ICG International Congresses On Glass

Every three years the ICG has a Congress, giving glass scientists and technologists a valuable opportunity to meet and disseminate information on glass science and technology. ICG Congresses typically attract 700 - 1000 attendees and up to 900 papers and posters. Special features include:

1. Invited lectures reviewing major achievements in both the traditional fields of glass science and technology and in new glass applications: optics, photonics, elctronics, nanotechnology, coating technology, biotechnology, and composites
2. Sessions organised by Technical Committees to review their work.

The XXVI CONGRESS (2022) will be in Berlin, Germany. A list of previous Congress venues is given below.

In the years between its Congresses ICG organises an Annual Conference. Sadly the ongoing pandemic in 2020 has caused the cancellation of the conference planned this year in Krakow. The next in 2021 will take place in South Korea. Although shorter than the Congresses, several Technical Committees will organise sessions based on their key activities and many papers will be presented.

Other organisations also run Glass Conferences. To add an event to our list or edit an existing link please contact: j.m.parker@sheffield.ac.uk. Also do ask to add an electronic poster or a press release after the event on the 'Other News' section of this site.

One consequence of COVID-19 is that many people are turning to Webinars as a means of communicating. More information is available at the sites below:

1) DGG events

2) Glass International Programme

3) American Ceramic Society. Events included in conference list below.

4) British Glass Webinars on Net Zero production.

5) Japanese Ceramic Society

Below is a list of those conferences we know about.

• 15th International Conference on Modern Materials and Technologies, Montecatini Terme, Italy, September 21-29, 2020, Includes: Development and Application of Functional Transparent Conducting and Semiconducting Oxides
• 64th Brazilian Congress on Ceramics, Aguas de Lindoia, SP.  Now planned for 21-24th September, 2020
• glassproINDIA 2020 is an International Exhibition for Flat glass Processing Products and Accessories and takes place from 24 – 26 September, 2020. It is a sister show to Glasstec in Düsseldorf. Click here for a brochure
• The 6th International Conference on Competitive Materials and Technology Processes will be held on October 5th-9th, 2020 in Miskolc-Lillafured, Hungary; http://www.ic-cmtp6.eu
• 22nd International Symposium on Non-Oxide and New Optical Glasses (ISNOG 2020), 11-15th October 2020, Hangzhou, China
• Please note glasstech 2020 will run as a virtual event from 20th - 23rd October. The live event in Düsseldorf/Germany is POSTPONED TO 15-18th JUNE 2021
• Virtual Conference on Glass Problems 26-30th October 2020 (replacing 81st Conference on Glass Problems). Learn about the latest glass manufacturing industry trends in a safe environment
• A new online course on Refractories is being organised by the American Ceramic Society and the Orton Foundation. It starts on 2nd November.
• ICG Winter School in Wuhan, China from 1-7th Nov. 2020. CANCELLED. Planned for 30th October-6th November 2021
• GPD South America 2020 will now be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil on the 5,6th November 2020 in conjunction with the Glass South America Exhibition.
• ABCERAM will hold the 64th Brazilian Ceramics Congress this year on November 16-19, at the Hotel Majestic, in Águas de Lindoia - SP. 
• ABCERAM are organising a University-Industry online Workshop in Glass Materials on 27th Nov 2020. Subjects: raw materials, homogeneity of the bath, foam, glass defects, optimization of formulation for conformation. Details to follow.
• 20th International Metallurgy and Materials Congress, Istanbul, POSTPONED to 10-12th June, 2021.
• ACerS newest meeting, Pan American Ceramics Conference, PACC-FMAs, 15-19th November 2020, Panama City, Panama. POSTPONED to 2022.
• The international meeting VITROGEOWASTES-II will take place on 15-18th November 2020 in BAEZA, Jaen, Spain.
• Projects and installation of refractories, 2-3rd December 2020, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
• GLASS MEETING 2020 is being organised as a virtual event by the Japanese Ceramic Society from 7-10th and 16-18th December 2020 and will incorporate the following conferences: 

The 61st Conference on Glass and Photonic Materials, International,
The 12th International Conference on Advances in Fusion and Processing of Glass (AFPG 2020),
The 16th Symposium of Glass Industry Conference of Japan (GIC), and
The 2nd Workshop on Nuclear Waste Glasses and Related Materials, International.
Student and Young Researcher Forum on Glass Research

• 23rd International Conference on Wear of Materials, 25-29th April, 2021, in Banff, Alberta, Canada
• The next meeting of ATIV on 12-14th May 2021 will be a special international event entited "Where Glass Science, Art and Technology meet together". 
• 50th GAS meeting: Tacoma, Washington, USA, from May 19th through May 22nd 2021. The organisers are actively seeking fresh ideas from groups that are normally under-represented. POSTPONED TO 18-21st MAY 2022.
• The next GOMD meeting will return on May 23–28rd, 2021 at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, co-located with the 14th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology.
• 14th International Conference on Solid State Chemistry, 13-17th June 2021 at Trencin, Slovakia to include several sessions on advanced glasses. Conference Chair is Prof Galusek.
• 15th International Ceramics Conference (CIMTEC) and 9th Forum on New Materials, 21-30th June 2021, Montecatini  Terme, Italy.
• Next ICG Summer School in Montpellier will run from 5-9th July, 2021.
• 4th-10th July 2021, Physics of Non-Crystalline Solids 16, Canterbury, UK to be run by Society of Glass Technology.
• The 2021 ICG Annual Meeting, "Glass: tradition and emerging innovations" is planned for 5-8th September in Songdo ConventiA, Incheon, S. Korea (Note new dates). Link to Flyer on Home Page of this site.
• The 82nd Annual Glass Problems Meeting  will take place from 1-4th November 2021 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. Abstract are currently sought.
• An International Conference on 'Glass Science and Technology from the Golden Era of the Pharaohs to a Sustainable Future' from 18-20th April 2022 in Egypt.
• ICG XXVI will be held at the Maritim Hotel in Berlin, Germany on 3-8 July 2022 on the occasion of the DGG centenary celebrations.
• Structure of Non-Crystalline Materials 15: 10-15th August 2022. Oxford, UK organised by the Society of Glass Technology

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