Global Cooperation in the World of Glass

ICG is a not-for-profit GLASS SOCIETY comprising 33 national organizations in glass science and technology.

ICG promotes cooperation between glass experts through its Technical Committees (round robin testing, publication of scientific & technical papers) and by assisting in the organisation of conferences.

Its logo features the Egyptian hieroglyph for "brilliance".

ICG's president and Executive Secretary, Dr Manoj Choudhary and Prof P Simurka, attended a Glass:Science and Practice Conference in St. Petersburg, Russia from June 6-8, 2017. They spoke on: "A Special Moment in Time: Arrival of the Glass Age" and "The International Commission on Glass: a Collaborative Platform for the Global Glass Community".

ICG encourages:
More national institutions to join as members
More individuals to serve on Technical Committees

How to be involved?
Contact Prof P Simurka (p.simurka@gmail.com).

Iran was the latest country to join - in 2015.

Every three years ICG organises an International Congress on Glass. The XXV CONGRESS (2019) will run from June 9-14, 2019 in Boston, USA.

In the intervening years it sponsors an annual conference. The next such conference will be in Yokohama, Japan from 23-26th September 2018. The organisers are designing the programme particularly with younger researchers in mind.

The 2020 Annual Conference will take place in Krakow, Poland, the 2021 Conference in South Korea and the next Congress in Germany (2022).

ICG also offers schools for young researchers from industry and academia. They take place in Europe and Asia annually. Grants are available in 2018 to enable European visitors to attend the winter school in Asia and for Asian students to attend the Montpellier Summer School. More information will appear on the Education pages of this site shortly.

The 10th ICG Summer School will take place in Montpellier from 2-6th July 2018 and will have two streams - one' basic science' and a second on 'health'. Register by contacting: verres2018@mycema.fr. You can find more on the Education pages of this web site.

The 4th ICG Winter School is planned for 5-9th November 2018 at Wuhan, China.