Dr. A. Vazdirvanidis participated in the 18th International Conference on Aluminium Alloys (ICAA18) held in Toyama, Japan, 4-8 September 2022. ICAA is organized every second year alternating among Asia, America, and Europe and provides the leading international forum where academic and industrial researchers, scientists and engineers meet to discuss recent developments in Aluminium science, technology and applications. The focus of the conference was Aluminium as an eco-friendly material and in particular the use of Aluminium alloys in transportation and the production of recycled Aluminium ingots for lower greenhouse gas emissions.