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.
| MONDAY 10 JUNE | |
| 09.00 10.15 | Registration and Exhibition Opens Welcome coffee |
| 11.00 | OPENING: Norbert Beljaars (President, EGGA-Galvanizing Europe) WELCOME: Rob Ikink (Chairman, Zink Info Benelux) |
| 11.10 | SESSION 1: Meeting the Decarbonisation Challenge – the Policy Framework |
| KEYNOTES Rene Branders (President VBO-FEB) Michel Vermaerke (Chairman, Advisory Board, Impact Finance Belgium) Olivier Vassart (World Steel) Panel Debate –chaired by Norbert Beljaars | |
| 12.30 | KEYNOTE - Long-Term Supply of Zinc (Prof. Eric Pirard, University of Liege) |
| 13.00 | LUNCH & EXHIBITION |
| 14.00 | SESSION 2: Meeting the Decarbonisation Challenge – Hydrogen, Electrification and Hybrid Furnace Solutions I |
| Optimization of Energy Consumption in Hot Dip Galvanizing: Hybrid, Electric, Hydrogen Heating Systems and Carbon Credits (Marco Bozzi & Johan Jongeneel, GIMECO IMPIANTI s.r.l., Italy) A Review of Energy Storage Technologies and Their Potential Applications in the Galvanizing Industry (Xinyi Liu & Angela Curtis, Hasco Thermic Ltd, UK) Electrical Furnaces and Hybrid Solutions for the Hot Dip Galvanizing lndustry (Nils Erik Faulhaber, C. H. Evensen Industriovner AS, Norway) Discussion | |
| 15.30 | COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION |
| 16.00 | SESSION 3: Galvanizing in the Circular Economy |
| KEYNOTE - Facilitating the Circular Economy: The Reuse of Steel in Dutch Highway Infrastructure (Marjan Poortinga, Senior Advisor Circular Economy, Rijkswaterstaat – Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, The Netherlands) Eco-Galvanizing - A contribution for a sustainable process and future (Bruno Santos & Alichandra Castro, Eurogalva - Galvanização e Metalomecânica, S.A., Portugal ) The recycling of the used steel structures and construction of the recycling system (Toshihiko Morooka, KOWA KOGYOSHO CO., LTD., Japan) Discussion | |
| 17.30 | CLOSE OF SESSIONS |
| 19.00-23.30 | Welcome Party sponsored by Rezinal (Exhibition Hall) |
| TUESDAY 11 JUNE | |
| 09.00 | SESSION 4: Zinc – Our Healthy and Plentiful Raw Material |
| IZA initiatives for zinc (Dr Andrew Green, International Zinc Association) The London Metal Exchange (LME) Zinc Contracts (Christian Mildner, London Metal Exchange) World zinc supply-demand for 2024 (Joao Jorge, International Lead Zinc Study Group) Discussion | |
| 10.30 | COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION |
| 11.00 | SESSION 5: Meeting the Decarbonisation Challenge – Hydrogen, Electrification and Hybrid Furnace Solutions II |
| Enhancing sustainability in galvanizing bath through efficiency heating system and hybrid solutions (Sezgin Erdinç, FIB BELGIUM sa, Belgium) The prospect of hydrogen combustion application in the hot-dip galvanized industry under the goal of “carbon-neutral” in China (Lan Tian, Wedone Environment & Energy Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, China) The Dual Power Furnace (Liubov Shaplyko, Sirio Srl, Italy) Efficient burner systems for galvanizing furnaces (Jens-Ole Jasper, Jasper GmbH, Germany) Discussion | |
| 13.00 | LUNCH & EXHIBITION |
| 14.15 | SESSION 6: Corrosion Technology & Kettle Monitoring |
| 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) Thermodynamics of galvanizing kettle wall corrosion profiling (David Watkins, Zinco International Limited, UK) Discussion | |
| 15.30 | COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION |
| 16.00 | SESSION 7: Galvanizing in Architecture & Global Galvanizing Awards |
| 85 Social Dwellings in Cornellà (José Toral, Peris + Toral Arquitectes, Spain) Sky Bridge 721 (TAROS NOVA a.s.) Global Galvanizing Awards – Highly Commended Projects (winning projects to be announced during the Gala Dinner) | |
| 17.15 | CLOSE OF SESSIONS |
| 18.45 | Buses depart for Gala Dinner |
| WEDNESDAY 12 JUNE | |
| 09.00 | SESSION 8: Improving Process Sustainability and Efficiency |
| Optimizing Metallurgical Efficiency: The Power of Ball-Based Surface Treatment Technology (Patrik Janko, Euro-Matic, Hungary) Sustainability in the pre-treatment and post-treatment processes – a new approach for Net Zero emission and circular economy (Björn Haupt & Jacek Sipa, Stockmeier Chemie GmbH & Co. KG, Stockmeier Chemia Sp. z o.o. i S.S.K., Germany/Poland) ESG in the zinc supply chain and Actions for Decarbonization in Nexa (Héctor Muñoz, Nexa Resources, Peru) Discussion ANNOUNCEMENT: 13th Asia Pacific General Galvanizing Conference | |
| 10.30 | COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION |
| 11.00 | SESSION 9: Performance of Galvanized Steel & Global Perspectives |
| Powder coating of galvanized steel: Degassing of substrates (Gerd de Lathauwer, EUROLACKE Powdercoatings, Netherlands) Analytical analysis of the fatigue behaviour of hot-dip galvanized steel (Anna-Katharina Kraemer, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany) Discussion KEYNOTE - Status and Progress of General Galvanizing Industry in China (Zhang Qifu, China Iron and Steel Research Institute Group, China) | |
| 12.45 | LUNCH & EXHIBITION |
| 14.00 | SESSION 10: Climate Resilient Concrete Infrastructure with Galvanized Reinforcement |
| 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, Czech Republic) Discussion | |
| 15.30 | ANNOUNCEMENT: INTERGALVA 2027 Closing Remarks |
| 15.45 | CLOSING COFFEE & EXHIBITION |
| 18.00 | Exhibition closes |
