After launching the 1 st International Conference on Interstitially Alloyed Steels (IAS 2008) in South Korea we are pleased to announce the organization of IAS 2010, the 2 nd edition of the conference series devoted to the state of science, production, technology and application of interstitially alloyed steels including social, political and customer needs. The conference, on request of the 1 st IAS conference's delegates', will take place in Belgium (Antwerp), from October 3 rd to October 6 th , 2010.

In steels and especially their industrial production including interstitial alloying and subsequent metallic or functional coating and application (e.g. forming and (multi-material) joining) are of paramount importance for all industrial sectors and therefore a topic of research institutions worldwide. Interstitials are ubiquitous, whether as inevitable impurities or as alloying elements. However, interstitial alloying has extremely influenced and beneficiated steel making. Yet interstitial alloying of steels still offers exciting fundamental scientific and practical challenges and a wide variety of potential applications. IAS 2010 answers to the demands of the worldwide politics, global market requirements and customer needs. Consequently, IAS is addressing FCS's (BH, HSS, UHSS, quenchable (B-alloyed) automotive grades, AHSS, DP, TRIP, TWIP) as well as Stainless Steels (austenitic, ferritic, martensitic, duplex) applicable for all markets.