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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

 

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