Virtual Global Insulation Seminar and Exhibition
10:00 CET (Berlin, Paris, Rome) Tuesday 15 September 2020
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The Virtual Global Insulation Seminar will bring participants up-to-date with the latest developments in the insulation industry around the world.
Alongside keynote speakers, a small number of sponsored presentation slots are available. Please contact Paul Brown, on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., including for other commercial opportunities.
Registration for the conference is free, and includes attendance at the virtual conference, live Q&As and access to the post-event Zoom discussion.
Please see the final programme below.
Conference Proceedings including delegate list, presentation PDFs and video access are available for purchase at the time of the event.
Programme for Virtual Insulation Seminar, 15 September 2020 - Subject to change
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
16.10 Programme end & Zoom informal discussion session
Delegates for Virtual Insulation Seminar, 15 September 2020
As of 14 September 2020 - Note: Details as supplied during delegate registration by delegates
| First Name | Last Name | Organization | Country |
| ISABEL | ABARZUA | ETSA | Chile |
| Philippe | Abecassis | Looking for opportunities | France |
| Atheer | Alamie | KIMMCO Isover | Kuwait |
| Atipat | Amornsak | SCG | Thailand |
| Keith | Anderson | Kingspan Insulation | Australia |
| David | Appelfeld | Owens Corning | Belgium |
| Amit | Arora | KLJ Group of Industries | India |
| Polina | Assorova | TehnoNIKOL | Russian Federation |
| Ahmed | Attar | CIMAR | Morocco |
| Stefan | Backof | Gyptech GmbH | Germany |
| Marc | Ballmann | BRB International bv | United Kingdom |
| Christopher | Barlow | Encon Insulation Ltd | United Kingdom |
| nicolas | baronnet | Gascogne Flexible | France |
| Brent | Belanger | Canada | |
| Niklas | Bergman | Paroc Group Oy | Finland |
| Stephane | Biltresse | Cargill | Belgium |
| K. SINAN | BINGOL | WOOLMAX STONE WOOL | Turkey |
| Olalla Maria | Blanco Morado | CEMENTOS MOLINS, S.A. | United States |
| Evgeny | Bobrov | Ekover | Russian Federation |
| Maria | Bochkovskaya | Association of Extruded Polystyrene Manufacturers RAPEX | Russian Federation |
| Lukas | Boening | IEX - INSULATION EXPO EUROPE | Germany |
| Denis | Bogatskiy | Ekover company | Russian Federation |
| Alexander | Bogolepov | "ABSC-Insulation systems", LLC | Russian Federation |
| BENGUL | BOKE DIZ | ODE YALITIM | Turkey |
| Ute | Braunewell | Ineos Styrolution Europe GmbH | Germany |
| FERNANDO | BUSQUETS | AISLACENTRO LTDA | Chile |
| Andrew | Butler | KORE Insulation | Ireland |
| JORGE | CARDENAS | MERSUD | Peru |
| Matteo | Cenfi | Gamma Meccanica SpA | Italy |
| Olga | Chesalina | Owens Corning | Russian Federation |
| Kenneth | Christophersen | Tentoma | Denmark |
| Kenneth | Christophersen | ||
| Suwamit | Chuamchit | IRPC Public Company Limited | Thailand |
| Nelson | Conarroe | Owens Corning | United States |
| Anacleto | Crespo | Advisor | Portugal |
| Thomas | Czigler | McKinsey&Co | Germany |
| Simon | Dayan | Simon Dayan Consulting | France |
| Tristán | de Villalobos | Isolant | Argentina |
| Maxence | DECAMPS | Ahlstrom-Munksjö | France |
| Bert | Declerck | Owens Corning | Belgium |
| Daphne | Depuydt | Govi | Belgium |
| Yogesh | Deshmukh | Owens Corning | Netherlands |
| Amar Hari | Deshmukh | KAEFER LLC | United Arab Emirates |
| Allan | Detlefsen | Tentoma A/S | Denmark |
| Allan | Detlefsen | ||
| Sašo | Dolenc | Izoteh d.o.o. | Slovenia |
| Frank | Donkers | Donkers Market Intelligence | Netherlands |
| Natasa | Drnovsek | Knaufisnulation | Slovenia |
| Arturo | Echeverria | Aislantes Minerales, S.A. de C.V. | Mexico |
| Ayman | El-Mohtasseb | ||
| Rogerio | Ernesto | SM4RT SAVING | Brazil |
| Emrullah | Eruslu | Eryap Group | Turkey |
| Joaquin | Estrada | CEMEX | United Arab Emirates |
| Nevzat | Evik | KNAUF | Turkey |
| Ayman | Fahmy | Hilti Corporation | Liechtenstein |
| RODOLFO | Fernandez | ESF3RA Materials Science SA de CV | Mexico |
| Gregory | Filou | Commercial | Belgium |
| Marc | FIXARIS | ArcelorMittal Europe SA | Luxembourg |
| Jean-Marc | FLESSELLES | Saint-Gobain Isover | France |
| Wern Sheng | Fong | PGF Insulation | Malaysia |
| Philipp | Frisch | VIRO EPS SYSTEMS | Slovenia |
| qi | gao | AICA Asia Pacific | Singapore |
| Benjamin | Garrad | Waco Africa | South Africa |
| PERIN | GIANMARIA | CROCCO SPA | Italy |
| Andrew | Gibson | CoolPac | Australia |
| Mats | Ginman | Owenscorning/ Paroc | Finland |
| Dominik | Goertz | Tentoma A/S | Denmark |
| Jorge Oscar | Gonzalez | ISOLANT S.A. | Argentina |
| Konstantin | Gostinin | SIBUR International | Austria |
| N N | GOYAL | U P Twiga FIBERGLASS LTD | India |
| Andreas | Guertler | EiiF - European Industrial Insulation Foundation | Switzerland |
| Satish | Gupta | Fujairah Rock Wool Factory | United Arab Emirates |
| Elodie | Hablot | Dow Chemical | Switzerland |
| Roger | Hagen | GENESYS | United States |
| Judith | Hergert | Johns Manville | United States |
| Manish | Hiranandani | Hira | United Arab Emirates |
| Patrik | Högkvist | Rani Plast | Finland |
| Alex | hUIS | Aerofoam | Netherlands |
| Arshad | Hussain | ZAARR International | India |
| Carles | Ibañez | ICL | Spain |
| Marco | Iori | Lovemark srt | Italy |
| santosh | jadhav | roquette riddhi siddhi pvt ltd | India |
| Aneta | Janiak | Stepan | Poland |
| Morand | Jean-Pierre | Total | France |
| Uros | Jeke | Ekten d.o.o. Krsko | Slovenia |
| Mogens | Jessen | Signode | Denmark |
| Patrick | Johansson | Owens Corning | Finland |
| Miguel | Jordão | Gypfor | Portugal |
| Andreas | Kanz | Germany | |
| Peter | Karlsen | ROCKWOOL International A/S | Denmark |
| Aniruddha | Kaul | RCCPL Pvt Ltd | India |
| Masayoshi | Kawaguchi | Asahi Kasei Construction Materials Corporation | Japan |
| Altaf | Khan | NPCC | Saudi Arabia |
| shahzaman | khan | symbol industries pvt ltd | Pakistan |
| KHANAFSAR fazaldad | KHANAFSAR | CONSOLIDATED CONTRACTORS COMPANY OMAN L.L.C | Oman |
| Ksenia | Kizovskaya | SIBUR | Russian Federation |
| Joergen | Kloster | Kloster Management | Denmark |
| Jan | Knutar | Ab Rani Plast Oy | Finland |
| Pascal | Kubis | Bernd Münstermann GmbH & Co. KG | Germany |
| Amit | Kumar | Hcil | India |
| Philipp | Kunkel | Fagus-GreCon Greten GmbH & Co. KG | Germany |
| Ivan | Kuznetsov | Gazprombank | Russian Federation |
| Valentina | Kuznetsova | Sibur | Russian Federation |
| Juha | Laihonen | Finland | |
| Jean-Paul | Lecomte | Dow | Belgium |
| Jaewook | Lee | KCC Corp. | Korea (South) |
| Kin Seng | Lee | Aica AP | Singapore |
| TER | LEONG THAI | AICA Singapore | Singapore |
| Mike | Livingstone | Bocedi SRL | United Kingdom |
| Davide | Maiello | Knauf Insulation | Belgium |
| Patrice | Maltais | Premier Tech | Canada |
| Rachel | Marcon | Owens Corning | Netherlands |
| Hannu-Petteri | Mattila | Paroc Oy Ab | Finland |
| Margarita | May | isolant sa | Argentina |
| Paula | McDade | WL Gore & Associates | United Kingdom |
| Mario | Meerschaut | Owens Corning Veil | Netherlands |
| ANAND | MEHER | RECTICEL | India |
| Dmitry | Mikhaylidi | TechnoNicol | Russian Federation |
| Markéta | Mikolajková-Alifov | Paroc Group Oy | Finland |
| Ayush | Mishra | Paroc, Owens Corning | Finland |
| Grazyna | Mitchener | Polychemtech Ltd. | United Kingdom |
| Nisar | Mohyuddin | Symbol Industries (Pvt) Ltd | Pakistan |
| Juan Puig | Montraveta | CEMENTOS MOLINS S A | Spain |
| Benoît | Morel | GTT | France |
| Phalguni | Mukhopadhyaya | University of Victoria | Canada |
| DHANDAPANI | MUTHUKARUPPAN | FUJAIRAH ROCKWOOL FACTORY | United Arab Emirates |
| FANNY | NARDELLA | GREENCHEMICALS SPA | Italy |
| Jasbir | Narula | TAPP India Pvt. Ltd. | India |
| Dirk | Niepmann | Imerys Aluminates GmbH | Germany |
| Dmitry | Nikitin | Ekover trading house | Russian Federation |
| Brenna | Nowacki | Owens Corning | United States |
| Ignacio Javier | Nuñez Zorriqueta | Johns Manville Europe GmbH | Germany |
| Mariusz | Osiniak | ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG | Germany |
| Georg | Oster | Münstermann | Germany |
| KANTILAL | PARIKH | ASIAN INSULATIONS | India |
| In Sung | Park | LG Hausys | Korea, Republic of |
| Marjo | Peeters | Owens Corning | Netherlands |
| Daniele | Pivetti | Gamma Meccanica SpA | Italy |
| Christian | Poell | Reed Exhibitions Deutschland GmbH | Germany |
| Darko | Pregel | Isomat d.o.o. | Slovenia |
| Gregor | Prevodnik | Izoteh | Slovenia |
| Stephen | Prichard | Owens Corning | United States |
| Diego | Puerta | Ahlstrom Munksjo | |
| Henrik | Raunkjaer | Tentoma A/S | Denmark |
| Nige | Ravenscroft | Owens Corning | United States |
| Jose | Rodriguez | Latintec | Mexico |
| José | Roque | José Pereira Roque | Portugal |
| Leon | Rupe | Bernd Münstermann GmbH & Co.KG | Germany |
| Leon | Rupe | ||
| Markku | Ruuskanen | Paroc Oy Ab | Finland |
| Cristina | Saiz-Arroyo | CellMat Technologies SL | Spain |
| Juan Pablo | Salinas | Isoplast | Chile |
| Masahiro | Sato | Nippon Shokubai America Indusries, Inc. | United States |
| Anne-Beatrice | Schäfer | Johns Manville | Germany |
| Des | Schnetler | Thermal Insulation Products & Systems Association SA (TIPSASA) | South Africa |
| Nicolas | SCHOEN | ALFI TECHNOLOGIES | France |
| Florian | Schulz | Fraunhofer ITEM | Germany |
| Guan Wee | Seah | Owens Corning (S) Pte Ltd | Singapore |
| Taisiya | Seledkova | Owens Corning | Russian Federation |
| Tolga | Senlet | Hekim Yapı Endüstrisi A.S. | Turkey |
| Jonathan | Shaw | Comfort Group | South Africa |
| Shreyas | Sheth | Amol Minechem Limited | India |
| Sanjay | Shimpi | Supreme Petrochem Limited | India |
| Jorge Ruiz | Silva | AIINsulion | Mexico |
| Dharmendra | Singh | RCCPL pvt LiImited | India |
| Anastasiia | Skibina | LTD Trade House EKOVER | Russian Federation |
| Cristian | Skokan | Kingfisher Plc. | Romania |
| Philip | Smith | W.L.Gore & Associates | United States |
| BInoy | Somaia | UP Twiga Fiberglass Limited | India |
| Avila | Sousa | Grupo Preceram | Portugal |
| Riccardo | Spagni | Gamma Meccanica SpA | Italy |
| Benjamin | Spiske | Owens Corning | Germany |
| Pierre | Stasse | Owens Corning | Belgium |
| Chris | Stoneburg | Owens Corning | United States |
| Jadwiga | Swiderska | Johns Manville | Poland |
| Sergey | Sychev | Ekover | Russian Federation |
| Philipp | Szelest | B+L Marktdaten GmbH | Germany |
| Kelsey | Tacca | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc | Germany |
| Klaus | Terlau | INEOS Styrolution Europe GmbH | Germany |
| SRIDHAR | TIRUVAIPATI | HIL LIMITED | India |
| Andrey | Titov | TechnoNICOL | Russian Federation |
| Vasily | Tkachev | TechnoNICOL | Russian Federation |
| Jane | Tønder | Tentoma A/S | Denmark |
| Emre | Tonguç | İstanbul Teknik İnşaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. | Turkey |
| Craig | Treanor | United Kingdom | |
| Dmitry | Troshin | JSC UCP | Russian Federation |
| Jani | Trygg | Owens Corning / Paroc | Finland |
| Aizhan | Tulemissova | IT&M llp | Kazakhstan |
| Orhan | Turan | ODE İnsulatıon | Turkey |
| Jim | Tweddle | Wintech Engineering | Australia |
| Enio | UP | UCCIL | United States |
| Mujeeb | Ur Rahman | Precision Gypsums, Manufacturer | India |
| Alken | Urazalin | Alba-Chem LLP | Kazakhstan |
| TARIK | USLU | ODE YALITIM | Turkey |
| Andrea | Valle | Olivotto Glass Technologies S.p.A. | Italy |
| Renate | van Maaren | NCTI | Netherlands |
| Frank | Vanhove | Pittsburgh Corning Europe / Owens Corning | Belgium |
| Cees | Verschut | Owens Corning | Netherlands |
| Desiree | Virgil | INEOS Styrolution Europe GmbH | Germany |
| toine | wassing | bluedec bv aerogel insulation | Netherlands |
| Silke | Weiss | Knauf Insulation GmbH | Germany |
| ronald | Wilmer | Oceanchem - Shandong brothers | Belgium |
| Dave | Wolf | Owens Corning | United States |
| Cevdet | Yanardag | Turkiye IMSAD, Turkish Construction Materials Producers Association | Turkey |
| MUSTAFA MÜCAHİT | YİĞİT | ODE INSULATION INDUSTRY A.Ş. | Turkey |
| Denis | Yumaguzhin | RE | Canada |
| Juan | Zavaleta | Latintec | Mexico |
| mahmoud | zich | gypsum | Tunisia |
The organisers retain the right to rescind any registration at any time, for any reason, and to vary the programme and/or offering, with no recompense or recourse.
