Schedule at a Glance
IMAT 2026 is colocated with the 113th ASM International Annual Meeting, the Material Solutions Expo and the Residual Stress Technology Conference.
As of September 15, 2026 – Subject to Change
| Sunday, September 27, 2026 | ||
| 8:00 am – 12:00 p.m. | Exhibitor Set-up (by request only) | Exhibit Hall 400AB |
| Monday, September 28, 2026 | ||
| 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Registration Open | Exhibit Hall 400AB – Foyer |
| 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Exhibitor Set-up | Exhibit Hall 400AB |
| 8:00 – 10:45 a.m. | Executive Leadership Forum – Panel Discussion | 309AB |
| 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. | Authors & Session Chair Coffee | 300 – Hallway |
| 10:20 – 10:50 a.m. | Refreshment Break Open | 300 – Hallway |
| 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | IMAT Technical Programming | 301A, 302A, 302B, 304A, 304B, 306A, 306B, 307AB, 308A, 308B |
| 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | ASM Leadership Awards Luncheon (ticketed event) | Hilton Quebec – Palais & Kent |
| 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch on Own (Available for Purchase) | Available for Purchase on Level 3 |
| 2:20 – 2:40 p.m. | Refreshment Break Open | 300 – Hallway |
| 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. | ASM 113th Annual Business Meeting | 301AB |
| 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. | ASM International Metallographic Society (IMS) General Membership Meeting | 307AB |
| 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. | ASM Failure Analysis Society (FAS) General Membership Meeting | Hilton Quebec – Palais & Kent |
| 7:30 – 9:00 p.m. | ASM Failure Analysis Society (FAS) Program Committee Meeting | Hilton Quebec – Palais & Kent |
| Tuesday, September 29, 2026 | ||
| 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Registration Open | Exhibit Hall 400AB – Foyer |
| 7:00 – 9:00 a.m. | ASM Women in Materials Engineering Breakfast (ticketed event) | 309AB |
| 7:00 – 9:00 a.m. | Authors & Session Chair Coffee | 300 – Hallway |
| 9:10 – 10:30 a.m. | Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Materials Research and Journal Publications – Panel Discussion | 309AB |
| 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. | IMAT Technical Programming | 301A, 302A, 302B, 304A, 304B, 306A, 306B, 307AB, 308A, 308B |
| 9:00 a.m. – 3:20 p.m. | RSTC Technical Programming | 303A & 303B |
| 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | ASM Foundation Mini-Materials Camp | Exhibit Hall 400AB – Booth 723 |
| 9:20 – 10:50 A.M. | Hosting a Materials Student Camp: A Guide for Chapters & Industry | 308A |
| 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Exhibit Hall Open | Exhibit Hall 400AB |
| 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | ASM DomesDay Competition | Exhibit Hall 400 AB – DomesDay & ZwickRoell Booth (#417) |
| 10:20 – 11:00 a.m. | Refreshment Break Open in Exhibit Hall | Exhibit Hall 400AB |
| 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | IMAT Keynote, Tyler Nester, Chief Engineer, Artemis II, NASA, presents, “ Moon to Mars – Artemis II Mission… Next Steps”. |
Exhibit Hall 400AB – Industry Forum |
| 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch Open on the Show Floor | Exhibit Hall 400AB |
| 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. | IMS Henry Clifton Sorby Lecturer: Prof. Geoffrey Scamans, Brunel University & Innoval Technology Limited | 307AB |
| 2:00 – 4:30 p.m. | IMAT Student Poster Competition | Exhibit Hall 400AB |
| 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. | Materials In Motion: Social Networking Event | Exhibit Hall 400AB |
| 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. | IMAT Poster Session | Exhibit Hall 400AB |
| 5:00 p.m. | Student Poster Competition Winner Announcement | Exhibit Hall 400AB |
| 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. | ASM Awards Cocktail Reception (ticketed event) | Hilton Quebec – Grande Place |
| 7:00 – 9:30 p.m. | ASM Awards Dinner (ticketed event) | Hilton Quebec – Palais & Kent |
| 9:30 – 11:00 p.m. | ASM President’s Reception (ticketed event) | Hilton Quebec – Grande Place |
| Wednesday, September 30, 2026 | ||
| 7:00 – 9:00 a.m. | Fuel Up with the Foundation | Hilton Quebec Lobby |
| 7:00 – 9:00 a.m. | Authors & Session Chair Coffee | 300 – Hallway |
| 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Registration Open | Exhibit Hall 400AB – Foyer |
| 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. | IMAT Technical Programming | 301A, 302A, 302B, 304A, 304B, 306A, 306B, 307AB, 308A, 308B |
| 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. | RSTC Technical Programming | 303 A & 303 B |
| 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Exhibit Hall Open | Exhibit Hall 400AB |
| 10:20 – 11:00 a.m. | Refreshment Break Open in Exhibit Hall | Exhibit Hall 400AB |
| 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | IMAT Panel Discussion: Beyond “Business as Usual”: Strengthening Global Supply Chains for Critical Materials | Exhibit Hall 400AB – Industry Forum |
| 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch Open on the Show Floor | Exhibit Hall 400AB |
| 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. | Alpha Sigma Mu Lecturer: Prof. Ji-Cheng ‘JC’ Zhao, University of Connecticut | 304B |
| 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. | Edward DeMille Campbell Memorial Lecturer: Prof. Roderick I L Guthrie, McGill University & McGill Metals Processing Centre | 304B |
| 1:30 – 8:00 p.m. | Exhibitor Move-out | Exhibit Hall 400AB |
| 3:00 – 3:20 p.m. | Refreshment Break Open | 300 – Hallway |
| Thursday, October 1, 2026 | ||
| 7:00 – 9:00 a.m. | Authors & Session Chair Coffee | 300 – Hallway |
| 7:30 – 11:00 a.m | Registration Open | Exhibit Hall 400AB – Foyer |
| 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | IMAT Technical Programming | 306A, 306B |
| 10:00 – 10:20 a.m. | Refreshment Break Open | 306AB |
| 12:00 p.m. | Conference Concludes | |
| *ticketed event/separate registration required | ||
