27–29 October 2026 • Udine, Italy

HOST COMPANY

ORGANIZED BY


Felix Firsbach
Vice President
Badische Stahl-Engineering GmbH 

Felix Firsbach is vice president consulting at Badische Stahl-Engineering, where he leads operational and decarbonization consulting for electric arc furnace and integrated steel producers, focusing on productivity, cost and reliability. He previously held senior R&D and global steel strategy roles at Lhoist Group. Firsbach serves as officer-at-large of the AIST European Member Chapter and chairs the AIST Decarbonization Subcommittee. He is also a lecturer at RWTH Aachen University, has authored more than 50 technical publications, holds an industrial patent and received the 2023 AIST Charles H. Herty Jr. Award.

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