25th Anniversary International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials METAL 2016 was held on May 25th - 27th 2016 traditionally in Brno. From 450 registered participants, 418 persons from 21 countries attended the conference (233 participants from the Czech Republic, 113 from Poland, 17 from Slovakia, 13 from Russian Federation, 9 from Romania, 9 from Turkey, 4 from Austria, as well as Germany, Algeria, France or Denmark). The participants presented 140 lectures and 249 posters. The conference was divided into six sessions and poster session due to the topics:
Number of papers:
| Plenary session | 2 papers | |
| Commercial presentation | 1 papers | |
| Session A | 15 papers | 21 posters |
| Session B | 19 papers | 33 posters |
| Session C | 24 papers | 46 posters |
| Session D | 24 papers | 33 posters |
| Session E | 36 papers | 51 posters |
| Session F | 19 papers | 65 posters |
| Publication of paper (without attendance) | 1 paper |
Presentation of companies:
Thermo-Calc Software AB - sponsor (exhibitor)
Linde Gas a.s. (exhibitor)
Zwick Roell CZ s.r.o. (exhibitor)
COMTES FHT a.s.
Česká společnost pro nové materiály a technologie
MSV - Veletrhy Brno
Regionální materiálově technologické výzkumné centrum
ŽĎAS a.s.
On Thursday afternoon took place the accompanying program, which included the Cruise ship on the Brno dam, the visit of the Brno Planetarium, VIDA! Science centre or Villa Löw-Beer. The participants were greatly appreciated of this.
The first day was held in Voronez I Restaurant Social evening with wine tasting of South Moravia with accompanied by Swing kvartet. Celebratory cake baked for the occasion of the anniversary was served. The following evening took place at Moravska chalupa Beer party with grilling meat.
In the poster session almost 250 posters took part in a contest for the best poster. 3 prizes and five honorable mentions were announced based on the evaluation of chairmen of sessions. Winners were awarded the diplomas and practical gifts.
Winners of Poster session:
1st price - CHAUVEAU Florent - ERAMET RESEARCH, Trappes, France, EU
2nd price - MRZYGŁÓD Barbara - AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland, EU
3rd price - OPĚLA Petr - VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, EU
Honorable mentions:
DOJKA Malwina - Silesian University of Technology, Polsko, EU
VOJTĚCH Dalibor - Vysoká škoda chemicko-technologická v Praze, Česká republika, EU
KUSMIČ David - Univerzita obrany, Brno, Česká republika, EU
ZÝKA Jiří - UJP PRAHA, a.s., Česká republika, EU
PAPADATU Carmen Penelopi - "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, Rumunsko, EU