Scope of the Symposium:
All submissions and accepted talks should address innovative and relevant products and processes in the frontiers of glasstechnology. The invited speakers will be instructed to critically review and analyze the state-of-art of glass industries and products.
Abstracts on the following subjects may be submitted:
Flat glass
Hollow/container glass
Fiber glass
Specialty glasses
Glass and communication
Glass and Sustainability
New melting concepts
Energy and emissions in the glass industry
Furnace equipment and refractories
Symposium Organizers:
Chairman: Mathieu Hubert
Corning Inc.
E-mail: HubertM@corning.com
Co-chair: Mauro Akerman ABCeram
ABCeram, Brazil
E-mail: mauro.akerman@gmail.com
Co-chair:
Eduardo Bellini Ferreira
USP, Brazil
E-mail: ebferreira@sc.usp.br
Tentative list of invited speakers:
Mauro Lucio Nascimento – Coatings – Cebrace
Prof. Dr. rer. Nat Christian Roos, RWTH Aachen: New approaches in batch to melt conversion for soda-lime-silica batches”
Gabriel Noboa, Glass Service, Glass Industry 4.0
Dr. Chiara Ferrari & Prof. Cristina Siligardi &, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, solar reflective tiles
Prof. Ana Candida Martins Rodrigues, Federal University of São Carlos, Education in glass