CHAIR OF THE SYMPOSIUM

Peter Horňak	Institute of Materials and Quality Engineering, Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling, Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
Pavol Hvizdoš	Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Joint-chairman

Ján Dusza	Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
Margita Longauerová	Metal Science Society at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
Akio Nishimoto	Kansai University, Osaka, Japan
Pavol Šajgalík	President, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Katalin Balázsi	Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
Pavol Beraxa	ŽP Research & Development Center s.r.o., Podbrezová, Slovakia
Kornel Csach	Institute of Experimental Physics of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
Ľubomír Čaplovič	Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Trnava, Slovakia
Pavel Diko	Institute of Experimental Physics of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
Jana Dobrovská	Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Alistair Doig	Defence Academy of the UK, Shrivenham, United Kingdom
Martin Fujda	Institute of Materials and Quality Engineering, Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling, Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
Roland Haubner	University of Technology Vienna, Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Vienna, Austria
Peter Horňak	Institute of Materials and Quality Engineering, Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling, Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
Ivan Hrivňák	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Trnava, Slovakia
Christian Chimani	AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Wien, Austria
Kenji Ikeuchi	Osaka, Japan
Karol Iždinský	Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Jozef Janovec	Institute of Materials and Quality Engineering, Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling, Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
Kamila Janovská	Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Lucyna Jaworska	AGH Krakow, Poland
Zdeněk Jonšta	Ostrava, Czech Republic
Josef Kasl	Research and Testing Institute Pilsen s.r.o., Pilsen, Czech Republic
Radomila Konečná	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Žilina, Žilina, Slovakia
Viera Kohuteková	Research and Development USSE, U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o., Košice, Slovakia
Alexandra Kovalčíková	Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
Ludvík Kunz	Institute of Physics of Materials, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
Pavel Lejček	Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Svätoboj Longauer	Metal Science Society at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
Petr Louda	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic
Maroš Martinkovič	Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Trnava, Slovakia
Eva Mazancová	Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Wojciech Maziarz	Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
Erik Navara	Jihlava, Czech Republic
Peter Palček	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Žilina, Žilina, Slovakia
Ľudovít Parilák	Košice, Slovakia
Jaroslav Pokluda	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
Karel Saksl	Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
František Simančík	Institute of Materials & Machine Mechanics of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Jiří Švejcar	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
Elena Tabachnikova	B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering, National Ukraine Academy of Sciences, Kharkov, Ukraine
Eva Tillová	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Žilina, Žilina, Slovakia
George Vander Voort	Consultant in Metallography, Failure Analysis & Archeometallurgy, USA
Vlastimil Vodárek	Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Dalibor Vojtěch	Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Esa Vuorinen	Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
Panyawat Wangyao	Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Bogdan Wendler	Technical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Jozef Zrník	Prague, Czech Republic
Petr Zuna	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

HONORARY COMMITTEE

Peter Horňak	Chairman of the Symposium, Institute of Materials and Quality Engineering, Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling, Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
Pavol Hvizdoš	Co-Chairman of the Symposium, Director, Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
Ján Dusza	Joint Chairman, Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
Ivan Hrivňák	Founder of the Metallography Symposium
Margita Longauerová	Long Term Chairman of the Metallography Symposium
Pavol Beraxa	Director, ŽP Research & Development Center s.r.o., Podbrezová, Slovakia
James E. Bruno	President of U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o., Slovakia
Kamila Janovská	Dean, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Martin Fujda	Director, Institute of Materials and Quality Engineering, Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling, Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
Zuzana Gažová	Director, Institute of Experimental Physics of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
Peter Horňak	President, Metal Science Society at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
Stanislav Kmeť	Rector, Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
Viera Kohuteková	General Manager, Research and Development USSE, U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o., Košice, Slovakia
Ludvík Kunz	Director, Institute of Physics of Materials, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
Ľudovít Parilák	Founder of ŽP Research & Development Center s.r.o., Podbrezová, Slovakia
Vladimír Soták	President, Železiarne Podbrezová a. s., Slovakia
Pavol Šajgalík	President, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Iveta Vasková	Dean, Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling, Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
Vladimír Zvarík	Member of the Supervisory Board, Železiarne Podbrezová a.s., Podbrezová, Slovakia

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Peter Horňak	Chairman, Institute of Materials and Quality Engineering, Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling, Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
Pavol Hvizdoš	Co-Chairman, Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
Miloš Matvija	Secretary of the Symposium, Institute of Materials and Quality Engineering, Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling, Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
Tomáš Lukáč	Economic Department of the Symposium, Lumakon, s. r. o., Košice, Slovakia
Martin Fujda	Institute of Materials and Quality Engineering, Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling, Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
Mária Hagarová	Institute of Materials and Quality Engineering, Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling, Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
Viera Horáková	Institute of Materials and Quality Engineering, Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling, Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
Peter Slovenský	Institute of Materials and Quality Engineering, Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling, Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
Beáta Balloková	Institute of Materials Research of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
Michal Ivor	Institute of Materials Research of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
Erika Múdra	Institute of Materials Research of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
Marek Vojtko	Institute of Materials Research of Slovak Academy of Sciences Košice, Slovakia
Pavel Bekeč	ŽP Research & Development Center s.r.o., ŽP Podbrezová, Slovakia
Mária Demčáková	Research and Development USSE, U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o., Slovakia
Alica Mašlejová	Research and Development USSE, U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o., Slovakia
Pavol Zubko	Research and Development USSE, U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o., Slovakia