Thank you to around 60 SMSVC industry attendees for a very productive Annual Meeting on November 9th & 10th at CIVS. The meeting was opened with the CIVS & SMSVC overview by Dr. Chenn Zhou followed by SMSVC project technical presentations by CIVS students and staff with ending comments by project technical committee industry members. A special Decarbonization Forum was held, followed by Mr. Ben Knowing’s dinner keynote address on Steel Innovation and Fossil-Free Steel Production. The two-day event ended with the SMSVC Board meeting.

During the event, the advancement and implementation of models and simulators in the SMSVC projects were thoroughly reviewed and discussed, including safety, electrical arc furnace, blast furnace, reheat furnace, ladle, and continuous casting. Industry attendees and CIVS students and staff were actively engaged on technical contents and future project directions. In the Decarbonization Forum, Dr. Zhou reviewed funding opportunities and CIVS & SMSVC decarbonization activities and projects on electrification and Hydrogen utilization for reducing CO2 and other emissions. Industry members discussed the significance, needs, challenges, current practices, as well as short, mid, and long-term targets for decarbonization. All the SMSVC companies are committed to the goal of net zero by 2050. SMSMVC will update our decarbonization application roadmap according to the discussions in the Forum.

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