The topics of choice for this year include, but are not limited to:
 Phase transformations in steels and ferrous alloys, non-ferrous alloys (such as Ti, Ni, Al, Zr), ceramics, semiconductors and other materials for both structural and functional applications;
 Phase transformations and microstructure evolution in high-entropy alloys (HEA)
 Phase transformations under far-from-equilibrium processing conditions or complex thermal histories;
 Advanced defect engineering technique assisted by phase transformation;
 Understanding transformation pathways and metastable microstructures in solid phase processing of materials using shear deformation;
 The application of data science, simulation tools, and advanced characterization techniques (both in-situ and ex-situ) in understanding and discovery of transformation pathway and microstructure signature along it during phase transformations.