From September 24 to 29, the International Conference on the Technology of Plasticity (ICTP) was held in France for the first time.
The ICTP is the largest international conference on materials forming. It is one of the major events in the field of forming technology and materials forming. It brings together researchers from around the world who share their latest findings with scientists, industry professionals, academics, and government officials.
The 2023 edition took place at the end of September in Cannes-Mandelieu. Several teams from Carnot Arts-certified laboratories participated in the conference: LCFC, PIMM, LAMPA, LAMIH, IRDL, and LEM3. "We did everything we could to make the speakers feel comfortable and to ensure that everything was ready for their presentations and during the debates," enthused Régis Bigot and Tudor Balan (LCFC), two of the conference co-organizers.
An edition focused on the green industry
This year, the main focus was on ecology and material recycling, in line with environmental concerns and European standards on sustainable development.
This edition therefore covered several topics:
- sustainable metal forming technology,
- digitalization, virtualization, and AI in metal forming,
- assembly through forming and multi-material machining,
- agile metal forming processes,
- forming of non-metallic metals,
- microforming.
Throughout the week, participants attended numerous conferences, presentations, workshops, and a day of industrial visits. They had the opportunity to discover some of the congress partners' sites (see below) and take part in cultural visits.
14 nationalities represented
Organizing this major conference took four years of preparation. A scientific committee selected 510 research abstracts and 300 articles, and four books on the conference topics were presented (representing 3,000 pages of information). In addition to the 370 oral presentations selected, participants also viewed 34 research posters.
The conference brought together around 600 participants, including around 100 industrialists and doctoral students, with more than 14 nationalities represented.
Spreading the word about LCFC
The international aspect was very important to the organizers because it allows for the rapid dissemination of new knowledge and encourages collaboration between researchers from different countries: "Participating in international conferences is essential in our fields of research. It raises the profile of the laboratory and highlights the excellence of its research and activities. As scientists, these conferences provide an opportunity to discuss important topics, in this case modeling, microstructure, experimental setups, and implementation in industrial applications. These four major fields were brought together in a single conference, which is quite exceptional," explain Régis and Tudor. "We received very positive feedback from participants, and the visits were a great success. They praised the overall atmosphere and the quality of the presentations."
