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 caused the cancellation of the conference planned in Krakow in 2020. The next in 2021 will take place in South Korea on the re-arranged dates from 5-8th December. Although shorter than the Congresses, several Technical Committees will organise sessions based on their key activities and many papers will be presented. Please note this message from the organisers: 'From July 1, 2021, foreigners with vaccination certificates will be exempted from 14-day quarantine if they enter Korea on business (including participation in the ICG conference). We plan to share official documentation as they become available.'

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 of.

• INC Summer School on ULTRASTABLE GLASSES, to be held near Madrid from September 5th to 10th  2021.
• Machine Learning for Glass Science and Engineering - an introduction and hands-on tutorial - 14-16th September 2021.
• The 6th International Conference on Competitive Materials and Technology processes with the 2nd European Conference on Silicon and Silica based materials are planned for the 4-8th October, 2021 at the Hotel Palota, Miskolc-Lillafured, Hungary as hybrid events.
• The Glass Performance Days Conference in Finland is planned for 20-22nd October 2021. Abstracts are requested.
• ICG Winter School in Wuhan, China  Next planned for 30th October-6th November 2021 as a virtual event.
• The 82nd Annual Glass Problems Meeting  will take place from 1-4th November 2021 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. Registration is now open.
• The 2021 ICG Annual Meeting, "Glass: tradition and emerging innovations" has been postponed to 5-8th December as a live event in in Songdo ConventiA, Incheon, S. Korea (Note new dates). You will find a Link to a Flyer on the Home Page of this site.
• The next GOMD meeting will is now planned for 12-17th December, 2021 at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC. A new symposium on Education has recently been added. It will be co-located with the 14th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology.
• 46th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 23-28th 2022, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA organised by the American Ceramic Society. 
• 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.
• 50th GAS meeting: Tacoma, Washington, USA, from May 18th through May 21st 2022 (postponed from 2021). The organisers are actively seeking fresh ideas from groups that are normally under-represented.
• 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.
• 10th-16th July 2022, Physics of Non-Crystalline Solids 16, Canterbury, UK to be run by the Society of Glass Technology
• Borate/Phosphate conference, Corning, 17-21st July, 2023.
• Structure of Non-Crystalline Materials 15: 2023. Oxford, UK organised by the Society of Glass Technology

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