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Join us on 7th and 8th June for this year’s conference
The conference will include the views of glass producers as they transition towards Net-Zero, practical guidance on electric and hybrid melting, hydrogen, alternative raw materials, and sustainable refractory development. The following presentations have been confirmed: WEDNESDAY 7th JUNE Registration & Coffee 08.00 09:10 St Helens Borough Council 09.20 Introduction - Arun Varshneya SGT President 09.30 Government support for industrial decarbonisation Jenni McDonnell MBE, Innovate UK KTN 10.15 Circular economy and secondary raw materials in glass manufacturing Chris Holcroft, GTS 11.00 Coffee & Biscuits 11.30 Pushing the limits of production in float furnaces Ms Burcin Gul Arslanoglu, ŞiŞecam 12.15 Batch plant concept for glass futures Sebastian Woltz, EME 13.00 Lunch 13.45 New fused-cast refractories to extend lifetime of net-zero carbon glass Pierrick Vespa, SEFPRO 14.30 What is the solution for cullet now and in the future? Matthew Demmon, MKD32, Steve Whettingsteel, Krysteline Technologies, Nick Kirk, GTS Tea & Biscuits 15.45 The latest research into fuel switching and carbon capture technologies Rob Ireson, Glass Futures Tours start after the last presentation Geoff Evans Dinner 19:00 08.30 Registration & Coffee THURSDAY 8th JUNE 09.30 HyNet: making low carbon happen John Egan, Progressive Energy Ltd 10.15 Advantages of a periodic anamnesis of glass furnaces Ernesto Cattaneo, Stara Glass 11.00 Coffee & Biscuits 11.30 "Float Glass – Carbon Neutral by 2050”. NSG, Barry Fish 12.15 Ways to make container glass more sustainable until 2030 and beyond Sven Roger Kahl, Ardagh Glass Ltd 13.00 Lunch 13.45 Melter crown lining for a “Sustainable Glass Furnace” Daniela Messina, RHI Magnesita 14.30 Mixing electrodes – the tool for glass current control and reduction of specific energy consumption Bartlomiej Kubera and Kasper Kaczmarek, Forglass 15.15 Tea & Biscuits 15.45 The case for electric melting Andy Reynolds, Fives Glass, and Stuart Hakes, FIC 16.30 Michael Garvey Award winner announcement and presentation
Please see abstracts here
The two-day conference will be held at the Totally Wicked Stadium, home of St Helens Rugby League Club, on the 7th and 8th June. As part of the conference, we are offering a tour of the new Glass Futures building to see the facilities that will soon be available.
The Geoff Evans Dinner will take place on the Wednesday evening in the Totally Wicked Stadium. Register for the conference and Geoff Evans Dinner at https://sgt.org/event/FS17
The two-day-conference is £80 per day for SGT members and £150 per day for non-members. The Dinner is £33.60.
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