The International Symposium on Self-propagating High-temperature Synthesis has a 34-year history, held biennially in the following locations: USSR (Almaty, 1991), USA (Hawaii, 1993), China (Wuhan, 1995), Spain (Toledo, 1997), Russia (Moscow, 1999), Israel (Haifa, 2002), Poland, (Kraków, 2003), Italy (Cagliari, 2005), France (Dijon, 2007), Armenia (Yerevan, 2009), Greece (Anavisos, 2011), USA(Texas, 2013), Turkey (Antalya, 2015), Georgia (Tbilisi, 2017), Russia (Moscow, 2019), Armenia (Yerevan, 2024). 

It is the longest-running, most influential, and highest-level international academic conference in the global SHS field. It brings together SHS experts and researchers from around the world to discuss the latest progress, breakthroughs, and challenges in this dynamic field, and to inspire new collaborative and innovative ideas.

 We sincerely invite you to attend the 17th International Symposium on Self-propagating High-temperature Synthesis (SHS 2026) to be held in Xuzhou, China, from September 14 to 18, 2026 (Official website: https://shs2026.aconf.org/). Xuzhou is a national historical and cultural city, a city with a trillion-yuan GDP, and a national comprehensive transportation hub.

✦ SHS Theory: Combustion theory and simulation; Dynamics and mechanisms of composition and structural transformation.
✦ SHS Methods: Self-propagating high-temperature synthesis; Joule heating; Flash sintering; Thermal explosion reaction; Solution combustion synthesis; Mechanically activated SHS reactions.
✦ SHS Materials: Ceramic materials; High entropy materials; SHS in films; Consolidation and additive technology: SHS+(SPS, HIP, HP, SLS, DLG, Impact assistance, etc); Functional materials: biology and medicine, catalysis, high energy, magnetism, electron and optic etc; Refractory and ultra-high temperature materials. 
✦ SHS Applications: Metallurgy, welding and brazing; Surface engineering; Application and industrialization.

China University of Mining and Technology (Jiangsu, China)

Henan Academy of Sciences (Henan, China)

Changji University (Changji, China)

Merzhanov Institute of Structural Macrokinetics and Materials Science RAS

University of Science and Technology MISIS

Department of Engineering and Materials Science, National Natural Science Foundation of China

Jiangsu Association for Science and Technology

Events will be held at China University of Mining and Technology: No 1 Daxue Road, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China, 10290