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HIGHL IGHTS A D V A N C E D M A T E R I A L S & P R O C E S S E S | A P R I L 2 0 1 9 6 0 IMAT 2020 UPDATE IMAT 2020 Update A Heat Treating Perspective Lesley Frame and Jim Oakes As the planning and programming for IMAT 2020 moves forward, we have heard many ASM and HTS members ask, “So what is this IMAT all about?” As you may have read in the February/ March issue of AM&P, IMAT represents a new direction for the ASM community as we move toward a conference that focuses on collaboration and multidis- ciplinary approaches to solving mate- rials problems and tackling upcoming challenges. From a heat treating per- spective, this is very exciting news. Heat treating is a discipline that is essential to many industries and applications, but it tends to take either center stage attention or a behind- the-scenes role. Everyone knows it is important, but far fewer know what to ask about, let alone how to fix, the heat treat issues that can arise. As a result, many in our field tend to band together and cut across industry and application lines in order to learn about heat treat fundamentals, share best practices, find opportunities for improvement, and develop new ways to improve processing to push materials to their limits. With the new conference direction ASM is taking with IMAT 2020, the Heat Treating Society and community will benefit in spades. You will find the familiar and necessary topics like microstructural evolution, quenching and cooling, and vac- uum processes at IMAT 2020. But the conference will offer much more than these traditional favorites. Heat treating plays roles in additive manufacturing, informatics, sustain- ability challenges, and biomedical applications, to name a few. But not all heat treaters fully understand the challenges of the biomedical industry or the limitations of informat- ics or Industry 4.0. With the Emerging Materials symposia scheduled for IMAT 2020 focused on these topics, we have a unique opportunity to interact with other affiliate societies and ASM members with expertise in a wide range of indus- Frame Oakes Canada Council Award Nominations due April 30 ASM’s Canada Council is seeking nominations for its 2019 awards program. These prestigious awards include: G. MacDonald Young Award – The ASM Canada Coun- cil established this award in 1988 to recognize distinguished and significant contributions by an ASMmember in Canada. This award consists of a plaque and a piece of Canadian native soapstone sculpture. The 2018 recipient was Paul Okrutny, senior associate, Materials Failure, 30 Forensic Engineering, Toronto. M. Brian Ives Lectureship – This award was estab- lished in 1971 by the Canada Council of ASM to identify a distinguished lecturer who will present a technical talk at a regular monthly meeting of each Canadian ASM Chapter that elects to participate. The winner receives a $1000 hono- rarium and travels to each ASM Canada Chapter throughout the year to give their presentation with expenses covered by the ASM Canada Council. John Convey Innovation Awards – In 1977, the Can- ada Council created a new award to recognize sustaining member companies that contribute to development of the Canadianmaterials engineering industry. The award consid- ers a newproduct and/or service directed at the Canadian or international marketplace. Two awards are presented each year, one to a company with annual sales in excess of $5 mil- lion, and the other to a company with annual sales below $5 million. The 2018 recipient was Ashok Koul, FASM, president and CEO, Life Prediction Technologies Inc., Ottawa, Ontario. View sample forms, rules, and past recipients at asminternational.org/membership/awards/nominate. To nominate someone for any of these awards, email christine.hoover@asminternational.org for a unique nomi- nation link. LEAVE YOUR LEGACY There are a variety of ways that individuals canmake an immediate impact or leave a legacy through the ASM Materials Education Foundation. To learn more about how to contribute through the Foundation, contact Carrie Wilson, executive director, at carrie.wilson@asminterna- tional.org or 440.338.5404.