtained for the metal/mechanical, civil, automotive, chemical/petrochemical, naval, nuclear, electrical components, engineering steel, food and other industries. This is an excellent opportunity for: - producing companies of ferrous alloys, to show their developments; - potential consumers, to report their current needs; - research/education institutions, to show their current works and results; - professionals and students, to exchange experiences, information and ideas.

Coordinator: Paulo Osório Ribeiro Caldeira Brant - MAGNESITA

Scope: The technical contributions to be submitted to this subject must address questions related to the methodology of technology services in the iron-steel works, participation of new high-performance materials and advanced models for performance appraisal.

Coordinator: Rodrigo Magnabosco – FEI

Scope: Presentation of scientific-technological initiation projects by undergraduate students attending the 11th ENEMET - National Meeting of Metallurgical, Materials and Mining Engineering Students