Open Access Conference Proceedings

The 33^rd edition of the traditional steel conference on the theory and practice of steel production and processing took place in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, at the Wellness Hotel Energetic on 30-31 March 2017. 64 participants from Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland listened to 18 lectures.

The conference was opened with an introductory speech by Prof. Ing. Jana Dobrovská, CSc., Dean of the Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, VŠB - Technical University Ostrava. The introductory lecture by Assoc. Prof. Ing. Václav Kafka, CSc. was dedicated to the memory of Prof. Ing. Zdeněk Bůžek. The invited speaker was RNDr. Jaroslav Raab from the company Hutnictví železnictví a.s. with his lecture "Question marks of the European steel industry". The first day was traditionally concluded with a social evening in the stylish Kordulka hut.

Sponsors & Exhibitors: ŽĎAS, a.s.; RMS, a.s. Košice; TSI System s.r.o.; HOBRA - Školník s.r.o.; Promat s.r.o.

The articles in the Conference proceedings are mostly in Czech language.