Call for Abstracts
The ET Seminar Committee is pleased to invite paper abstracts for possible presentation at the Fourteenth International Aluminum Extrusion Technology Seminar—ET ’27, scheduled for April 26 through April 30, 2027, in Orlando, Florida, USA.
While the primary focus of ET is scientific and technical, papers of a practical, operational, or theoretical nature are invited as well. Presenters are encouraged to challenge every facet of the extrusion industry to raise its level of expectations, quality, and performance.
Entries
The deadline to submit ET '27 abstracts is February 26, 2026.
The Program
The ET program has been expanded to include seven new and improved session tracks. Authors are encouraged to submit paper abstracts of no more than 150 words to be considered for presentation, which will be arranged in the following seven tracks:
- Alloys & Billet Process
- Extrusion Equipment
- Extrusion & Die Process Application
- Extrusion & Die R&D
- Extrusion Finishes & Fabrication
- Sustainability & Management
- Extrusion Design & Innovation
New Track
The Extrusion Design & Innovation Track highlights how end users and extruders often work together to create the most innovative and pioneering design applications for aluminum extrusions. The track will offer unique opportunities for authors to showcase extrusion solutions through context studies, streamlined design parameters, material substitution, functionality case studies, and more.
Abstracts are invited from extruders and end users alike, covering such topics as component and product innovations, new and novel extrusion applications, applications leading to process improvements, etc.
Important Dates
July 7, 2025 - Online Abstract Portal Opens
February 26, 2026 - Abstracts Submittal Deadline
March 31, 2026 - Notification of Acceptance
September 1, 2026 - Draft Manuscript Deadline
September 1, 2026 - January 1, 2027- Author Approval Notifications
January 31, 2027 - Final Manuscript Due**
March 1, 2027 - Presentations Due
** Final technical papers (manuscripts) will be due July 31, 2026. The Extrusion Technology for Aluminum Profiles Foundation (ETF) will copyright all published materials. Acceptance of an abstract with the committee's subsequent invitation to submit a manuscript does not guarantee that the submitted manuscript will be accepted for the ET '27 Proceedings or for presentation at ET '27 — such acceptance is at the sole discretion and with the approval of the ET Seminar Committee.