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2025
19–23 October Advanced Solid State Lasers Conference, Prague, Czech Republic Optica Customer Service. Email custserv@optica.org Web www.optica.org 22 October Health and safety workshop on the use of hydrogen in high temperature industries, Sheffield, UK Web www.tickettailor.com/events/ukhyres/1825280
27–30 October UNITECR 2025, Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories, Cancun, Mexico. Email contact@unitecr2025.com Web unitecr2025.com
4–6 November GlassBuild America, Orlando, Florida, USA. National Glass Association NGA, 8200 Greensboro Drive, Suite 302, VA 22102 McLean, USA.
6–9 November Glasstech Asia and Fenestration Asia 2025, Jakarta, Indonesia. Glasstech Asia Team. Email bauasia@mmiasia.com.sg and annie@mmiasia.com.sg Web glasstechasia.com.sg
10–12 November M3P3: Materials, Minerals & Mining for People, Places, Planet, Birmingham, UK. IoM3, 297 Euston Road, London NW1 3AD, UK. Web www.iom3.org
12–14 November The Czech and Slovak Glass conference 2025, Trencin, Slovak Republic. Slovak Glass Society, Sklárska 117, 020 61 Lednické Rovne, Slovak Republic.
15 November ‘An Autumn Miscellany’, Association for the History of Glass, online. Email secretary@historyofglass.org.uk Web historyofglass.org.uk
17–20 November 11th Intl. Symp. on Sustainable Materials Recycling Processes & Products, Lapu-Lapu, Philippines. Web www.flogen.org
20 November Glass Focus Awards, Manchester, UK. British Glass, 9 Churchill Way, Chapeltown, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S35 2PY, UK.
26–28 November UZ Glass, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Email info@uzglass.com Web uzglass.com
28–29 November Angela Gonzalez, Deutsche Glastechnische Gesellschaft (DGG), Siemensstraße 45, 63071 Offenbach am Main, Germany. Email gonzalez@hvg-dgg.de Web www.hvg-dgg.de
2026 17–22 January SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, California, USA. Email customerservice@spie.org Web spie.org
4–5 February Glassman Italy 2026, Bologna, Italy. Ken Clark, Glassman Events. Email kenclark@quartzltd.com Web www.glassmanevents.com
18–20 February Materials Research Exchange 2026, London, UK. Email enquiries@iukbc.org.uk Web iuk-business-connect.org.uk/events/materials-research-exchange-2026
15–19 March OFC 2026, Los Angeles, USA. Email custserv@optica.org Web www.ofcconference.org
7–10 April ChinaGlass 2026, Shanghai, China. Email:ccscg@chinaglass-expo.com Web www.chinaglass-expo.com/
12–16 April SPIE Photonics Europe, Strasbourg, France. Email customerservice@spie.org Web spie.org
12–16 April ACerS Spring Meeting (including the Glass and Optical Materials Division Annual Meeting), Bellevue, WA, USA. The American Ceramic Society, 550 Polaris Parkway, Suite 510, Westerville, OH 43082, USA.
13–17 April ICG Annual meeting/18th ESG Conference, Lyon, France. USTV, 114 Rue la Boétie, 75008 Paris, France.
19–23 April ICG Spring School 2026, Lloret del Mar, Spain. Dr Sophie Schuller Email sophie.schuller@cea.fr
25–30 April 69th Annual SVC Technical Conference, Long Beach, California, USA. Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC), PO Box 10628, Albuquerque, NM 87184, USA.
27 April–1 May Fourth São Carlos School on Glasses and Glass-ceramics, São Paulo and São Carlos, Brazil. Email dedz@ufscar.br, certevlamav@gmail.com, lancelotti.r@dema.ufscar.br Web www.certev.ufscar.br/en
20–21 May Glassman Latin America, Mexico City, Mexico. Ken Clark, Glassman Events. Email kenclark@quartzltd.com Web www.glassmanevents.com 1–2 June 99th Annual Meeting of the DGG, Würtzburg, Germany. Angela Gonzalez, Deutsche Glastechnische Gesellschaft (DGG), Siemensstraße 45, 63071 Offenbach am Main, Germany.
3–4 June Furnace Solutions. St Helens, UK. Christine Brown, Society of Glass Technology, 9 Churchill Way, Chapeltown, Sheffield S35 2PY, UK.
3–6 June Glass Art Society Annual Conference, Corning, USA. Glass Art Society, 700 NW 42nd St #101, Seattle, WA 98107, USA. Email info@glassart.org Web www.glassart.org
14–17 June 23rd International Symposium on Non-Oxide and New Optical Glasses (ISNOG), Copenhagen, Denmark. Morten Smedskjaer/Yuanzheng Yue, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7K, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark.
16–17 June Challenging Glass Conference 10 (International Conference on the Architectural and Structural Application of Glass), Delft, The Netherlands. Email cgc10@challengingglass.com Web challengingglass.com
22–25 June Intersolar Europe, conference and exhibition, Munich, Germany. Web www.intersolar.de
6–11 July 17th ICG Workshop for New Researchers in Glass Science and Applications, Montpellier, France. MYCEMA Association. Email verres2026@mycema.fr Web www.icglass.org
6–10 July 11th International Conference on Borate Glasses, Crystals and Melts and Third International Conference on Phosphate Materials, Lille, France. Gérald Lelong, Sorbonne Université - IMPMC, France. Web boratephosphate.sciencesconf.org/
27–31 August International Festival of Glass 2026, St Helens, UK. Glass Art Society, 700 NW 42nd St #101, Seattle, WA 98107, USA. Email info@glassart.org Web www.glassart.org
31 August–3 September Sintering 2026, the International Conference on Sintering, Aachen, Germany. Olivier Guillon, Forschungszentrum Jülich/RWTH Aachen University, Germany. 31 August–4 September 23rd International Sol-Gel Conference, Lisbon, Portugal. International Sol-Gel Society, PMB 440, 600 W Santa Ana Blvd Ste 114A, Santa Ana, CA 92701, USA.
6–11 September ICC11, 11th International Congress on Ceramics, Sapporo, Japan. ICC11 Office, The Ceramic Society of Japan, 2-22-17 Hyakunincho, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-0073, Japan.
7–9 September SGT Annual Conference, Cambridge, UK. Christine Brown, Society of Glass Technology, 9 Churchill Way, Chapeltown, Sheffield S35 2PY, UK.
12–20 September Venice Glass Week, Venice, Italy. Camilla Purdon, Festival Coordinator Email info@theveniceglassweek.com Web www.theveniceglassweek.com
17–22 September ICOOPMA 2026. 11th International Conference on Optical, Optoelectronic and Photonic Materials and Applications, Hamamatsu, Japan. Web wwp.shizuoka.ac.jp/icoopma2026/
23–25 September GlassBuild America, Las Vegas, Navada, USA. National Glass Association NGA, 8200 Greensboro Drive, Suite 302, VA 22102 McLean, USA.
4–7 October ACerS 128th Annual Meeting with Materials Science and Technology, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. The American Ceramic Society, 550 Polaris Parkway, Suite 510, Westerville, OH 43082, USA.
20–23 October Glasstec 2026, Düsseldorf, Germany. Anke Seltmann, glasstec, D-40474 Düsseldorf, Am Staad (Stockumer Höfe), Germany.
16–22 November MATÉRIAUX 2026, Grenoble, France. Benoît Coasne, Président du comité local d’organisation
2027 1–6 May 70th Annual SVC Technical Conference, Dallas, Texas, USA. Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC), PO Box 10628, Albuquerque, NM 87184, USA.
18–20 May FIT Show 2027, Birmingham, UK. FIT Show, Montgomery Group, 9 Manchester Square, London W1U 3PL, UK.
28 June–2 July XX Conference and Exhibition of the European Ceramic Society, Valencia, Spain.
23–27 July 16th International Conference on the Structure on Non-Crystalline Materials, Boulder, Colorado, USA. Organisers: Jincheng Du (U North Texas), Sabyasachi Sen (UC Davis)
8–11 September Glass Soouth America, São Paulo, Brasil. Email glass@nm-brasil.com.br Web home.glassexpo.com.br
12–16 September ICG Annual Meeting 2027, Ilhabela, Brazil. Co-chairs: Ana Candida M. Rodrigues, Edgar D. Zanotto and Hellmut Eckert
September 24th Congress of the Association Internationale pour L’Histoire du Verre (AIHV), Marseille, France. Web aihv.org
24–27 October ACerS 129th Annual Meeting with Materials Science and Technology, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. The American Ceramic Society, 550 Polaris Parkway, Suite 510, Westerville, OH 43082, USA.
26–28 October GlassBuild America, Orlando, Florida, USA. National Glass Association NGA, 8200 Greensboro Drive, Suite 302, VA 22102 McLean, USA.
14th International Symposium on Crystallization in Glasses and Liquids, Guangzhou, China. Organiser: Shifeng Zhou, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Ninth International Workshop on Flow and Fracture of Advanced Glasses, France.
GlassPrint 2027, Düsseldorf, Germany. ESMA, European Specialist Printing Manufacturers Association, Kraasbeekstraat 3, B-3390 Tielt-Winge, Belgium.
2028 3–9 April Bauma 2028, Munich, Germany. Bauma, Messe München, Germany. 6–11 May 71st Annual SVC Technical Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC), PO Box 10628, Albuquerque, NM 87184, USA. 23–27 July ICC12, International Congress on Ceramics, Birmingham, UK. Professor Jon Binner, School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
24–29 September 28th International Congress on Glass, Fukuoka, Japan.
10–12 October GlassBuild America, Houston, Texas, USA. National Glass Association NGA, 8200 Greensboro Drive, Suite 302, VA 22102 McLean, USA.
22–25 October ACerS 130th Annual Meeting with Materials Science and Technology, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. The American Ceramic Society, 550 Polaris Parkway, Suite 510, Westerville, OH 43082, USA.
2029 8–13 April 18th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology including ACerS Annual Spring Meeting 2029, Waikoloa Village, HI, USA. The American Ceramic Society, 550 Polaris Parkway, Suite 510, Westerville, OH 43082,
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