Symposium: Frontiers of Glass Technology

Scope of the Symposium:
All submissions and accepted talks should address innovative and relevant products and processes in the frontiers of glass technology. 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

Scientific Committee:

Christian Roos - RWTH Aachen
Erik Muijsenberg - Glas Service
Hande Sesigur - Sisecam
Neil Simpson - Consultant
Terutaka Maehara - AGC
Carlos Mazzotti - Verallia
Catia Fredericci - IPT
Cesar Rodrigues - Vichie
Edison Toporcov - Wheaton
Eduardo Bellini Ferreira - USP EESC
Fábio dos Santos Bernardo - Consultant
Gerson Cesar Balestero - Assinar
Marcelo A. F. Guerra - SEFPRO
Mauro Akerman - ABCeram
Mauro Lucio N. Luiz - Cebrace
Rita de Cássia Capato - Nadir
Samuel Marcio Toffoli - USP Poli
Thais Christy R. Sangaleti - UBV
Thiago Metti - Raw