Asian Forum on Light Metals

ALMA 2023 (2nd Circular)
Scope

The Asian Light Metals Association (ALMA) is an organization for scientists, engineers,postgraduate and undergraduate students engaged in research on light metals, such asaluminum, magnesium, and titanium. ALMA provides them to come and see each othershearing time, new idea, new findings or current items to be deeply discussed. ALMA offers
them a unique platform for sharing new insights and research findings. The international

forum called ALMA forum is organized by ALMA with the aim to provide a special place todiscuss current hot topics on light metals from Asian regions including Australia, China,Korea, Taiwan, and Japan. Details about ALMA can be obtained from the below URL.
ALMA 2023 is held at the Tokyo Metropolitan University Minami-Osawa Campus in
conjunction with the 145th Conference of Japan Institute of Light Metals. The main themeof this year’s ALMA Forum is “Environment, Energy and Sustainable Development” with afocus on light alloys. Two invited speakers from each country will present novel topics related
to light metals.

Date: 10-11 November, 2023
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan University Minami-Osawa Campus(1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, Japan 192-0397)
https://www.tmu.ac.jp/english/university/access.html#Capacity: 80 people (first-come-first served basis)
Fee: Free
Application: E-mail to jilm1951@jilm.or.jp
Application period: 1st of September to 31st of October, 2023
Reference(about ALMA): https://www.jilm.or.jp/alma
Chair person

Prof. S. Kuramoto (Ibaraki University, Japan)

Organizing committee
S. Kuramoto

T. MukaiY. Tamura

M. Kubota

T. Shibayanagi

A. Serizawa

K. Hagihara

M. Watanabe

S. LeeM. Nakai

Y. KumeA. Tatsumi

T. Hashimoto

A. Tanihata

S. Akiyama

H. Okada

M. ArakiK. Ichitani

I. AoiK. Suzuki

International committee

Prof. K. S. Shin (Seoul National University, Korea)
Prof. Y. Estrin (Monash University, Australia)
Mr. C.C. Wang (The Metals Industry Research and Development Center, MIRDC, Taiwan)
Prof. Wenfang Shi (China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, China)
Prof. S. Kuramoto (Ibaraki University, Japan)

ALMA Forum 2023 Program (tentative)
11 November, 2023

(30minuites for each presentation, including discussion)

9:05
9:35
10:05

Opening ceremony
Opening address
Session-1
Australia (1)China (1)Korea (1)Chairman: Prof. Masahiro Kubota
Prof. Shigeru Kuramoto
Chairman: Dr. Ho Lin Tsai
Prof. Roger Lumley
Assoc. Prof. Jiuyang Pei
Assoc. Prof. Taekyung Lee

10:45
11:15
11:45

Session-2
Taiwan (1)Japan (1)Australia (2)Chairman: Prof. Gaowu Qin
Dr. Ho Lin Tsai
Dr. Yoichi Kojima
Prof. Andrey Molotnikov

Session-3
China (2)Korea (2)Taiwan (2)Japan (2)Closing ceremony

Chairman: Prof. Roger LumleyProf. Gaowu Qin
Dr. JaeHwang Kim
Assist. Prof. Che-Nan Kuo
Dr. Yasumasa Chino
Chairman: Prof. Toshiya Shibayanagi

9:00

Coffee break (10:35–10:45)

Lunch (12:15–13:15)
The 145th Conference of JILM Poster Session (13:10–15:10)

15:10
15:40
16:10
16:40
17:20
17:50
18:00

Honoring speakers with gifts
and taking group photos

Closing address
Prof. Toshiji Mukai
Join the members social gathering party of the 145thConference of Japan Institute of Light Metals