ICG International Congresses On Glass
Held every three years, the ICG Congresses are an important way of disseminating information on glass science and technology and provide valuable opportunities for glass scientists and technologists to meet. Since the late 1980s ICG Congresses have expanded significantly. They now attract 700 - 1000 attendees and up to 900 papers and posters. Their special features include:
- Invited lectures reviewing major achievements not only in the traditional fields of glass science and technology, but also on new glass applications such as optics, photonics, electronics, nanotechnology, coating technology, biotechnology, and composites
- and sessions organised by Technical Committees to review key aspects of their work.
Every three years ICG organises an International Congress on Glass. The XXVI CONGRESS (2022) will be in Berlin, Germany. A list of previous Congress venues is given below.
ICG Annual Conferences and other events in the Glass Field
In the years between its Congresses ICG organises an Annual Conference. In 2020 there will be ICG Conference in Krakow and in 2021 in South Korean. Although shorter than the Congresses, several Technical Committees will organise sessions based around their key activities and a full programme of papers will be presented.
Other organisations also run Glass Conferences. To add an event to our list and keep our list complete please contact: j.m.parker@sheffield.ac.uk. Also do ask to add an electronic poster and your press release after the event to the 'Other News' section of this web site.
Below is a list of those conferences we know about.
- Introduction to Glass Melting, 4-5th February, 2020, run by Celsian at the Holiday Inn,Haydock near Manchester, UK
- The 13th International Conference on Coatings on Glass and Plastics, March 23-26th 2020, Braunschweig, Germany
- GPD China will take place on 13th April 2020 and be followed by the 2020 China Glass Exhibition (14-17 April) in Shanghai.
- Glass and Optical Materials Division Annual Meeting (GOMD 2020). May 17- 21th, 2020, Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans, United States.
- 64th Brazilian Congress on Ceramics, 25-28th May, 2020, Aguas de Lindoia, SP.
- 49th Annual GAS conference (Glass Art Society) 2020, Smaland, Sweden, 20-23rd May 2020
- Joint Meeting of USTV-DGG, Orleans, France,15-19 June, 2020 with workshops on a) NMR of Glass and b) For students and young researchers. Abstracts requested - closing date 31 Jan. 2020.
- 15th International Ceramics Conference (CIMTEC) and 9th Forum on New Materials, 15-23rd June 2020, Montecatini Terme, Italy.
- The 34th meeting of ATIV on 24-26th June 2020 will be a special international event entited "Where Glass Science, Art and Technology meet together" and will celebrate the appointment of Parma as the Italian Capital of Culture 2020
- 12th ICG Montpellier Summer School for research workers. 6-10th July 2020. Themes are Glass science & Glass rheology.
- ACerS newest meeting, Pan American Ceramics Conference, PACC-FMAs, July 19–23th 2020, Panama City, Panama
- Provisional date for SGT Annual Meeting in Cambridge, 7-9th September 2020
- 14th International Conference on Solid State Chemistry, 6-10th September 2020 at Trencin, Slovakia to include several sessions on advanced glasses. Conference Chair is Prof Galusek.
- 13th International Symposium on Crystallization in Glasses and Liquids will be organized by ICG's TC07 from 16-18th September 2020 in Paris. Abstract submission closing date is: 1st April 2020.
- The ICG meeting on 20-24th September 2020 will take place in Krakow, Poland and will also run alongside the ESG Annual Meeting
- 22nd International Symposium on Non-Oxide and New Optical Glasses (ISNOG 2020), 11-15th October 2020, Hangzhou, China
- Please note the date for glasstec 2020: 20th - 23rd October in Düsseldorf/Germany
- 81st Conference on Glass Problems, 26-28th October, 2020, Greater Columbus Convention Centre, Ohio, USA. Abstracts by 29th January 9pm EST.
- 6th ICG Winter School in Wuhan, China from 1-7th November 2020
- 20th International Metallurgy and Materials Congress, Istanbul, 12-14th November, 2020.
- The 2021 ICG Annual Meeting will take place from 22nd to 25th August in Songdo ConventiA, Incheon, South Korea
- 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.
Venues for Congresses
| XXV | ICG Congress | Boston, USA | 2019 |
| XXIV | ICG Congress | Shanghai, China | 2016 |
| XXIII | ICG Congress | Prague, Czech Republic | 2013 |
| XXII | ICG Congress | Salvador, Brazil | 2010 |
| XXI | ICG Congress | Strasbourg, France | 2007 |
| XX | ICG Congress | Kyoto, Japan | 2004 |
| XIX | ICG Congress | Edinburgh, Scotland | 2001 |
| XVIII | ICG Congress | San Francisco, USA | 1998 |
| XVII | ICG Congress | Beijing, China | 1995 |
| XVI | ICG Congress | Madrid, Spain | 1992 |
| XV | ICG Congress | Leningrad, Russia | 1989 |
| XIV | ICG Congress | New Delhi, India | 1986 |
| XIII | ICG Congress | Hamburg, Germany | 1983 |
| XII | ICG Congress | Albuquerque | 1980 |
| XI | ICG Congress | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 1977 |
| X | ICG Congress | Kyoto, Japan | 1974 |
| IX | ICG Congress | Versailles, France | 1971 |
| VIII | ICG Congress | London, England | 1968 |
| VII | ICG Congress | Brussels, Belgium | 1965 |
| VI | ICG Congress | Washington DC, USA | 1962 |
| V | ICG Congress | Munich, Germany | 1959 |
| IV | ICG Congress | Paris, France | 1956 |
| III | ICG Congress | Venice, Italy | 1953 |
| II | ICG Congress | London-Sheffield, England | 1936 |
| I | ICG Congress | Venice, Italy | 1933 |
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