The International Conference on ThermoMechanical Processing (TMP), held every 4 years, is organized in a way to maximize the interaction and discussion between researchers in the field. The 6^th TMP Conference will be held in China for the first time, the previous conferences being held in:

1^st TMP 2000: London, United Kingdom

2^nd TMP 2004: Liege, Belgium

3^rd TMP 2008: Padua, Italy

4^th TMP 2012: Sheffield, United Kingdom

5^th TMP 2016: Milan, Italy