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Call for Papers! Abstracts due October 15th Unitecr 2013 www.unitecr2013.org Hotel/Travel The Fairmont Empress 721 Government Street, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 1W5, Canada Phone: + 1 250-384-8111 Rates Fairmont Single/Double: $259 CAD, plus tax Deluxe Single/Double: $279 CAD, plus tax Cut-Off Date August 19, 2013 Additional Room Occupants There will be no charge for children up to and including the age of 18 years who share with their parents. Maximum occupancy per room is 4 persons. Optional Tours Visit www.unitecr2013.org for more information on optional tours hosted at UNITECR'13. Keynote Speaker Photo credit: Christophe Boulze, Imerys photo library, RR Plenary Speaker Gilles Michel Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, IMERYS Biography: Appointed as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer on April 28, 2011. Joined Imerys in September 2010 after holding the position of Chief Executive Officer of the French Strategic Investment Fund since the 1st December 2008. He had previously held managerial positions within PSA Peugeot-Citroën and Saint-Gobain groups and in the World Bank. Tom Vert General Manager Primary Manufacturing, ArcelorMittal Dofasco Title: How Do Steelmakers Pick Refractories – Logic, Emotion or Dartboard? Biography: Tom Vert is the General Manager of Primary Manufacturing at ArcelorMittal Dofasco which includes Cokemaking, Ironmaking, Steelmaking, and Material Handling & Logistics, and has held this position since 2010. He graduated from McMaster University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Engineering (Ceramic) and received his MBA in 1994 also from McMaster University. Vert joined ArcelorMittal Dofasco in 1989 and has moved through a number of positions in Steelmaking in both Technology and Operations. He has been chairperson for the Refractory division of both the Canadian and American Ceramic Societies. Vert has served as chairperson of the UNITECR Refractory International Executive Board and is also a distinguished life member of this group. Abstract Submission Instructions Visit www.unitecr2013.org to review the session topics and select the “Submit Abstract” hyperlink to be directed to the Abstract Central website. If you have questions, please contact Marilyn Stoltz at mstoltz@ceramics.org or +1 614-794-5868.
September 10–13, 2013 | The Fairmont Empress and Victoria Conference Centre | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Victoria Inner Harbor at night Symposium Topics – Advanced Testing of Refractories – Advanced Installation Techniques & Equipment – Monolithic Refractories – Iron & Steel Making Refractories – Raw Materials Developments & Global Raw Material Issues – Refractories for Glass – Cement & Lime Refractories – Modelling and Simulation of Refractories – Petrochemical – Refractories for Waste to Energy Processing & Power – Energy Savings through Refractory Design – Nonoxide Refractory Systems – Refractories for Chemical Processes – Developments in Basic Refractories – Global Education in Refractories – Refractories for Nonferrous Metallurgy – Safety, Environmental Issues & Recycling Solutions for Refractories The program calls for approximately 200 presentations, with a final selection of qualified presentations by the Technical Program Committee to be made on the basis of technical content, as well as the date and order in which the abstracts are received. Oral presentations will be 20 minutes, including 15 minutes for presentations and 5 minutes for discussion. Applicants will receive e-mail notification of acceptance by December 31, 2012. Authors of accepted abstracts are required to submit a paper (8 pages or less) for the meeting proceedings. The proceedings is to be published on a USB Drive and made available at the time of the meeting. Some authors may require their paper to be peer reviewed (refereed) and organizers have made this option available. The deadline for submitting your paper for peer review is April 10, 2013. The deadline for all other papers is June 12, 2013. Additional information on the proceedings and manuscript submission process, including Author Guidelines, will be sent to authors after the abstract acceptance process is completed. The official language of UNITECR 2013 is English. Symposium Co-chairs Len Krietz, Plibrico Company LLC, USA Jim Stendera, Vesuvius, USA Dale Zacherl, Almatis, USA Mike Alexander, Riverside Refractories, USA Shane Bower, Christy Minerals LLC, USA Dr. M.D. Patil, Corning, Inc., USA Fielding Cloer, Spar Inc., USA Dr. Bill Headrick, MORCO, USA Don McIntyre, ANH Refractories Co., USA Ben Markel, Resco Products, USA Dr. James Hemrick, Oak Ridge National Lab, USA James Bennett, National Energy Technology Lab, USA Dominick Colavito, MINTEQ International Inc., USA Dr. George Oprea, Univ. of British Columbia, Canada Rick Volk, United Refractories Co., USA Jason Canon, The Christy Refractories Co. LLC, USA Nigel Longshaw, Ceram Research Ltd., UK Hirohide Okuno, Taiko Refractories Co. Ltd., Japan Dr. Goutam Bhattacharya, Kerneos, India Dr. Patrick Tassot, Calderys, Germany Phil Edwards, Imerys, France Adam Wisley, Kopp Glass, USA Dr. Swapan Das, Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, India Prof. Harald Harmut, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria Ken Moody, Refractory System Solutions, USA Dr. Andy Wynn, Morgan Engineered Materials, China Dr. Valeriy Martynenko, Ukrainian Research Institute of Refractory Research Marcus Vinicius Moraes Magliano, Saint Gobain, Brazil Dr. Matthias Rath, Rath, Austria Prof. Andrie Garbers-Craig, Univeristy of Pretoria, South Africa Prof. Yawei Li, Wuhan Univeristy of Science and Technology, China Angela Rodrigues-Schroer, Minteq, USA Teresa Cristina Togni, Togni S/A Materiais Refractorios, Brazil
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