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

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.
GMIC MEMBERS MEETING