Summary report of XL CALPHAD—Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 2011

Abstract XL CALPHAD—Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry conference was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 22–27, 2011. The conference had an audience of 192 persons. There were 88 oral and 100 poster presentations. Presentations were divided according to themes: ab initio; the CALPHAD method, and assessments; applications – energy; applications – steel, superalloys, oxides and experiments and databases. A total of 90 companies were represented among authors and audience. In this summary, a brief description of the highlights of the conference is presented as well as the abstracts for the contributed papers.