Dr. Susana Méndez is Director of Casting Technologies at AZTERLAN Metallurgical Research Centre (Spain).
During her career of more than 25 years, she has been working leaded in industrial and research activities related to casting processes and, in this context, she completed her PHD at the University of Toulouse (France). She currently leads a team of researchers focused on metallic materials, processes, and smart manufacturing technologies, aimed at developing new technologies and transferring them to foundry industry.

During the V International Conference of Casting and Materials Engineering ICCME 25 Dr. Susana Méndez will present the work titled:
“Application of hybrid models to the foundry manufacturing process”

Maurizio Vedani is full professor of Metallurgy at Politecnico di Milano and chief of the Material Section at the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

The main subjects of his scientific activity concern research on microstructure and mechanical behaviour during manufacturing and service of several metals and metallic alloys, ranging from structural steels to non-ferrous alloys such as aluminium alloys, metal matrix composites, titanium and magnesium alloys.
Specific subjects of his research activity in recent years cover degradable Magnesium and Zinc alloys for biomedical applications, novel alloys for additive manufacturing and multi-materials produces by the same techniques. He authored or co-authored more than 250 papers since 1989. Current research tracks given by Scopus based on data updated to May 2025, provide a total of 7300+ citations from the indexed papers and an h-index of 42.

During the V International Conference of Casting and Materials Engineering ICCME 25 Professor Maurizio Vedani will present the work titled:
"Solidification in metal additive manufacturing: similarities and differences with welding and metal casting".

Mr. Young-Hoon Yim is Director of Overseas Business at AnyCasting Software Co., Ltd. (Korea).
With more than 28 years of experience in casting design and simulation, he has worked across various processes including cast iron, steel, aluminum, and magnesium alloys, covering both gravity casting and high-pressure die casting. During the V International Conference of Casting and Materials Engineering ICCME 25, Mr. Yim will present the work titled:

“Metamodeling Approach to Predict Microstructure and Mechanical Properties in Aluminum Alloy Casting and Heat Treatment Processes.

Wojciech Kowalczyk is working for one of the leading hardware suppliers for die casting technology. In his career of more than 25 years, he has mainly focused with issues related to the hardware side of HPDC technology. With particular attention on the influence of casting parameters on casting quality and process optimization in terms of both economic and quality efficiency.

During the V International Conference of Casting and Materials Engineering ICCME 25 Dr. Wojciech Kowalczyk will present the work titled:
"High-pressure die casting in the face of global industry change. Opportunities and threats".