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UNITECR 2023

The German Refractory Association is pleased to host the 18th Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories (UNITECR).

Host

Deutsche Feuerfest-Industrie e.V. (DFFI)
German Refractory Association

Chairman: Ulf Frohneberg
Höhr-Grenzhausen | Germany

President of UNITECR 2023

Dr. Andus Buhr
Frankfurt | Germany

Vice President of UNITECR 2023

Prof. Dr. Christos G. Aneziris
Freiberg | Germany

Founding Members

– American Ceramic Society (ACerS)
– Association Latinoamericana de Fabricants de Refractories (ALAFAR)
– German Refractory Association (GRA)
– Technical Association of Refractories, Japan (TARJ)

Principle Members

– The Chinese Ceramic Society (CCS)
– Indian Refractory Makers Association (IRMA)
– Fédération Européene des Fabricants de Réfractaires (PRE)

Distinguished Life Members

Candidates for this distinction are persons who have demonstrated particular and outstanding merit in the domain of science, technology and management of refractories, or who have performed exemplary service in support of the goals and philosophy of UNITECR, including outstanding contributions to the organizing process for UNITECR meetings.

Take a look at the distinguished life members

The IEB of UNITECR has sanctioned worldwide congresses in the following locations:

LocationHostMeeting
Anaheim/USAACerS1989
Aachen/GermanyGRA1991
Sao Paulo/BrazilALAFAR1993
Kyoto/JapanTARJ1995
New Orleans/USAACerS1997
Berlin/GermanyGRA1999
Cancun/MexicoALAFAR2001
Osaka/JapanTARJ2003
Orlando/ USAACerS2005
Dresden/ GermanyGRA2007
Salvador/ BrazilALAFAR2009
Kyoto/JapanTARJ2011
Victoria/CanadaACerS2013
Vienna/AustriaGRA2015
Santiago/ChileALAFAR2017
Yokohama/JapanTARJ2019
Chicago/USAACerS2022
Frankfurt am Main/GermanyGRA2023

Scientific Committee 2023

Chairman: Prof. Dr. Christos G. Aneziris

THE TOPICS (and experts)

1. Raw Materials
Dr. Christoph Wöhrmeyer

2. Advances in Monolithic Technology
Prof. Dr. Olaf Krause

3. Refractories for Iron- and Steelmaking
Prof. Dr. Helge Jansen

4. Refractories for Non-Ferrous Metallurgy
Daniel Cölle

5. Refractories for Non-Metal Industries
Dr. Stefan Postrach

6. Modelling and Digitalization
Rinus Siebring

7. Education
Dr. Dietmar Gruber

8. Testing and Standardization
Dr. Christian Dannert

9. Basic Refractory Science and Technology Transfer
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Peter Quirmbach

General Information

Host

Deutsche Feuerfest-Industrie e.V. (DFFI)
German Refractory Association

Organizational Office

European Centre for Refractories gGmbH (ECREF)
Thomas Kaczmarek (Secretary General UNITECR 2023)
Dr. Christian Dannert (Secretary Scientific UNITECR 2023)

  • Rheinstrasse 58
    56203 Höhr-Grenzhausen | Germany
  • +49 2624 9433 125

Congress Venue

Kap Europa

  • Osloer Str. 5
    60327 Frankfurt am Main | Germany

Our local organizer and support

m:con Logo

m:con – mannheim:congress GmbH

  • Rosengartenplatz 2
    68161 Mannheim | Germany