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 ongoing pandemic in 2020 has seen the cancellation of the conference planned 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 od edit an event  our list 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.

Below is a list of those conferences we know about.

• ACerS Virtual Glass Summit 2020, 3-6th August. Follow link for registration information.
• Nucleation, Growth and Crystallization in Glasses - Fundamentals and Applications, August 10-13, 10.30-noon ET. Short course taught by Prof E D Zanotto. Register here.
• Machine Learning for Glass Science and Engineering. August 10-12. 11am to 12,30pm ET. Short Course taught by Mathieu Bauchy, University of California, Los Angeles. Register here. 
• 9th EPS-QEOD Europhoton Conference, 30 August - 4 September 2020, Prague, Czech Republic.
• SGT Annual Meeting in Cambridge, 7-9th September 2020. Watch for further news
• 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. POSTPONED TO 13-17 JUNE 2021
• 13th International Symposium on Crystallization in Glasses and Liquids will be organized by ICG's TC07 from 16-18th September 2020 in Paris. CANCELLED
• The ICG meeting on 20-24th September 2020 will take place in Krakow, Poland and will also run alongside the ESG Annual Meeting. CANCELLED (See ICG News for more information)
• 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 06-09 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 the date for glasstec 2020: 20th - 23rd October, 2020 in Düsseldorf/Germany. 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
• ICG Winter School in Wuhan, China from 1-7th November 2020
• 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. 
• 20th International Metallurgy and Materials Congress, Istanbul, 12-14th November, 2020.
• ACerS newest meeting, Pan American Ceramics Conference, PACC-FMAs, 15-19th November 2020, Panama City, Panama.
• 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. 
• 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.
• 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.
• 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).
• 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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