Conference sessions will take place on Monday 10, Tuesday 11 and Wednesday 12 June. Simultaneous interpretation is provided in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese.
The draft conference programme is given below. Detailed timings will be announced shortly. Further paper are being added and the below programme will not necessarily run in the order shown.
KEYNOTE: Rene Branders, President of the Federation of Belgian Enterprises (VBO FEB)
A leadership debate with invited participants from the European Commission and other policy makers
Contributions from:
Sezgin Erdinç, FIB BELGIUM sa
Xinyi Liu, Hasco Thermic Ltd, UK
Nils Erik Faulhaber, C. H. Evensen Industriovner AS, Norway
Marco Bozzi, GIMECO IMPIANTI s.r.l., Italy
Lan Tian, Wedone Environment & Energy Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, China
Liubov Shaplyko, Sirio Srl, Italy
Speaker to be confirmed, Jasper GmbH, Germany
Sustainability Performance in the Construction Products Regulation (A representative of the European Commission, DG GROW Construction Unit)
The recycling of the used steel structures and construction of the recycling system (Toshihiko Morooka, KOWA KOGYOSHO CO., LTD., Japan)
Eco-Galvanizing - A contribution for a sustainable process and future (Bruno Santos & Alichandra Castro, Eurogalva - Galvanização e Metalomecânica, S.A., Portugal)
Long-term supply of zinc (Prof. Eric Pirard, University of Liege)
World zinc supply-demand for 2024 (Joao Jorge, International Lead Zinc Study Group)
The London Metal Exchange (LME) Zinc Contracts (Christian Mildner, London Metal Exchange)
IZA actions on zinc (Dr Andrew Green, International Zinc Association)
Thermodynamics of galvanizing kettle wall corrosion profiling (David Watkins, Zinco International Limited, UK)
Optimizing Metallurgical Efficiency: The Power of Ball-Based Surface Treatment Technology (Patrik Janko, Euro-Matic, Hungary)
Powder coating of galvanized steel: Degassing of substrates (Gerd de Lathauwer, EUROLACKE Powdercoatings, Netherlands)
Corrosivity of atmospheres and the resulting corrosion protection of galvanized steel - new insights (Dr.-Ing. Gino Ebell, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Germany)
Corrosion map of Australia re-imagined (Peter Golding, Galvanizers Association of Australia)
Analytical analysis of the fatigue behaviour of hot-dip galvanized steel (Anna-Katharina Kraemer, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany)
Durability of reinforced concrete structures utilizing galvanized steel bars under marine environment (Naritake Matsuoka, Kagoshima University, Japan)
Hot-dip galvanized reinforcement for infra-lightweight concrete (Patrick Düren-Rost, Industrieverband Feuerverzinken e.V., Germany)
Factors influencing bond strength of hot dip galvanized plain bars in normal strength concrete (Veronika Steinerová, Czech Technical University in Prague)
Papers will be published in the Edited Proceedings of the 27th International Galvanizing Conference and in unedited electronic format in the delegate dossier.
