CONFERENCE PROGRAMME


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Sunday 3rd September 2023

16:00 - 19:00    Registration and Welcome Reception                                                                                                                                              The Bramall       

Opportunity to collect your conference resources and to network.                                                                               

Monday 4th September 2023

08:00 - 08:30Registration and Arrival Drinks
Poster set-up for Monday's poster session
The Great Hall
08:30 - 09:30Welcome Address and Plenary Talk
Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall

Plenary 1
Sagawa M - History of REPM and my Teachers in Permanent Magnets
09:30 - 11:00
Session 1: Raw Materials, Resources and Mining
Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall

09:30 - 09:50 - Invited Talk. O1-1
Marte J - MP Materials: Restoring the American Rare Earth Materials and Magnet Supply Chain

09:50 - 10:10 - Invited Talk. O1-2. 
Castilloux R - China’s Rare Earth Resource Base

10:10 - 10:25 - Oral Talk. O1-3. 
De Campos M - Recent trends in the Rare-Earth industry in Brazil and in the world

10:25 - 10:40 - Oral Talk. O1-4. 
Dawes W - Rare Earths and Technology Solutions for the Green Transition

10:40 - 10:55 - Oral Talk. O1-5. 
Govender I - Fluorination of the Rare Earth Carbonates and Oxides
11:00 - 11:30
Refreshments and Poster Session
The Great Hall
11:30 - 13:00Session 2: Supply Chain Development and Magnet Processing
Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall

11:30 - 11:50 - Invited Talk. O2-1. 
Yang J - Development of rare earth permanent magnet material in China

11:50 - 12:10 - Invited Talk. O2-2. 
Yoshida Y - Toward a sustainable supply of high-performance permanent magnets: An overview of efforts taken in Japan

12:10 - 12:25 - Oral Talk. O2-3. 
Saje B - Permanent magnets – a European permanent magnets producer view

12:25 - 12:40 - Oral Talk. O2-4. 
Liu J - Sm-Co Magnets and RE Supply Chain

12:40 - 12:55 - Oral Talk. O2-5. 
Hatch G - Building a resilient critical-raw-materials value chain: the importance of international standards

13:00 - 14:00
Lunch and Poster Session
The Great Hall
14:00 - 15:30Session 3: Alloy Design and Machine Learning
Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall

14:00 - 14:20 -  Invited Talk. O3-1. 
Zhang H - Inverse Design of permanent magnets: From high-throughput calculations to machine learning

14:20 - 14:40 - Invited Talk. O3-2. 
Hong Y - A high throughput machine learning-assisted study of the effect of element substitution in RE-TM films

14:40 - 14:55 - Oral Talk. O3-3. 
Gopalan R - Enhancing the coercivity of Nd-Cu diffused Nd-Fe-B material by Nb assisted grain boundary pinning

14:55 - 15:10 - Oral Talk. O3-4. 
Dirba I - Towards maximum utilization of heavy rare earths in sintered NdFeB magnets

15:10 - 15:25 - Oral Talk. O3-5. 
Aubert A - Grain boundary engineering in Nd-based ThMn12 magnets and their nitrides: A comprehensive study of challenges and limitations
15:30 - 16:00Refreshments and Poster Session
The Great Hall
16:00 - 17:30Session 4: Recycling of Rare Earth Magnets
Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall

16:00 - 16:20 - Invited Talk. O4-1. 
Walton A  - The Works of Late Emeritus Professor Rex Harris

16:20 - 16:40 - Invited Talk. O4-2.
Burkhardt C - An overview of magnets recycling with focus on HPMS

16:40 - 16:55 - Oral Talk. O4-3.
Bacchetta G - Optimizing the short-loop recycling of Dy-rich end-of-life NdFeB permanent magnets

16:55 - 17:10 - Oral Talk. O4-4.
Rebernik M - Enhancing Recycled Nd-Fe-B Magnets' Performance via (Single) Grain Boundary Engineering with Nd-Cu using Spark Plasma Sintering

17:10 - 17:25 - Oral Talk. O4-5.
Costa Macedo W - Optimising Magnetic Properties of Recycled Magnets obtained via Pressless Processing (PLP)

17:30 - 19:30Posters and drinks reception
The Great Hall

Investors Forum Reception (registered attendees only - register here)
Networking and Session: The Bramall Mezzanine / Elgar Concert Hall. Full agenda here

Tuesday 5th September 2023

08:00 - 08:15           Registration and Arrival Drinks
Poster set-up for Tuesday's poster session
The Great Hall
08:15 - 09:00Memorial to Past Members
Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall
09:00 - 10:30
Session 5: Unconventional Processing
Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall

09:00 - 09:20 - Invited Talk. - O5-1.
Brooks O - The Influence of the Disproportionated Microstructure on the Hydrogen Ductilisation Process (HyDP) for NdFeB Alloys

09:20 - 09:40 - Invited Talk. - O5-2.
Sugimoto S - Development of High Anisotropic Nd-Fe-B HDDR Powders

09:40 - 09:55 - Oral Talk. - O5-3.
Goll D - Rare earth based permanent magnets by laser powder bed fusion

09:55 - 10:10 - Oral Talk. - O5-4.
Shield J-  Solidification-based Additive Manufacturing of Rare Earth Permanent Magnets

10:10 - 10:25 - Oral Talk. - O5-6.
Lewis L - Tailoring Magnetic Structures via Passive Magnetic and Strain-Field Annealing

10:30 - 11:00
Refreshments and Poster Session
The Great Hall
11:00 - 12:35
Session 6: Nanocrystalline & Thin Film Magnets
Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall

11:00 - 11:20 - Oral Talk. - O6-1.
Sepehri Amin H - Exploring coercivity limit in SmFe12-based thin films

11:20 - 11:35 - Oral Talk. - O6-2.
Romero S - Magnetostatic coupling in NdFeB melt-spun magnets

11:35 - 11:50 - Oral Talk. - O6-3.
Tang X - (Nd,LRE)-Fe-B hot-deformed magnets for variable-magnetic-force motor applications

11:50 - 12:05 - Oral Talk. - O6-4.
Kautsar Z - High Coercivity and Resistivity HRE-free Nd-Fe-B hot-deformed magnet by PrCu diffusion and CaF2-LiF eutectic mixture addition

12:05 - 12:20 - Oral Talk. - O6-5.
Staab F - Hard magnetic SmCo5-Cu nanocomposites produced by high-pressure torsion – microstructural evolution and magnetic properties

12:20 - 12:35 - Oral Talk. - O6-6.
Kim G - Dual amorphous-precursor deformation method for high-performance Nd-saving Nd-Fe-B hot-deformed magnets

12:35 - 14:30
Lunch and Poster Session
The Great Hall

International committee meeting
Careers Networking Rooms (G30-G31)
14:30 - 16:00Session 7: RE-Fe-B Magnet Processing and Properties
Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall

14:30 - 14:50 - Invited Talk. – O7-1.
Sasaki T - Achieving 2.8 T coercivity in Nd–Fe–B sintered magnets subjected to two-step grain boundary diffusion process

14:50 - 15:10 - Invited Talk. – O7-2.
Miyawaki H - Heavy Rare Earth free Hot-Deformed Nd-Fe-B Magnet for Traction Motor in Electric Vehicles

15:10 - 15:25 - Oral Talk. – O7-3.
Jia Z - Effect of grain boundary reconstruction and regenerated main phase shell on magnetic properties in high-abundance
 (NdLaCeY)-Fe-B magnets

15:25 - 15:40 - Oral Talk. – O7-4.
Gassmann J - Reducing criticality of Nd-Fe-B by recycling and partial substitution using the rapid quenching technique

15:40 - 15:55 - Oral Talk. – O7-5.
Tomše T - A strategy for rapid sintering of Nd-Fe-B-type magnets based on intense thermal radiation

16:00 - 16:30Refreshments and Poster Session
The Great Hall
16:30 - 18:00Session 8. Rare Earth-Free Magnets
Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall

16:30 - 16:50 - Invited Talk. – O8-1.
Johnson F - Iron Nitride: a Non-Rare-Earth Containing Permanent Magnet

16:50 - 17:05 - Oral Talk. – O8-2.
Woodcock T - Critical Materials Free MnAl-C Magnets: Recent Developments and a Perspective

17:05 - 17:20 - Oral Talk. – O8-3.
Zhao P - Nanoscale Chemical Segregation to Twin Interfaces in τ-MnAl-C and Resulting Effects on the Magnetic Properties

17:20 - 17:35 - Oral Talk. – O8-4.
Capobianchi A - Direct synthesis of highly ordered L10-FeNi nanoparticles from Layered complexes

17:35 - 17:50 - Oral Talk. – O8-5.
Lewis L - Jumping the Gap: Can Tetrataenite become a “Hard” Permanent Magnet?

17:50 - 18:00 – Oral Talk – O8-6
Liu P - Hard and semi-hard Fe-based magnetic materials

18:00 - 19:30Posters and drinks reception
The Great Hall

Wednesday 6th September 2023

08:30 - 09:00Registration and Arrival Drinks
Poster set-up for Wednesday's poster session
The Great Hall
09:00 - 09:30Plenary Talk
Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall

Plenary 2
Coey M - Why is it difficult to make a new permanent magnets?
09:30 - 11.00
Session 9: RE-Co Magnets and Processing
Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall

09:30 - 09:50 - Invited Talk. – O9-1.
Hadjipanayis G - Towards the adaptation of Sm(Fe,Co,M)12 compounds for new rare-earth-lean permanent magnets

09:50 - 10:05 - Oral Talk. – O9-2.
Castro J - Anisotropy field determination in SmCo5 sintered magnets

10:05 - 10:20 - Oral Talk. – O9-3.
Park K - Nanocrystalline Sm-Co-Cu bulk magnets prepared by low-oxygen nanopowder metallurgy process

10:20 - 10:35 - Oral Talk. – O9-4.
Sheridan R - Strip Casting of Sm2TM17-type Alloys for Production of the Metastable SmTM7 Phase

10:35 - 10:50 - Oral Talk. – O9-5.
Niarchos D - Rare Earth and Transition Metal  based High Entropy Alloys (HEAs) as building blocks for novel permanent magnets

11:00 - 11:30        
Refreshments and Poster Session
The Great Hall
11:30- 12:50
Session 10: Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Micromagnetic Modelling
Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall

11:30 - 11:50 - Invited Talk – O10-1.
Patrick C - First-principles calculations on rare earth magnets - bridging the gap between theory and reality

11:50 - 12:05 - Oral Talk – O10-2.
Staunton J - Crucial role of Fe in determining the hard magnetic properties of Nd2Fe14B: finite temperature, first-principles theory calculations

12:05 - 12:20 - Oral Talk – O10-3.
Kulesh N - Exploring coercivity limits in ultrafine-grained Nd-Fe-B magnets with deep learning image segmentation and micromagnetic simulation

12:20 - 12:35 - Oral Talk – O10-4.
Ohmer D - Micromagnetic simulation of nanostructured Sm2(Co,Fe,Cu,Zr)17 magnets

12:35 - 12:50 - Oral Talk – O10-5.
Paudyal D - Discovery of rare-earth lean high-performance permanent magnets

12:50 - 14:00
Lunch and Poster Session
The Great Hall
14:00 - 15:35Session 11: Applications of Permanent Magnets
Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall

Campbell A - The Application of Permanent Magnets in Electrical Machines for Aerospace Full Electric and Hybrid Electric Aircrafts 

14:20 - 14:35 - Oral Talk – O11-2.
Perigo E - Considerations in Magnets Selection for Industrial Motors: The Case of Permanent Magnet-Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motors

14:35 - 14:50 - Oral Talk – O11-3.
Krengel M - Special features of the NdFeB Hot pressing process- a pump manufacturer as magnet producer

14:50 - 15:05 - Oral Talk – O11-4.
Vishwakarma A - Geometry-based reduction of rare-earth-containing raw materials for permanent magnets

15:05 - 15:20 - Oral Talk – O11-5.
Klumpp A - Challenges in applications of permanent magnets in accelerators on the example of the major accelerator upgrade at DESY

15:20 - 15:35 - Oral  Talk – O11-6.
Dempsey N - Development and use of NdFeB micro-magnets


15:35 - 16:00Refreshments and Poster Session
The Great Hall
15:35 - 17:30Tour of Magnet Recycling Facilities
Sign up at registration desk
19:00 - 23:00REPM2023 Conference Dinner - The Council House 
Victoria Square Birmingham B1 1BB

Coaches available from Edgbaston Park Hotel at 18:15
Return coaches from the Council House to Edgbaston Park Hotel at 23:00

Thursday 7th March 2023

08:30 - 09:00Registration and Arrival Drinks
The Great Hall
09:00 - 10:40          
Session 12: Applications and Sustainability of Magnets
Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall

09:00 - 09:20 - Invited Talk – O12-1.
Gutfleisch O - Sustainability of tomorrow´s magnets and their applications 

09:20 - 09:40 - Oral Talk – O12-2.
Blomgren J - Automated High-Speed Approaches for the Extraction of Permanent Magnets from Hard Disk Drives Components for Circular Economy

09:40 - 09:55 - Oral Talk – O12-3.
Delette G - Design of complex shaped REPM for increasing the performance and recyclability of synchro-reluctant machines

09:55 - 10:10 - Oral Talk – O12-4.
Grau L -Processability and separability of commercial anti-corrosion coatings in HPMS recycling of NdFe

10:10 - 10:25 - Oral Talk – O12-5.
Dias M - Improvement of magnetic properties of recycled Nd-Fe-B magnets by employing the GBD process

10:25 - 10:40 - Oral Talk – O12-6 (replaced)
Morcos T - Competitive Threats to NdFeB Magnets in Green Energy Applications - Electric Vehicles and Windpower

10:40 - 11:10
Refreshments
The Great Hall
11:10 - 12:30
Session 13: Advanced Characterisation
Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall

11:10 - 11:25 - Oral Talk. – O13-1.
Cheema N - New measurement system for evaluation of eddy current loss in permanent magnets

11:25 - 11:40 - Oral Talk. – O13-2.
Mouron R - Anisotropic lattice diffusion of heavy rare earth elements (Tb, Dy) in the magnetic phase of Nd-Fe-B permanent
 magnets: an experimental model

11:40 - 11:55 - Oral Talk. – O13-3.
Han C Microscopic - Consequences of Strain and Magnetic Field on Atomic Ordering in MnAl

11:55 - 12:10 - Oral Talk. – O13-4.
Xia W - In-situ Magnetizing Holder with Strong In-plane Field for Lorentz Microscopy

12:10 - 12:25 - Oral Talk. – O13-5.
Ishigami K - Understanding the Coercivity of Ga-containing Nd–Fe–B Sintered Magnets from Feature Extraction and Selection of X-ray Diffraction Patterns via Dimension Reduction and Sparse Modeling


12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
The Great Hall
13:30 - 15:00Session 14: Rare Earth Nitride Magnets
Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall

13:30 - 13:50 - Invited Talk - O14-1.
Iriyama T - Recyclable Sm-Fe-N Bonded-Magnet Using Environmentally-Friendly CNF Binder

13:50 - 14:05 - Oral Talk - O14-2.
Hirayama Y - Magnetically anisotropic nanopowder of TbCu7-type Sm-Fe-N

14:05 - 14:20 - Oral Talk - O14-3.
Luca S - Sintering of Nd(Fe,Mo)12 tetragonal compounds for permanent magnets applications

14:20 - 14:35 - Oral Talk - O14-4.
Yamaguchi W - Improvement of coercivity of Sm2Fe17N3 powder by coating with material designed to restore local magnetic anisotropy on the surface

14:35 - 14:50 - Oral Talk - O14-5.
Matsuura M - Microstructural Changes at The Sm2Fe17 and Zn Interface

15:00 - 15:30Refreshments
The Great Hall
15:30 - 17:00Plenary Talk and Closing Remarks
Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall

Hono K - Permanent Magnet Research at NIMS - ESICMM Succeeded by Permanent Magnet Materials Open Platform and DXMag

Conference end.