Professor, Department of Physical Chemistry of Metallurgy, School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB). Working Experience：2005-2008 Lecture, USTB; 2008-2013 Associate Professor, USTB; 2013-now Professor, USTB. Main research fields: 1) Thermodynamics of metallurgical melts, Phase diagram and phase equilibria of slags containing transition metal oxides; 2) New methods and processes for extraction of vanadium, titanium and chromium from the primary and the second resource.

Dr Johan Martinsson is manager of the research group Metallurgy labs, at the Swedish metallurgical research institute Swerim. He focuses his research on reaction mechanisms and process phenomena related to metallurgical processes. Since 2023, he is also affiliated researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He received his PhD from the same university in 2018, where he focused on foaming slag. Since then he has been involved in research within the scope of HYBRIT, both on fundamental level as well as applied in the industry.

Mr. Wenzhou Yu, who comes from the Chonging University of China, is now an associate professor in the university and his major is metallurgy. Mr. Wenzhou Yu received his PhD from Kunming University of Science and Technology in 2014 and also furthered his study in University of Tokyo as a visiting scholar in 2023. At present, his research areas contains the high temperature properties of hot metals, the high value-added recovery of solid wastes, and vacuum metallurgy.

Manish Kumar Kar is a dedicated Ph.D. researcher in the Department of Material Science and Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). He holds a master's degree from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. With a rich background in aluminum electrolysis, Manish spent three impactful years contributing his expertise at JNARDDC, Nagpur. . His passion for advancing sustainable practices led him to focus on waste utilization through hydrogen reduction. His research spans various domains, including hydrogen metallurgy, pyrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy, and electrometallurgy.