Presentations of paper at INFACON are allocated 20 minutes for the presentation and 5 minutes for questions.  For the presentation, use of the INFACON template is recommended. You find the link here 

To avoid technical problems with the virtual presentations, please follow the guidelines for theese that can be found here  

The abstract submission is now closed and authors have received abstract notification by email. Paper submission is now open for all accepted abstracts. 

All submissions and updates are done in the presentation portal. The Presentation Portal is closed during the review process.

INFACON 2021 PRESENTERS PORTAL

Please note the following:

• Abstracts and papers should be in English which is the official language of the Conference.

• The paper must comply with the paper template guidelines and be uploaded in the presentation portal as Word or PDF file.

• Paper must be submitted before 1. February 2021.

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• Jan 2020: First announcement and call for papers
• Oct 15, 2020: Closing date submission of abstracts
• Nov 10, 2020: Notification of acceptance of abstracts 
• Feb 1, 2021: Submission of papers using the supplied template
• Apr 9, 2021: Notification of acceptance of paper and return of referees' comments to authors
• May 10, 2021: Submission of corrected papers
• May 10, 2021: Early bird registration (deadline)
• Sep 27-29, 2021: Conference dates

The author can choose between a list of topics from the menu when submitting the abstract. If an abstract is selected for oral presentation, the presentation will preferably be held under the topic session chosen by the author. However, the organising committee reserves the right to move the presentation to an alternative session if required from conference programming considerations.

The abstract will be subjected to a review process. The author will be notified if the abstract is accepted and invited to submit a full paper before 1. February 2021.

Papers will be subjected to a thorough review process by leading scientists in the field. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. The accepted papers must be presented at the conference by one of the authors. Papers might be invited to submit a poster instead of oral presentation. Papers based on poster presentations will be included in the conference proceedings. 

Please note when you submit your paper, you need to register for the conference before 9. April 2021 for the paper to become included in the final proceedings.

• Emissions and Reduced CO₂ (New technologies and processes)

• Mn- alloys (Production and operation, Raw materials, Pre-treatment technologies, tapping, Process fundamentals, Process modelling, refining, casting, energy efficiency and recovery)

• FeCr and FeNi alloys (Production and operation, Raw materials, Pre-treatment technologies, tapping, Process fundamentals, Process modelling, refining, casting, energy efficiency and recovery)

• Si and FeSi (Production and operation, Raw materials, Pre-treatment technologies, tapping, Process fundamentals, Process modelling, refining, casting, energy efficiency and recovery)

• Other alloys (Production and operation, Raw materials, Pre-treatment technologies, tapping, Process fundamentals, Process modelling, refining, casting, energy efficiency and recovery)

• Reductants (Biocarbon, natural gas, traditional reductants, new reductants and alternatives to use of C)

• Control systems, modelling and digitalisations (Big Data)

• Furnaces, electrodes and refractories (Furnace design)

• Recycling, New products and processes, Circularity

• Health and Safety OHS

• Market (Status and forecasts of the ferro-alloys markets, Sale of ore versus ferro-alloy production, Fines, tailings, and low-grade ores, Effects of electricity cost and availability, Export restrictions or subsidies)

Market and Reduced CO₂ will in addition be topics for plenary sessions with invited presenters.