Summary report of CALPHAD XLI - Berkeley, California, USA, 2012

156 scientists from 24 countries participated in CALPHAD XLI, which was held in Berkeley, California, USA, June 3-8, 2012, with 74 morning and afternoon presentations, and 72 evening presentations. The topics covered during the conference were gathered in five categories: Modeling - Software; Kinetics - Microstructure; CALPHAD Assessments - Experiments; Ab initio; and Nuclear Fuel Materials. In this brief summary, highlights of the conference are presented with titles and abstracts of all presentations.