Global Insulation Seminar and Exhibition - Virtual

2nd Virtual Global Insulation Seminar and Exhibition

10:30 CET (Berlin, Paris, Rome) Tuesday 12 October 2021

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2nd Virtual Global Insulation Seminar and Exhibition Programme - subject to change

Programme is run on Central European Time (Berlin, Paris, Rome)

Session 1

09.00: Exhibition Time Slides, Sponsored Video Presentations

10.30: Welcome and house-keeping, Robert McCaffrey, moderator

10.40 Paper 1: ‘Improve your sustainability with energy and film saving packaging of insulation materials,’ Henrik Raunkjær, Tentoma A/S
11.05 Q&A

11.15 Paper 2: 'Shaping the sustainable building materials industry in Mongolia,’ Enkhgerel Ariunbold, Mongol Basalt JSC
11.40 Q&A

11.50 Paper 3: ‘A new tool to inspect plants with 3D and infrared technology,’ Sebastian Fiedler, FHWS-University & Andreas Guertler, EiiF
12.15 Q&A

12.25 Exhibition Time Slides, Sponsored Video Presentations

Session 2

13.00 Paper 4: ‘Hot spot detection by high resolution grammage measurement,’ Philipp Kunkel, Mario Konang, Fagus-GreCon Greten GmbH & Co. KG 
13.25 Q&A

13.35 Paper 5: ‘Real-life performance of vacuum insulation panels,’ Phalguni Mukhopadhyaya, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Victoria
14.00 Q&A

14.10 Discussion and final comments

14.15 Sponsored Video Presentations, Programme end & Zoom informal discussion session

1st Virtual Global Insulation Seminar and Exhibition 2020

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Programme for Virtual Insulation Seminar, 15 September 2020

Programme is run on Central European Time (Berlin, Paris, Rome)


09.00 Exhibition Time & Cyber-Networking, Sponsored Video Presentation: Genesys


Session 1



10.00: Welcome and house-keeping, Robert McCaffrey, moderator



10.05 Paper 1: Keynote presentation 1: 'Insulation's contribution to build a low-carbon EU industrial sector,’ Andreas Guertler, EiiF - European Industrial Insulation Foundation


10.30: Q&A


10.35 Paper 2: ‘Mineral foam - An alternative insulation material,’ Dirk Niepmann, Imerys Aluminates GmbH


11.00 Q&A


11.05 Paper 3: ‘Environmentally and economically sound packaging,’ Allan Detlefsen, Tentoma


11.30 Q&A

11.35 Break & Exhibition time, Sponsored Video Presentation: Genesys




Session 2



12.30 Paper 4: Keynote presentation 2: 'Heat Radiation - a new challenge for super-insulators,’ Grazyna Mitchener, PolyChemTech Ltd


12.55 Q&A

13.00 Paper 5: ‘Stretch hooding, flexible packaging technology,’ Cristian Bocedi, Bocedi Srl


13.25 Q&A

13.30 Paper 6: ‘Addressing upcoming trends and requirements for insulation by functionalising surfaces with glass composite facer,’ David Appelfeld, Owens Corning


13.55 Q&A

14.00 Break & Exhibition time, Sponsored Video Presentation: Genesys

Session 3

14.30 Paper 7: Keynote presentation 3: 'PolyStyreneLoop – enabling full circularity for EPS and XPS insulating foams,’ Carles Ibáñez Brugués, ICL Group


14.55 Q&A


15.00 Paper 8: ‘Introduction to GENESYS - Executing your capital project (and how we can help),’ Jacob Hawthorne, Genesys


15.25 Q&A

15.30 Paper 9: ‘Energy audit of buildings using infrared thermography,’ Phalguni Mukhopadhyaya, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Victoria, Canada


15.55 Q&A

16.00 Discussion and final comments, Sponsored Video Presentation: Genesys

16.40 Programme end - Zoom informal discussion session