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:

1. 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
2. and sessions organised by Technical Committees to review key aspects of their work.

Every three years ICG organises an International Congress on Glass. The XXV CONGRESS (2019) will be in Boston, USA. A list of previous Congress venues is given below.

In the years between its Congresses ICG organises an Annual Conference. 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.

The next ICG Conference is in Yokohama, Japan on 23-26th September 2018 at the Venue: PACIFICO Yokohama. Abstract Submission for the Meeting 2018 (ICG2018) opened on January 4 with a Submission Deadline for Abstracts of March 1, 2018.

 ICG 2018 is organized by the Ceramics Society of Japan (CerSJ), and they have started preparing the meeting to welcome many glass researchers, engineers and related professionals from all over the world. ICG2018 presents as its main issue “Innovations in Glass and Glass Technologies: Contributions to a Sustainable Society” which is of great importance in the field of glass science and technology to protect the global environment. ICG 2018 is also managed in strong collaboration with the Glass Industry Conference of Japan (GIC).

Please check out the topics of papers at: http://www.icg2018yokohama.com/program/index.html

Please check out the abstract submission guideline at: http://www.icg2018yokohama.com/abstract/index.html

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.

• The 10th ICG Montpellier Summer School will be held on 4-8th July 2018 and will include a birthday celebration.
• A one-day training course, designed and delivered by the Health and Safely Laboratory specifically for the glass industry on 5th July 2018 at British Glass Chapeltown.
• 15th International conference on the Physics of Non-Crystalline Solids will combine with the 14 European Society of Glass conference in Saint-Malo, France from 8-12 July 2018. Their web site is: www.ustverre.fr
• The 13th International Conference on Solid State Chemistry runs from 16-21st September 2018 in Paradubice and includes a session on amorphous materials and glasses
• The 2018 ICG annual meeting, entitled Innovations in Glass and Glass Technologies (contributions to a sustainable society), will take place in Yokohama, Japan from 23-26 September, 2018
• Glasstec - an International Trade Fair for Glass Production, Processing and Products - will celebrate its 25th anniversary from 23-26th October 2018 in Düsseldorf
• 79th Conference on Glass Problems to take place 5-8th Nov 2018 in Columbus, Ohio. Applications for student travel grants being accepted from 4 June.
• XXXIII ATIV conference on 23rd November 2018, Santa Elisabetta Congress center, Parma, Italy. It will focus on technological development in flat and hollow glass furnaces.
• Conference-cum-Workshop on History, Science and Technology of Ancient Indian Glass, IIT Gandhinagar, India, 21-25th January, 2019
• The 7th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology will take place on 25-27th February 2019 in Prague, Czech Republic. Abstract submissions by 1st October
• Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC) 14-15th March 2019, San Francisco
• The 2019 GAS conference on Visions of Glass will be held in St Petersburg, Florida on 28-31st March 2019.
• The 25th ICG Congress will be held in Boston USA from 9-14 June 2019 and organised by the GOMD of ACerS. This coincides with their centenary celebrations.
• GPD Finland - from 26th to 28th June 2019 - is now open for registration.
• A school for reseach students is planned in Brazil during August 2019 with some funding available to support overseas student attendance. More information on this site as it becomes available.
• The ICG meeting in September 2020 will take place in Krakow, Poland and will also run alongside the ESG Annual Meeting
• Provisional date for SGT Annual Meeting in Cambridge, 7-9 September 2020
• The 2021 ICG Annual Meeting will take place in South Korea
• ICG XXVI will be held in in Berlin, Germany on 3-8 July 2022 on the occasion of their centenary celebrations.

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