Technical Focus & Conference Themes
The call for abstracts is open!
The 2027 conference will highlight the latest developments across both conventional and emerging power technologies, including steam power systems (HRSGs, boilers, steam turbines), gas turbines, concentrating solar power (CSP), geothermal energy, small modular reactors (SMRs) and advanced nuclear technologies, sCO₂ power cycles, advanced ultra-supercritical (A-USC) steam, and hydrogen and bulk thermal energy storage technologies.
The technical program will focus on key areas including:
- Advanced Manufacturing: additive manufacturing (PBF, DED), powder metallurgy hot isostatic pressing (PM-HIP), advanced welding, cladding, and fabrication processes.
- Codes and Standards: improved design approaches, material and welding qualification, standards development, and emerging regulatory challenges.
- Component-Specific Challenges: castings, forgings, blades, rotors, valves, and fabrication processes.
- Damage Mechanisms and Material Behavior: creep, creep-fatigue interaction, stress relaxation cracking, oxidation, corrosion, wear, erosion, and synergistic degradation mechanisms.
- High-Temperature Materials: superalloys, creep-strength-enhanced ferritic (CSEF) steels, stainless steels, intermetallics, coatings, claddings, and advanced material systems.
- Performance and Life Management: field experience, failure analysis, modeling and validation, feature testing, integrated life management, and fitness-for-service (FFS) methodologies.
- Repair and Refurbishment Technologies: weld repair, rejuvenation heat treatment, surface engineering, and emerging repair solutions.
Plan today—submit your work by EXTENDED October 31, 2026!
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
All accepted papers for this conference undergo a rigorous peer-review process and are assigned a DOI (Digital Object Identifier), ensuring they remain permanently accessible and easily discoverable through major academic and research platforms. This significantly enhances the visibility and impact of the work presented.
We encourage you to explore past conference proceedings to gain insight into the breadth, quality, and scholarly contributions shared in previous years. These archives offer valuable context and inspiration for the current event.
