This is where the technical dialogue at this year's Insight Edition sets in, aiming to shed light on the following key questions:

• Can tensile strengths up to 1900 MPa, already realised in the laboratory, be carried
  over into industrial production?
• Can UHSS achieve higher flexibilities, without compromising their strength
  characteristics?
• Are there new concepts to cut UHSS parts- or is laser cutting the only feasible method?
• Is local heat treatment manageable, also in terms of oven technology, in order to
  adjust and locally optimise material properties of complex shaped parts?
• How does part design have to respond to the requirements of UHSS?
• How can UHSS tailored rolled or tailored welded blanks contribute to further optimize
  car body structures?
• How can UHSS parts be efficiently and reliably joined, also to non-steel materials?
• Direct, one-step hot-forming vs. indirect, two-step forming (cold pre-forming followed
  by trimming in hot-forming tool) - which process will dominate the future?
• Can corrosion protection issues be solved satisfactorily?
• Is the in-use long-term mechanical stability of UHSS guaranteed, in view of hydrogen
  embrittlement phenomena?
• Inhouse or outsourcing of UHSS parts and the supplier situation regarding global sourcing?

Extra benefits:

• Guided tour through the Volvo Car Corporation Gothenburg production site, with a special emphasis on joining stations, logistics of press-hardened parts, and underbody applications of press hardened steels.
   
• Interactive topic tables chaired by renowned OEM experts, enabling expert discussions on special issues.