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2027 GPC Call for Abstracts

The call for abstracts for the 88th Glass Problems Conference is now open, information is coming soon.

Abstracts will be reviewed by a panel of glass industry experts and representatives, and selections will be announced in Mid-March.

Broad topics of interest are:

• Furnace design and reconstruction
• Physics and chemistry of the melting process
• Modeling of glass melting and processing
• Combustion and heat transfer
• Refractories
• Safety
• Forming and shaping
• Raw materials: engineered, minerals, and chemicals, batching and recycling
• Energy efficiency and management
• Environmental impact of glass
• Advanced process controls and sensors
• AI in glass manufacturing
• Sustainability and glass manufacturing

For questions about the conference or the abstract submission process, please contact Donna Banks at (614) 523-3033 or email: dbanks@gmic.org.