HSLA2025 conference, Nanjing

A nice meeting of a large body of metallurgists from all over the world, discussing and arguing about some deep aspects of the subject that is "high-strength low-alloy steels". Such steels have immeasurably improved the quality of life in a way that applies to all in the large population of the world.

On the day after the meeting ended, there was time to take in some sights before catching a high-speed train with Ting Ping Hou, to Wuhan.

A building with weathering steel.	The large conference room just before the start of the meeting, which rapidly filled up with metallurgists, television crews and journalists.
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This was the location of the plenary talks	III
The plenary talks were followed by parallel sessions in smaller lecture theatres.	III
It was a delight to meet up with colleagues, many of whom spent years in Cambridge. Here Carlos Mateo, eating a lot.	III
Notice the electrically powered two-wheelers, very popular modes of transport.	III
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III	Visited a site related to the Buddha
Visited a site related to the Buddha	The wonderful Professor Jer Ren Yang, my first Ph.D. student from Taiwan.
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Notice that this old symbol has a different chirality relative to that used in Germany.	We were able to climb to the top of the mountain on this beautiful day.
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This is a three-dimensionally printed tree, a copy of one under which the Buddha meditated.	III
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Professor Ting Ping Hou (PT-group member) who organised everything so well.	III
The great thinker, Confucious	III
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An exhibition of the history of China, leading to the first republic	III
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The wall around a part of Nanjing	III
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