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 encourages:
More national institutions to join as members and more individuals to serve on Technical Committees
How to be involved? Contact Kun Wang (Executive Secretary).

Proposed International Year of Glass 2022

Aware of the role of glass on the wealth and health of society, senior figures from industry, academia and in culture have realised that ‘glass’ deserves international celebration and 2022 is the anniversary of several significant events. From these embryonic thoughts, the Corning Museum of Glass, the International Commission on Glass, the American Ceramic Society and the Glass Art Society have come on board and an initial stream of interest has become a flood - 850 letters of endorsement from 69 countries. Successful discussions have been held with UNESCO and formal approval of the UN will be sought at the next General Assembly (sadly delayed to December by Corona Virus).

To follow our news feed or to register your interest please go to our IYOG2022 web site: www.iyog2022.org

ICG Congresses and Conferences

Every three years ICG organises an International Congress on Glass. The XXVth CONGRESS ran from June 9-14th (2019) in Boston, USA. In the intervening years it sponsors an annual conference. The 2021 Conference is being organised in South Korea and the next Congress in Germany (2022). A planned conference in Krakow, Poland (2020) has unfortunately been cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

ICG also offers schools for young researchers from industry and academia. They take place in Europe and Asia annually; a school once every four years in India is also being planned.

The 12th ICG Summer School in Montpellier in 2020 has been cancelled because of Corona Virus but will run in 2021 with two streams - one 'Basic Science' and a second on ''Viscosity and viscoelasticity'. The 6th Winter School in Wuhan, China will run from 1-6th November 2020. As well as the Basic Science stream, 'Glass fibres' will run as a specialist theme. A second school in Kolkata, India is planned for January 2021. You can find more on the Education pages of this web site.