The future survival of conventional power plants depends on technological developments in material engineering. These materials assume a key position when changes in the design and operation of the plants have to be made: They must be resistant to corrosion, have a long service life, be safe to process and cost-efficient in production. At the first international conference "Alloys in Power Plant Technology" in Berlin, Germany on June 12th and 13th, 2012, experts will discuss new material concepts for power plant technology.