Future Trends in End-use Applications
September 19, 2024
Toledo, Ohio, USA
One of the key challenges of the glass industry is implementing sustainable fuels and technology to reduce its carbon footprint and contribute to a more sustainable world. At the same time, glass is used in a large variety of sustainable applications (for example solar and wind power) and contributes to the reduction of energy consumption and CO2 emissions in the architectural, automotive, and packaging markets. Plan now to attend this future-focused Symposium, which again will be held the day after the annual Glass Problems Conference concludes.
Symposium attendees will learn about:
- glass application developments in different markets
- strategies and technologies to further improve the circular economy of glass products
- the traceability of raw materials in the supply chain required for a full CO2 product footprint
Registration:
- GMIC or GlassTrend Member $295
- General $345
- Speakers receive complimentary registration
Symposium Program
HILTON GARDEN INN, TOLEDO, OHIO USA
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m.
Welcome and Program Overview
Kerry Ward, Executive Director, Glass Manufacturing Industry Council; Bruno Purnode, PhD, Leader Melting & Modeling Technology, Sr. Research Associate, Owens Corning; Oscar Verheijen, Chairmam, GlassTrend
9:15 – 9:45 a.m.
Opening Keynote: Parallel Paths to the Future
Michael Pilliod, President and CTO, Central Tension
9:45 – 10:15 a.m.
From Mine to Market: Sustainability Solutions for the End-Use
Applications
Maryam Moravej, Technical Marketing Manager, Rio Tinto
10:15 – 10:45 a.m.
Alternative Ways of Glass Cullet Use in Cases Not Used for Remelting
Steve Whettingsteel, CEO and Managing Director, Krysteline Technologies
10:45 – 11:00 a.m.
Break
11:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Current Trends and Development in Glass Bottle Manufacturing Technologies
Peter J. Firth, MSc., Principal Consultant, Glass Container Manufacturing Consulting
11:30 – 12:00 noon
Increasing the Sustainability of Glass Packaging through Light Weighting
Technology
William Pinc, Research Scientist, O-I
Noon – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 – 1:45 p.m.
Ultra-thin Bendable Glass and its Applications
T.J. Kiczenski, Research Fellow, Glass Research Group, Corning Inc.
1:45 – 2:15 p.m.
Solar Glass – Market and Technical Trends
Lou Trippel, Director, Product Management, First Solar
2:15 – 2:45 p.m.
Vacuum Insulating Glass: Technology, Design, and
Adoption
Kayla Natividad, Technical Services Engineer, and Kyle Sword, R&D Director North
America, both from NSG Pilkington
2:45 – 3:00 p.m.
Break
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Addressing Infrastructure Gaps and Advancing Sustainability in Solar Energy
Yuxuan Gong, Director or Glass Research and Development, SOLARCYCLE
3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Glass Innovation Hub
Roger Smith, Director, Northwest Ohio Innovation Consortium
4:00 p.m.
Program Wrap-up
Audience
Glass Manufacturers, Refractory and Equipment Suppliers, Raw Material and Energy Suppliers, Design Engineers, Process Engineers, Academics, and Glass Researchers, Technology, Process Design, Analysis, and Improvement.
Program Co-Chairs:
Bruno Purnode, PhD, Leader Melting & Modeling Technology, Sr. Research Associate – Owens Corning
Oscar Verheijen, President – GlassTrend
Program Committee:
- Brian Naveken, Manager of Technology and Technical Sales – Toledo Engineering Company
- Ben Prothman, Ceramic Engineer – Holophane
- Carl Fayerweather, Global Melting Processing Engineering Strategy and Sustainability – O-I
- David Girvan, Manager Float Technology – Vitro Architectural Glass
- Donn Sederstrom, PhD., Senior Research Engineer – Johns Manville
- Erik Muijsenberg, VP – Glass Service
- Glenn Neff, VP – Glass Service USA
- Josh Snyder, Melting Design & Process Engineering Manager in MTE – Corning
- Michael Gallagher, Lead Engineer, Glass Combustion Applications – Air Products & Chemicals
- Shrikar Chakravarti, Associate Director, Business Development Industrial Applications R& D – Linde
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