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8TH INDIA INTERNATIONAL REFRACTORIES CONGRESS 2010


Dates: 4th to 6th FEBRUARY 2010
Venue: Kolkata (The Hub of Eastern India)

Congress Theme: Future of Refractories: Challenges & Opportunities

Keynote Speaker: Prof. William Lee, Imperial College, London

Organized by - INDIAN REFRACTORY MAKERS ASSOCIATION

REGISTRATION F DELEGATES

IREFCON -2010 (India International Refractories Congress 2010) is the eighth in the series of bi-annual international conferences providing an important interface between the Indian and the international refractories industries, and the users of refractories like steel, cement, non-ferrous metals, glass, etc. This is scheduled to be organized from 4th to 6th February 2010 at Kolkata, the hub of Eastern India. In addition to producers and users of refractories, suppliers of refractory raw materials, equipment and machinery, testing apparatus, R&D institutions and consultants will be closely involved, besides design and consultancy organizations.

IREFCON -2010 Technical Sessions would cover refractories developments and applications for -

  • Coke & Iron Making
  • Steel Making
  • Secondary Refining
  • Flow Control
  • Cement & Glass
  • Non-ferrous products
  • Monolithic Refractories
  • Natural & Synthetic Raw Materials
  • Environment & Pollution Control in the Refractory Industry
  • Refractories Research & Refractory Education
  • Refractories Testing, Installation & Repairing Techniques

The IREFCON -2010 will be held in the city of Kolkata, once recognised as the cultural capital of India, and today a fast- growing centre of a rapidly industrializing state, close to resource and growth centres for coal and steel. It is well connected by both national and international flights and by rail with all parts of India.

INVITED SPEAKERS

  • Prof. C.G. Aneziris, Technical University, Freiberg (Topic: Nano-engineered Refractories)

  • Mr. M.M. Murugappan, CUMI (Topic: Business Scenario of Refractory Industry)

  • Dr. Supriyo Dasgupta, M.N. Dastur & Co. Ltd (Topic: Steel Industry Scenario in India)

  • Dr. Gordon Brown, Siemens VAI (Topic: Design Aspect of Blast Furnace)

  • Dr Claude Dumazeau, Vesuvius Group (Topic: Future of Refractories: Challenges & Opportunities)

  • Dr. Stefan Pirker, RHI, Austria (Topic: Refractories for Ladle, Converter & Arc Furnaces)

  • Mr. Hisatake Okmura, Krosaki Harima Corporation (Topic: Continuous Casting Refractories)

  • Prof. George Oprea, University of British Columbia, (Topic: Refractories for Non-ferrous Industry)

  • Dr.I.N.Chakraborty, ACE Calderys Ltd, (Topic: Refractory Raw Materials)

LEAD SPEAKERS

  • Dr. Christopher Parr, Kerneos SA (Topic: Refractory Cement)

  • Dr. Andreas Buhr, Almatis (Topic: Technical and economical review of high alumina raw materials for steel refractories)

  • Prof. J.P. Guha, Missouri Univ. Of Science & Technology (Topic: Science in Refractories: Challenges & Opportunities)

  • Dr. Bjorn Myhre, Elkem (Topic: Castables)

  • Dr. Patrick Tassot, Calderys Group (Topic: Refractories for Iron Making)

  • Prof. P.K. Das Poddar, Univ. Of Calcutta (Topic: Refractories Research & Education in India)

  • Dr. A.L. Sashi Mohan (Topic: Non-oxide Refractories & Castables)

  • Dr. J. Mukhopadhyay, JLN Aluminium Research & Development Centre, Nagpur (Topic: Refractories for Aluminium industry)

  • Mr. Ananda Mohan Ghosh, The Energy Research Institute, New Delhi (Topic: Energy Management in Refractory Industry)

Delegate Registration Charges:
 
  upto 30/09/2009 upto 31/12/2009 from  01/01/2010
Indian Delegates (INR) 5000 6000 7000
Overseas Delegates (USD) 500 550 600

Click here to download the IREFCON2010 brochure for technical papers.

For sponsorship opportunities at IREFCON10 and  further details, please write to:
The Organizing Secretary
8th India International Refractories Congress (IREFCON-2010)
C/o. Indian Refractory Makers Association
5, Lala Lajpat Rai Sarani, 4th Floor
Kolkata-700020, India
Phone: (91) 33 2281-0868,
Fax: (91) 33 2281-4357
e-mail: irmaindia@hotmail.com; indrefractory@yahoo.co.in
 

 
 

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