SLOVENIAN FOUNDRYMEN SOCIETY with co-organizers UNIVERSITY OF FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING and UNIVERSITY OF FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

61st IFC PORTOROZ 2021 with an accompanying foundry exhibition

15th – 17th of September 2021 Congress center of Hotel , Portoroz, Obala 33, Slovenia INVITATION

We kindly invite you to 61st IFC Portoroz 2021 that will take place together with foundry exhibition from 15th to 17th September, organized by Slovenian foundrymen Society with so organizers: Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana and Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, under motto:

"Innovative solutions for the future of foundry"

The conference in Portoroz has been for full 6 decades, a traditional crossroad of foundry science and profession – respected lecturers from universities, institutes, foundry companies and foundry associations and societies around the world, that every year present a current themed lecture. Foundry exhibition is attended mainly by foundry suppliers, foundries, tool shops, science institutes, technical magazines and fair organizations.

We successfully executed the 60th IFC Portoroz 2020 in person to a great satisfaction for all the participants. Portoroz climate successfully opposed the coronavirus. All the participants of the conference responsibly arrived healthy and arrived home healthy after 3 days too.

We hope and strongly wish that same will be possible in Portoroz in September 2021. Therefore, we kindly invite you to join us as a lecturer, exhibitor or just participant on the conference. Everyone is welcome!

Program and organizational committee emer. prof. dr. Alojz Križman MSc. Mirjam Jan-Blažić REGISTRATION AND DEADLINES

All information and registration forms are available on our web page: www.drustvo-livarjev. Deadline for submitting an official registration form for lecturers with a lecture title and abstract is May 31th 2021. Deadline for submitting an official registration form for exhibitors is July 31st 2021 or until all exhibition areas are filled up.

Contact information: Slovenian Foundrymen Society, Lepi pot 6, p.p. 424, SI-1001 Ljubljana T: +386 1 252 24 88, F: +386 1 426 99 34, E: [email protected]

The Foundry Conference shall be organized under the program framework:

September 15th 2021 Registration of the Conference and Exhibition participants at 16:30 – 20:00 the registration desk 18:00 Reception at the Municipality of September 16th 2021 Registration of the Conference and Exhibition participants at 7:30 the registration desk 9:00 – 9:15 Opening of the Conference and Exhibition 9:45 – 17:30 Plenary lectures, exhibition and joint lunch 19:30 Foundrymen’s night September 17th 2021 Lectures in sections and exhibition, joint lunch at the 9:00 – 14:00 Conference closing TIMELINE

7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 13:00 13:30 14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00 17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30 21:00

Registration of participants (Conference/Exhibition) 15.9. (WED) Reception - Municipality of Piran

Registration

16.9. Foundry Exhibition (THU)

Open- Foundrymen’s night Plenary lectures Lunch Break Plenary lectures ing (till 11 p.m.)

Registration

17.9. Foundry Exhibition (FRI)

Technical session Closing with lunch