VDZ Congress 2024
The 9ᵗʰ International VDZ Congress will take place in Düsseldorf on 6 – 8 November 2024. The VDZ Congress is the international scientific forum for the cement industry and its suppliers. Delegates from all over the world will discuss the latest developments concerning the transformation of the industry on its way towards climate neutrality.
PARTICIPANT INFORMATION
PROGRAMME
6 November 2024
Registration will start at 10.00h
14.00 - 17.30h
Hall Maritim
OPENING
- Welcome
Christian Knell, President of VDZ
- The decarbonisation of concrete design – what we need from the cement and concrete sector
Paul Astle, Ramboll
- The role of SCMs in tomorrow's cement and concrete
Hendrik Möller, SCHWENK
- Closing the material and CO₂ loop of concrete
Jan Skocek, Heidelberg Materials
- Grinding – state of the art and beyond
Karl-Heinz Boes, Holcim / Stefan Seemann, VDZ
- The carbon capture value chain
Kristina Fleiger, VDZ
7 November 2024
09.00 - 12.45h
Hall Maritim
MORNING PLENARY SESSION
"DECARBONISATION THROUGH CARBON CAPTURE"
- The role of CCS
Katherine Romanak, University of Texas
- Experiences from carbon capture projects at Holcim
Michael Weihrauch, Holcim
- CCUS - lessons learned at CRH
John Glynn / Pierre Bultez, CRH
- The CI4C project – the first of its kind pure oxyfuel pilot plant
Tobias Kaschke, CI4C Consortium
- IFESTOS: lessons learned so far
Faidon-Kosmos Prokopios, TITAN
- The Rohrdorfer race to net zero cement production
Christopher Ehrenberg, Rohrdorfer
12.45 - 13.45h
Lunch
13.45 - 17.00h
Hall Maritim
AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSION
"DECARBONISATION THROUGH PROCESS DEVELOPMENT"
- Net zero decarbonisation levers: global status and outlook
Claude Loréa, GCCA
- Sinoma – its future cement plant
Sui Tongbo, Sinoma
- Meca-clay, a promising alternative technology to activate any clay as SCM
Luc Rudowski, thyssenkrupp Polysius
- Industrial experience of the Vicat Group in the production of calcined clays
François Avet, Vicat
- Clinker micronisation – CO₂ emissions reduction by enhancing the grinding process
Nestor Isaias Quintero Mora / Yuly Natalia Cajamarca, CEMEX
13.45 - 17.00h
Hall Düsseldorf
AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSION
"DIGITALISATION TO INCREASE EFFICIENCIES"
- Digital transformation – unifying data structures in cement plants
Kevin Treiber, VDZ
- Cement plant prescriptive maintenance in 3D; transforming data into dollars in the digital era
Scott Ziegler, CemAI
- Enhancing efficiency – standardising delivery notes in the cement industry to meet evolving supply chain demands
Wolfgang Peseke, Dyckerhoff
- Improving kiln stability and fuel efficiency with artificial intelligence
Daniel Summerbell, Carbon Re / Jiri Strapina, Heidelberg Materials
19.00h
EVENING EVENT
8 November 2024
09.00 - 12.45h
Hall Maritim
MORNING PARALLEL SESSION
"PROCESS CONTROL – EMISSION ABATEMENT"
- Successful generational change at Alpacem Austria
Florian Salzer, Alpacem
- Mercury emissions – control and measurement
Robin Harrass / Ute Zunzer, VDZ
- UltraTech's experience in using roller presses for slag grinding
Ashish Panpalia / Sudhir Mohnot, UltraTech
- Unicorn hunting – how to attract and keep talents for our industry
Stefan Puntke, Refratechnik
- Retrofitting of a pot calciner – impact on thermal efficiency and CO₂ emissions
Martin Oerter, Dyckerhoff
09.00 - 12.45h
Hall Düsseldorf
MORNING PARALLEL SESSION
"BINDER TECHNOLOGY – EXISTING AND NEW CONCEPTS"
- Carbon upcycling – unlocking a new generation of SCMs
Apoorv Sinha, Carbon Upcycling
- Co-reactive – turning captured CO2 into pozzolanic material
Orlando Kleineberg / Andreas Bremen / Ahmed Kalifa, Co-reactive
- Fortera - ReAct® Green Cement Ecosystem
Craig Hargis, Fortera
- Cemvision – electrified cement production
Claes Kollberg / Paul Sandberg, Cemvision
- MgO based binders as a CO₂ sink
Barbara Lothenbach, Empa
- Calcined clays of different origin – its performance as SCM in cement
Simone Schulze, VDZ
Subject to change
