Monday, September 16, 2024
HILTON GARDEN INN, TOLEDO, OHIO USA
5:00 – 11:00 p.m.
HOSPITALITY SUITES
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
GLASS CITY CENTER, TOLEDO, OHIO USA
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
8:00 – 8:45 a.m.
EXHIBITS OPEN
8:45 — 9:00 a.m.
WELCOME
Kerry Ward, Executive Director, Glass Manufacturing Industry Council
2024 GLASS INDUSTRY AWARDS PRESENTATION
Marie Kistler, President Glass Manufacturing Industry Council/Air Products
PROGRAM INTRODUCTION
S. K. Sundaram, PhD, Program Director, Alfred University
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
PROGRAM TRACK: PROJECTS
Chairs: Glenn Neff, Vice President, Glass Service USA; Jan Schep, Melting Strategist Refractory and Steel, O-I
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Tripping over a dollar to pick up a dime; James M. Uhlik, VP Technical Services, TECO – Toledo Engineering Co., Inc.
9:30 – 10:00a.m.
Infra-red does not lie! We have just never seen it before in base of regenerators; Neil Simpson, Consultant, Simpson Combustion & Energy Ltd
10:00 — 10:30 a.m.
Scanning and 3D modeling for improved designs and construction; Mark LaBell, Sr. Virtual Design & Construction Technical Leader, SSOE Group
10:30 – 11:00 a.m.
BREAK & EXHIBITS
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
PROGRAM TRACK: REFRACTORY
Chairs: Jong Han, Senior Engineer II, Owens Corning; Larry McCloskey, Consultant, Anchor Hocking
11:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Improved refractories with excellent glass properties and low carbon footprint; Andrea Kazmierczak, R&D Project Leader, Saint-Gobain SEFPRO
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Effect of different bonding phases on the hydration resistance of regenerator checker bricks; Samantha Garnier, Research Engineer, HarbisonWalker International
12:00 – 12:30 p.m.
Enhancing energy efficiency in glass furnaces: exploring the crown concepts and regenerator; Markus Dietrich, Technical Manager, RHI Magnesita
12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
LUNCH AND EXHIBITS
2:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Special Presentation: U.S. Department of Energy and the Glass Industry
Nate Roberts, Technology Manager, Technical Assistance and Workforce Development, U.S. Department of Energy
2:30 – 5:00 p.m.
PROGRAM TRACK: MACHINE LEARNING
Chairs: S. K. Sundaram, PhD, Program Director, Alfred University; Robert Thompson, Manager Raw Materials & Glass Technology, Corning
2:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Use of ML to utilize 30 simulation, field data, or fusion of the two to create digital twins; Vitor Lopes, Senior Product Manager, Ansys Inc.
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Glass melting fundamentals: understanding batch reactions, transformations, and moving towards a decarbonized future with a heavy emphasis on recycling; Charmayne Lonergan, Assistant Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology
3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
BREAK AND EXHIBITS
4:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Sailing the glass SEA: using science, engineering and art to prepare students for careers in glass, Richard K. Brow, Professor, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering Missouri University of Science and Technology
4:30 – 5:00p.m.
Joule heat furnaces and industry electrification; Caio Barca Bragatto, PhD, Assistant Professor of Physics, Coe College
7:30 – 11:00 p.m.
HOSPITALITY SUITES at the Toledo Hilton Garden Inn
Wednesday, September 18, 2023
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
EXHIBITS OPEN
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
PROGRAM TRACK: MELTING AND FORMING
Chairs: Kenneth Bratton, Manager of Research and Development, Bucher Emhart Glass; Daniel Johnson, Glass Process Engineer, Libbey, Inc.
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Next level lubrication – overcoming the challenges of manual lubrication in glass forming; Matthias Goerisch, Graduate Engineer, Linde GmbH, Gases Division, Linde Technology
9:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Autonomous Al – building Al for control and advisory; Chris Conry, Group Manager, RoviSys
10:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Exploring the interplay between batch coverage, process stability and glass quality in glass manufacturing; Malte Sander, Business Development Manager, Glass Service
10:30 – 11:00 a.m.
BREAK AND EXHIBITS
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
PROGRAM TRACK: RECYCLING
Chairs: Erik M. Helin, Sr. Research Engineer, Johns Manville; Daniel Johnson, Glass Process Engineer, Libbey, Inc.
11:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Glass recycling – building infrastructure; Kyle Sword, R&D Director North America, NSG Pilkington
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Developing a more sustainable glass recycling system; Steve Whettingsteel, CEO & Managing Director, Krysteline Technologies Ltd
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
LUNCH and EXHIBITS
1:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Special Presentation: Oxy-fuel glass melting – advances and challenges
Sho Kobayashi, Senior Corporate Fellow, Linde
1:30 – 4:00 p.m.
PROGRAM TRACK: DECARBONIZATION
Chairs: Shrikar Chakravarti, Associate Director, Glass Business Development, Linde, Inc.; Michael Gallagher, Lead Engineer, Glass Combustion Applications, Air Products & Chemicals
1:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Advancing the electric path: accelerating decarbonization in the US glass industry; Scott Cooper, Technical Director USA, CelSian
2:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Preheated oxygen and gas firing melting solutions: from principle to practice; Bruno Malphettes, Senior Furnace Project Manager, Fives Group
2:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Three European projects for a systemic approach to the decarbonization of glass production, Ernesto Cattaneo, Head of R&D, Stara Glass S.p.A.
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Advances in Industrial Gas Solution for Decarbonizing Hard-to-Abate Industries; Luc Jarry, Sr. Marketing Director, Air Liquide
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The electrification of the glass industry; GianMarco Pancani, Glass Industry Consultant, Schneider Electric Inc
4:00 p.m.
CONFERENCE WRAP-UP
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
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