6th Global FutureCem Conference

'Maximising profit from cement industry decarbonisation'

6th Global FutureCem Conference, Exhibition & Awards on cement industry decarbonisation

21 - 22 January 2026, Munich, Germany

"The event has been fantastic, one of the very best I ever participated in." Dr Joe Harder, OneStone Consulting

Including interactive 'Decarbonising cement production' full-day training course, given by John Kline (bookable separately) on 20 January

The 6th Global FutureCem Conference will examine the next steps forward for the cement industry in a low- or zero-carbon world, through decarbonisation. Cement producers - who already produce, package, distribute and sell cementitious materials - are ideally placed to become the leaders in the new ‘no-carbon’ cements. Covering all the alternatives to OPC, as well as low-carbon options for concrete, this conference will examine the way forward - to future cements.

Alternative fuels are covered in our sister-event Global CemFuels; Cement industry carbon capture and sequestration is covered in our sister-event Global CemCCUS; and Slag beneficiation, trade and use is covered in our sister-event Global Slag

See the review of the Global FutureCem Conference 2025

See the conference photo gallery for Global FutureCem Conferencer 2025

Super Early-Bird rate from £595 until 30 June 2025

Early-Bird rate of £695 until 30 September 2025

Standard rate of £795 until 30 November 2025

Final rate of £895 from 1 December 2025

The registration fee includes attendance at the conference and exhibition, conference programme booklet including delegate names/company/country, all available presentations in pdf format, participation in networking/speed-dating sessions, delegate name badge, special distribution magazine, coffee breaks and snacks, lunches, welcome reception and farewell reception. The Global FutureCem dinner is optional and is bookable during registration.

Super Early-Bird registration is £595 and ends on 30 June 2025. The Early-Bird rate of £695 will apply from 1 July 2025 until the end of September 2025, followed by the Standard rate of £795 from 1 October 2025 and the Final rate of £895 after 1 December 2025. Confirmed speakers register for £495. Confirmed cement-producer-speakers register free. 

Until 30 September 2025, cement producers benefit from a £400 discount on these rates. From 1 October 2025, the cement producer discount reduces to £350, and from 1 December 2025 the discount reduces to £300.

Employees of cement-producing members of partner associations (including the AUCBM, GCCA and WCA) gain an additional discount of £100 per person.

Accredited academics (who must specifiy their academic institution when registering) register at a rate of £495.

Attendance at the Global FutureCem Dinner is £75.

Please note that fees quoted do not include any applicable local taxes. Local VAT may be applicable to some parts or all of these fees.

Who is attending? A selection of attendees

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Main Themes

• Cement industry decarbonisation
• Alternatives to OPC/CEM 1
• Blended cements
• Low-carbon, low-energy cements
• EU ETS and CBAM developments
• Process optimisation for cement industry decarbonisation
• Process control for cement industry decarbonisation
• Use of AI for cement industry decarbonisation
• Global carbon trading schemes
• 'Eco' cements
• Non-calcined cementitious binders
• Geopolymers
• Bio-analogues
• Alternative raw materials - including slags, ashes, mine tailings, silica fume, recycled glass and concrete, CDM and more...
• Mineralisers and fluxes
• Non-calcareous mineral systems
• Alternative cements
• Fly-ash and slag-based cements
• Fuel options
• Carbon offsets
• Waste heat recovery
• Low CO₂ options for concrete

Benefits of participation

• Technical and market trend papers
• Keep up-to-date with the state-of-the-art in cement industry decarbonisation
• Fantastic networking opportunities
• Add value to your existing product mix
• Meet new customers

Who should attend?

• Cement and concrete producers
• Technologists and researchers
• Financiers and entrepreneurs
• Equipment producers and service providers
• Consultants and academics
• Traders and brokers
• ... all others with an interest in cement and concrete decarbonisation

Photo credit: Joselito Ochotorena, Lafarge Exshaw

What the delegates said about 4th Global FutureCem Conference 2023

• Thank you!
• Well done Global team
• Congratulations, good job as always
• Thank you very much for the rigorous time management, the easy-going atmosphere and overall quality of the venue.
• Thank you for a very enjoyable two days.
• Well done
• Keep up with the great work.
• Thanks for the nice event
• Thanks for the very well managed conference
• Nice program
• Good job!
• Repeated arrangement of this kind of conference definitely will give us the road map to net zero achievement
• Overall very impressive
• Thank you for the nice organisation.
• Thanks again for the simple registration and nice (dinner and quiz) evening yesterday!
• Thank you for the effort, and the organisation. The moderator was really good
• Thank you for the excellent organisation

Below: 'Ladies of decarbonisation' at the Global FutureCem Conference 2023.

 Read write-ups of previous Global FutureCem Conferences on the 'Past' tab above, or click here.