Invitation

Dear Colleagues

The International Aluminium Conference (INALCO) has the great honor to announce the 16th International Conference from 10 to 12, June 2026.

The conference will be in Trondheim, Norway, at the main campus of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). The Organizing Committee of INALCO is inviting the submission of abstracts, papers and presentations to the upcoming INALCO 2026.

The 16th International Aluminium Conference is organized by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, SINTEF and the main sponsor Hydro.

 

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Daniel Cooper
University of Michigan
Keynote:
Circular and climate-smart aluminium lightweight solutions

Livan Fratini
University of Palermo
Keynote:
Solid-State Manufacturing: A pathway to sustainable metal processing

Grethe Winther
Technical University of Denmark
Keynote:
Deformation-induced microstructural evolution – experiments and simulations

Benoit Cusson
WSP Canada
Keynote:
Current state on aluminium bridges: Innovative design for infrastructure lifecycle performance

Anders Nesse
Hydro Extruded Solutions
Keynote:
Digital Manufacturing: Enabling Lightweight, durable and circular aluminium solutions

Irmgard Weißensteiner
Montanuniversität Leoben
Keynote:
Towards Scrap-Tolerant Aluminium Sheet Materials

About the Conference

This INALCO 2026 conference provides a unique opportunity to bring together people from academia, industry and public sector for a three-day aluminium conference, having key-note speakers, workshops, technical sessions on recent research results, education activities, industry tours, posters, and not at least informal mingling and discussions. The INALCO 15th in Quebec City had attendees from more than 30 countries, representing all the continents, and with about 90 papers and expert presentations.

We aim to continue this international outreach and academic quality
– targeting the following main tracks:

• Welding and joining
• Large structures
• Novel forming methods
• Manufacturing & re-manufacturing
• Recycling-friendly alloys and circularity
• Modelling and digital frameworks
• Innovative applications
• Surface and tribology
• Alloy design & Characterization

Previous Conferences

The first international conference on welded products and constructions with aluminium alloys was held in Cleveland (USA) in 1979. It became established as INALCO at the 2nd conference in Munich in Germany in 1982. Since then, conferences have been held every three years in different venues all over the world (except for the 15th edition due to the COVID disease). The latest editions were held in Osaka (Japan, 2007), Eindhoven (The Netherlands, 2010), Montréal (Canada, 2013), Naples (Italy, 2016), Tokyo (Japan, 2019), and Quebec City (Canada, 2023).