News

From Sept. 26 - Sept. 29, 2023, more than 1,100 participants attended the Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories ⟮UNITECR⟯ in Frankfurt, Germany. With the purchase of the ticket, the conference proceedings with 894 pages were also included. All 219 lectures on the main topic “The Carbon Challenge” are presented inside.

The Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories UNITECR came to an end last Friday. The finale of the event, which is held every two years on a different continent, was the Conference Dinner on Thursday evening. This year, Frankfurt's Palmengarten was chosen as the perfect place for this event.

During a formal ceremony at the conference dinner of UNITECR on Thursday evening, three individuals were honoured as Distinguished Life Members ⟮DLMs⟯ for their lifetime achievements and outstanding contributions in the field of refractory science and technology or in the field of management and exemplary support of UNITECR's philosophy.

The refractories world conference UNITECR ended last Friday with many highlights. The main theme of the event was "The Carbon Challenge", a current positioning of the refractory industry on the challenges in product manufacturing and application in the customer segments of steel, cement or glass.

The Refractory World Conference UNITECR ended last Friday with many highlights. From Sept. 26 – Sept. 29, 2023, 1,122 participants attended the Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories ⟮UNITECR⟯.

This was more than ever before at such a conference. The last UNITECR on European soil was in Vienna in 2015 and had 842 participants. From 330 submitted presentation topics, 219 speakers were invited by a scientific committee. In addition, 53 researchers were able to present their work on posters.

1,122 participants attended the Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories ⟮UNITECR⟯. This was more than ever before at a comparable conference. A scientific committee invited 219 speakers from 330 topics submitted. In addition, 53 researchers were allowed to present their work on posters.

The refractories world conference UNITECR started on Tuesday evening with the Welcome Evening. From Sept. 26 - 29, 2023, more than 1,100 participants attended the Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories ⟮UNITECR⟯.

At the Welcome Evening, more than 800 participants were already in Kap Europa and looking forward to networking and getting to know refractory experts and their customers, suppliers for raw materials or machine equipment, as well as executives from research and development or the qualified junior staff from universities and institutes.

We're actually on the right track. Currently 963 participants have registered. The names of individual experts on the exhibitor areas are still missing, so we are confident of topping this number.

UNITECR and FIRE – two big events under one roof in Kap Europa, Frankfurt
The World Conference UNITECR will take place in Frankfurt from September 27th to 29th, 2023 in the venue Kap Europa. The day before, on September 26 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., there is already a highlight: the outstanding FIRE Short Course “Drying of refractory castables: from scientific fundamentals to technological applications”.

At the Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories UNITECR, a good 250 speakers from all over the world will be speaking over three days about current developments relating to the manufacture, application or new properties of refractory products. The main theme: The Carbon Challenge.

Until July 14th, participants will receive a discount of € 300 on the conference ticket.