Programme

09:00 - 11:00 - Registration
11:00 - 11:15 - Opening of the PractiCORR 2025 Conference

11:15 – 11:55 - Plenary Lecture
Tomáš Prošek and Václav Šefl EFC

Surface preparation limits of pipeline steel and paint durability

11:55 – 12:35 - Plenary Lecture

Prof., DSc. Eng. Adam Wysokowski

University of Zielona Góra, Head of Polish Society of Bridge Engineers

Durability of Railway and Road Bridges from a Corrosion Perspective

12:35 – 13:05 - Coffee Break

Iwona Gajecka, PSK - chair
Gareth Hinds, EFC - co-chair

13:05 – 13:25
Author / Authors: DSc. Eng. Juliusz Winiarski,
Company: Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Title: The problem of corrosion in water treatment systems, water distribution systems and heating systems - a case study

13:25 – 13:45
Author / Authors: Marek Kudláč, Mária Dománková, Katarína Bártová, Matúš Gavalec¹, Dávid Slnek
Company: Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia
Title: Assessment of Final Machining Effects on Stress Corrosion Cracking of Austenitic Stainless Steel AISI 316L and AISI 321

13:45 – 14:15
HEGGEL, Germany
Title: High-Tech Surface Protection Solutions by HEGGEL GmbH

14:15 – 14:35
Author / Authors: Lauri Westling, Robert Wiśniewski
Company: PexRayTech Oy, Finland,
Title: Digital Radiography applied for corr Endo-Tech S.J. osion on insulated pipes – practical approach

14:35 – 14:55
Author / Authors:  Pascal Collet, 
Company: Cefracor
Certification CFR by the CEFRACOR – Feedback after five years of certification for coating applicators.

14:55 – 15:50 - Lunch

15:50 – 16:10 
Author / Authors: Ramay Patra¹, M.M Krishna Cherla¹, Gobi K. V.², Subasri Raghavan¹
Company: Istituto Italiano della Saldatura – IIS
¹Centre for Sol-Gel Coatings, International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Balapur, Hyderabad, 500 005, Telangana State, India
²Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Warangal, Hanamkonda, 506 004, Telangana State, India
Title: Self -indicating coatings using fluorescent indicators for corrosion detection in mild steel

16:10 – 16:30 
Author / Authors: Tom Marquardt¹, Linda Fröck²
Company: ¹Muehlhan Holding GmbH
²Fraunhofer IGP
Title: Optimizing Coating Integrity Through Adhesive Bonding – A Viable Alternative to Welding in Corrosive Environments

16:30 – 16:50
Author / Authors: Grzegorz Wojciechowski
Company: Novol Sp. z o.o., Poland
Title: Why small changes bring big results. The renovation of the viaduct in a new edition.

16:60 – 17:10
Author / Authors: Jerzy Kozłowski Frosio Inspector Level III, Martin Czysch Frosio Inspector Level III
Company: SLV-GSI Poland, Gesellschaft für Schweißtechnik International mbH
Title: FROSIO certificate – internationally recognized confirmation of competence  in the field of anti-corrosion and insulation.

09:00 – 09:30 - Plenary Lecture III

Prasanth Karunan

SigmaPaints, Saudi Arabia

Application challenges of Inorganic Zinc Silicate coatings

09:30 – 10:00 - Plenary Lecture IV

Łukasz Radosiński, PhD.

Novasell Sp. z o.o., Poland

Intumescent coating for hydrocarbon fire – testing and certification procedures, market introduction challenges

Łukasz Radosiński PhD., Novasell - chair
Prasanth Karunan, SigmaPaints - co-chair

10:00 – 10:20
Author / Authors: Nabil Hamdy
Company: PETROJET, Egypt
Title: Integrated Coating System Challenges for NEOM's 80-Inch OD Water Pipeline – A Case Study

10:20 – 10:40
Author / Authors: Marco De Marco¹, Elisa Ferrari¹, Eduardo Adile¹, Fang Fang Wu¹
Company: ¹Istituto Italiano della Saldatura - IIS
Title: Internal corrosion damages close to monolithic isolations joints placed above ground in a pig traps
 

11:00 – 11:20 - Coffee Break