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Get ready to experience the 10th International Conference on HOT SHEET METAL FORMING OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE STEEL CHS² – 2026 June 1st to 3rd Plzen, Czech Republic
Find the first announcement here and visit the conference registration page for more information.
Hope to see you there!
Jens Hardell
Daniel Casellas
Jan Dzugan
Pavel Suchmann
CHS2 Organizing Committee
Paper Submission
All authors with and accepted abstracts for CHS2-2026 are welcomed to submit their full paper according to the guidelines.
Layout & guidelines:
- Please download the template and paper guidelines for paper submission under the following link: << PAPER TEMPLATE >>
Dates & Deadlines:
- Full paper submission deadline: 6th February 2026
- Revised paper submission deadline: 3rd April 2026
For submission of papers login to the paper management system click on:
Submit paper
Upload your paper in accordance to the paper submission template
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)




