Gerhard Hackl
Asmet, Austria
IFM Steering committee chairman
Gareth Barker
Sheffield Forgemasters, United Kingdom
Bill Edwards
Elwood Group, USA
Jacopo Guzzoni
Fomas group, Italy
Mario Gussago
Fomec, Italy
Jin Zhang
China Forge, China
Shen Guoqu
Erzhong (Deyang) Heavy Equipment Co. Ltd., China
Osama Matsumoto
Kobelco Research Institute Inc., Japan
Daisuke Ota
JSCFA, Japan
Sebastian Schramhauser
Buderus, Germany
Jan Terhaar
Saarschmiede GmbH, Germany