Plate Rolling Technology Committee Meeting

13–14 November 2025 • The Current Iowa • Davenport, IA, USA

►Agenda (PDF)
►Register or contact ldlugopolski@aist.org

Arrangements

The Current Iowa
215 North Main Street Davenport, Iowa, USA, 52801
Reserve by 15 October for AIST Room Rate of $159
For reservations, book online

AIST technology committee members are asked to print out the latest revised meeting agenda from our website one week prior to this meeting.

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Light Breakfast

  1. Chair’s opening remarks – Jacob Lewis     <9:00 am CDT>
  2. Appoint minute-taker
  3. Antitrust guidelines
  4. Membership and attendance
  5. Review minutes of previous meeting 5 May • Nashville, TN
  6. AIST Staff Announcements
  7. Steel Industry Fatalities

BREAK   <10:30 am CDT>

  1. Main agenda items
    • AISTech session development – João Lino, Dengqi Bai
      • Selection of Abstracts (Due by 16 Sept) – (Handle via conference call if necessary)
      • Determine session structure (Due by 28 Oct) including session titles & session chairs
      • Review Papers Chair and Session Chair instructions

LUNCH      <NOON>

  1. Main agenda items, Continued
    • Awards Discussion, Norman D. Hodgson Outstanding Achievement
    • Membership Chair Report – Mike Robinson 
    • Digital Transformation Liaison Report – Yufeng Wang
    • Decarbonization Liaison Report – Matt Druciak
    • Young Professional Chair Report – Pavan Reddy
    • Finalize AISTech call for papers for 2027-year, the current PROGRAM TOPIC reads “♦ PLATE ROLLING Operational practices of reheat furnaces; new plate rolling and finishing installations; discrete and Steckel processing; mill modernization, new equipment and technologies; automation upgrades to levels 1 and 2; product control through thickness, width, crown and flatness control; surface quality and inspection; yield improvement; scale removal; thermal mechanical rolling developments, including accelerated cooling; heat treatment processes; and leveling, dividing, slitting and marking.”

BREAK     <2:30 pm CDT>

  • Technology Training conferences – Tanya Ros, Qiulin Yu, João Lino, Dengqi Bai
    • International Rolling Conference 
      • Location: Dallas, TX
      • Date: 16–18 September 2025
        • MS&T25, Materials Science & Technology
          • Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
          • Date: 28 September–1 October 2025
          • Tour: Nucor Steel Marion
            • Hot Sheet and Plate Rolling Fundamentals — Practical Training Seminar
              • Location: Mobile, AL
              • Date: 13–16 October 2025
              • Tour: ArcelorMittal Calvert
  1. Discussion items
    1. <meeting topic and presentations to be filled in by Committee Chair>
  2. Next meeting
  3. Chair conclusion
  4. Adjourn       <4:00 pm CDT>                

Friday, November 14, 2025         

SSAB Tour: meet at the front gate

1770 Bill Sharp Boulevard, Muscatine, IA 52761      <9:00 am CDT>

Required PPE includes Long pants, long-sleeved shirts and closed toe shoes