Program Committee

Globalized Education

Michel Rigaud
FIRE - Canada
Marc Huger
ENSCI – France

World Raw Materials

Andreas Buhr
Almatis – Germany
Arnaud Lafaurie
Alcan Bauxite and Alumina - France
Álvaro Bravo
ACCR/Almatis - Brazil

Advances in Refractories Basic Sciences

Jacques Poirier
University of Orleans - France
Toshitaka Ota
Nagoya Institute of Technology – Japan

Environmental Sustainability and Recycling

Jorge B. Gallo
Alcoa – Brazil
Marc H. Fréchette
Pyrotek - Canada

Castables and other Monolithics Technology

Victor C. Pandolfelli
UFSCAR - Brazil
Christopher Parr
Kerneos - France
Jérôme Soudier
Calderys - France

Carbon Containing Refractories

Stefan Pirker
RHI - Austria
Sido Sinnema
Tata-Corus – Netherlands

Nanoengineered Refractories

Cristos G. Aneziris
University of Freiberg - Germany
Jeffrey D. Smith
Missouri S&T - Rolla - USA

Refractory Applications of Modelling and Simulation

Harald Harmuth
Montanuniversität – Austria
Alain Gasser
University of Orleans - France

Refractories for Iron and Steelmaking

Rinus Siebring
Tata-Corus - Netherlands
João Chiabi Duarte
Arcelor-Mittal - Brazil

Refractories for Nonferrous Metallurgy

Kelvin Stuart
Vale-Inco – Canada
Lívio Togni
Togni - Brazil

Refractories for Cement and Lime

Adam A. Wajdowicz
Magnesita Refratários - Brazil
Rogerson Miranda
Magnesita Refratários - Brazil

Refractories for Glass, Petrochemical and others

Jorivaldo Medeiros
Petrobras - Brazil
Carlos Ferreira Leão
Saint-Gobain Cerâmicas & Plásticos – Brazil
Waldir D. S. Resende
Ibar - Brazil

Advances in Manufacturing, Installation and Equipment

Dieter Fournier
Laeis GmbH - Wecker – Luxembourg
Renato Vieira Ribeiro de Souza
Reframax - Brazil

Managing Refractories Technology

Paulo Osório Ribeiro Caldeira Brant
Magnesita Refratários- Brazil
Indra Chakraborty
Ace Refractories - India

Advanced Testing of Refractories

Peter Quirmbach
DIFK - Germany
Valmy Artus Gomes de Oliveira
Magnesita Refratários - Brazil

Ex-Situ and In-Situ Characterization

William Lee
Imperial College London – England
Paulo Roberto Gomes Brandão
UFMG - Brazil