Glass for a Sustainable Future

8:30 - 10:30 (2h)

Glass Melt Properties Issues

› How the redox play for structure and properties? Implication for glass industry - Daniel Neuville, Géomatériaux, IPGP-CNRS, USPC 08:30-09:10 (40min)

› Redox control for industrial-scale vitrification of nuclear waste - Annabelle LAPLACE, CEA, DES, ISEC, DPME, Univ. Montpellier, Marcoule, France 09:10-09:50 (40min)

› Experimental and Mathematical Analysis of Primary Foaming during Glass Melting – Towards improved CFD Models - Richard Pokorny, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague 09:50-10:30 (40min)

10:30 - 11:00 (30min)

Coffee break

11:00 - 13:00 (2h)

Current and future glass furnace technologies

› Sustainable glass-melting concepts – How to deal with physical limits? - Christian Roos, RWTH Aachen University 11:00-11:40 (40min)

› Bridging Today and Tomorrow: Industrial Furnace Design in Transition - Malte Sander, Glass Service 11:40-12:20 (40min)

› NextGen hybrid furnace – Operational experience - Joris Goossens, Ardagh 12:20-13:00 (40min)

13:00 - 14:00 (1h)

Lunch

14:00 - 14:40 (40min)

The challenges of decarbonizing the glass industry

› Let's build a future where glass fiber is not just durable — but circular. - Anne Berthereau, Owens Corning 14:00-14:40 (40min)

14:40 - 16:00 (1h20)

Current and future glass furnace technologies

› Prospects and limits for heavily boosted hybrid furnaces - Reinhard Conradt, uniglassAC GmbH 14:40-15:20 (40min)

› Decarbonisation pathways for a sustainable glass-ceramic melting tank - Emmanuel Lecomte, Eurokera 15:20-16:00 (40min)

16:00 - 16:40 (40min)

Coffee break

16:40 - 18:00 (1h20)

Current and future glass furnace technologies

› Digital Twin of Glass Melting Furnaces: Architecture and Use Cases - GÖKCE YÜCE, ŞİŞECAM 16:40-17:20 (40min)

› Electric furnace technology and control by AI - Katelyn Kirchner, CelSian 17:20-18:00 (40min)

18:00 - 19:00 (1h)

THINK TANK : Sustainable Glass Furnace

Richard Pokorny, Sophie Schuller

19:00 - 20:30 (1h30)

POSTER SESSION

POSTER session

20:30 - 22:00 (1h30)

Dinner

Planning