82nd Heat Treatment Congress October 13 - 15, 2026 - Cologne

The 82nd HärtereiKongress of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Wärmebehandlung und Werkstofftechnik e. V., AWT, will take place from 13 - 15.10.2026 in Cologne. The entire congress will be held in English.

Presentations on the following key topics are invited until 15 March 2026:

HeatTreatmentCongress
- Heat treatment - processes, systems, media, safety
- Sustainability concepts for heat treatment plants and process chains
- Production and processing of components in the process chain
- Properties of components in processing
- New material developments
- Material analysis and quality control
- Artificial intelligence, simulation and digitalization

Steel Innovation
- Materials Engineering steel
- Digital steel technology
- High strength and wear-resistant steels
- Sustainable steel - recycling, re-use and re-manufacturing
- Corrosion-resistant steels
- Hydrogen embrittlement /steel development for the hydrogen economy
- Materials testing for steel
- Increasing the damage tolerance of steels
- New steel concepts for additive manufacturing

Cross-industry global highlight

The HeatTreatmentCongress and Steel Innovation 2026 is organized in cooperation with the European heat treatment associations from France, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the Benelux countries, as well as the International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE). Due to the expected number of lecture registrations, the congress event is planned as a three-day event. The lecture language is English.
You are welcome to send us an abstract in English of 1,800 characters (including spaces) along with your photo to info@awt-online.org. From November onwards, abstracts can also be submitted using the form on the website.
The trade fair will also take place throughout the three days.

Find the registration for exhibition stands here.