The ESTEP Focus Group Smart Factory is organizing a two-days’ workshop on AI-4 Steel, which will take place from Wednesday 15 to Thursday 16 April 2026 in Leoben, Austria.
The workshop aims at highlighting trends, opportunities and challenges connected to AI-based solutions in the steel sector by:
- Investigating the demands of the sector while broadening the view from single topic to the whole picture.
- Analyzing costs and added value of AI use in the steel field, by identifying barriers and enablers to exploit their full potential.
- Supporting a realistic approach to AI and ML in terms of expectations, complexity, training, skills, investments.
The workshop is open to AI applications/solutions from the metal sector to share experiences and good practices. Authors wishing to present a contribution are asked to prepare maximum 2 pages abstract including figures and references.
The abstract needs to be submitted by 26 February 2026.
More information on this event can be found on this website.