chs²

Join us for the 10th International Conference on Hot Sheet Metal Forming of High-Performance Steel (CHS² 2026), taking place June 1–3, 2026, in Plzeň, Czech Republic.

CHS²-2026 will bring together researchers, industry experts, and practitioners from around the world to share the latest developments, innovations, and industrial applications in hot sheet metal forming and high-performance steels.

Read the first announcement here and visit the CHS2-2026 Conference page for more information, important dates, and registration details. 

We look forward to welcoming you to Plzeň!

Jens Hardell
Daniel Casellas
Jan Dzugan
Pavel Suchmann

CHS² Organizing Committee

While all the accepted full papers will be published in the conference proceedings, selected papers fulfilling the aims & scope will be invited to prepare manuscripts for submission to the journal Materials Science and Technology for a Special Issue on hot stamping steels.  

Materials Science and Technology is a journal of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (https://www.iom3.org/) published by Sage (https://www.sagepub.com/). The aims & scope and other details of the journal can be viewed at: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/MST.

Policy regarding publication ethics of the journal for prior publication can be found here: https://www.sagepub.com/journals/publication-ethics-policies/prior-publication
 

For questions regarding the special issue, please contact:
Radhakanta Rana, Editor-in-Chief, Materials Science and Technology (radhakanta.rana@tatasteeleurope.com), or
Kate Hall, Senior Publishing Editor, Sage (Kate.Hall@sagepub.co.uk)