Programme
Themed to celebrate the heritage and importance of glass, the full two-day conference sessions were as follows:
Glass reaching out – session one (Moderator: Reinhard Conradt)
- Andy McConnell (journalist): Making glass visible.
- Andrea S.S. de Camargo (University of São Paulo): Glass science in Brazil.
- Courtney Calahoo (Genics Inc. and University of Alberta): Glass – Shaping Lives.
Glass & Innovation (Moderator: Lothar Wondraczek)
- Frederik Kotz-Helmer (Glassomer): High-resolution 3D printing and injection moulding of fused silica glass.
- Steve Jung (Mo-Si Corporation): Future Opportunities for Glass in Healthcare.
- Leonid Glebov (OptiGrate): Photo-Thermo-Refractive Glasses for Advanced Laser Applications.
- Samuel Poulain (Le Verre Fluoré): Fluoride glass technologies for XXIst century’s challenges.
- Falko Langenhorst (University of Jena): Glass in space.
Glasses in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The case of life science and energy (Moderator Lothar Wondraczek)
- Dr Frank Heinricht (SCHOTT): Glass – an enabler in life science and pharma.
- Julian Jones (Imperial College): Bioglass – Glass for regenerative medicine.
- Peng Shou (China Triumph International Engineering Co., Ltd): Development and Trends of Glass Innovation Under Global Climate Change.
- Ilkay Sökmen (Sisecam): Glass Creates Value.
Towards a sustainable world (Moderator: Mathieu Hubert)
- Florian Kongoli (FLOGEN Technologies): Sustainability Framework and the Role of Science and Technology.
- Vitaliano Torno (O-I/FEVE): The role of sustainable glass packaging in the circular economy.
- Philippe Bastien (Glass for Europe / AGC Glass Europe): Sustainability in the flat glass sector – a solid track record to transform an industry vision into reality.
- Erik Muijsenberg (Glass Service as): Furnace of the future
Glass reaching out – session one (Moderator: Reinhard Conradt)
- Srikanth Sastry (Department of Science and Technology, Government of India): Recent advances in glass physics and the glass science landscape in India.
- Edgar Zanotto (Federal University of Sao Carlos): Glass education worldwide through formal courses and research.
- Márcia Vilarigues (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa): Education in Glass Art and Science – challenges of transdisciplinarity.
- Corinne Claireaux (CelSian): Empowering the industry through education and collaboration.
The Age of Glass (Moderator: Mathieu Hubert)
- Jeffrey Evenson (Corning): From Magic to Science… and Back.
Art glass for ever (Moderator: Teresa Medici)
- Kimiake Higuchi (artist): Nature of Pâte de verre.
Forthcoming events
Featuring a host of IYOG celebrations, including events coinciding with China Glass in April, Mir Stekla in Moscow in June, the ICG/DGG Congress in Berlin in July, Italian Glass Weeks in Milan and Venice in September, glasstec in Düsseldorf in September and the closing IYOG2022 congress in Tokyo in December, the full IYOG schedule can be found on the website.