Maximising profit from cement industry decarboniastion
Virtual Global FutureCem Seminar on cement industry decarbonisation
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2nd Virtual Global FutureCem Seminar on cement industry decarbonisation - 2024
Tuesday 29 October 2024
A half-day virtual seminar on cement industry decarbonisation will take place on 29 October 2024, starting at 10am Central European Time (Paris, Berlin etc).
Purchase the Virtual Global FutureCem Seminar Pack 2024
The Premium Delegate Pack is available for purchase (use the link below) for GBP£99.95 (includes on-the-day downloads of the presenter slides and full delegate list with opted-in emails). After purchase, you will be emailed a link to download the Premium Delegate Pack on the day of the event.
For information on speaking at the event, please contact the convenor, Dr Robert McCaffrey, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Speaker fees may apply.
Programme - Subject to change
Programme is on Central European Time - Paris, Berlin, Rome etc. (note that clocks change on Sunday 27 October).
Session 1
10.00: Welcome and house-keeping, Robert McCaffrey, moderator
10.10 Paper 1: ‘New methods of activation of pozzolanic material to make cement industry decarbonisation more profitable,’ Zarina Bazoeva, Neocrete - New Zealand
10.35 Q&A
10.45 Paper 2: 'Mechanochemical activation of low-kaolin clays for SCMs,’ Apoorv Sinha, Carbon Upcycling
11.05: Q&A
11.15 Paper 3: 'The key to green finance: how credible transition plans can unlock capital for cement companies,’ Fabio Passaro, Climate Bonds Initiative
11.35: Q&A
11.45 Paper 4: ‘Update on the SCM situation in USA and Canada,’ John Kline, Kline Consulting
12.05: Q&A
12.15 Final remarks, farewell
Over 700 delegates have registered for this event, from the following countries:
Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe
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 offests
- 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
Virtual Global FutureCem Seminar on cement industry decarbonisation - 2021
Tuesday 16 March 2021
The seminar attracted over 860 delegate registrations, from the following 86 countries: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Liberia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, VietNam, Yemen
Purchase the Virtual Global FutureCem Seminar Pack 2021
The Premium Delegate Pack is available for purchase (use the link below) for GBP£99.95 (includes on-the-day downloads of the presenter slides and full delegate list with opted-in emails). After purchase, you will be emailed a link to download the Premium Delegate Pack on the day of the event.
Programme for Virtual Global FutureCem Seminar on cement industry decarbonisation, 16 March 2021
Programme is run on Central European Time (Berlin, Paris, Rome)
09:00 Exhibition time
Session 1
10:00 FutureCem welcome and housekeeping, Dr Robert McCaffrey, moderator
10:10 Paper 1: 'Cement and CO2: What can we do, at what scale and how fast,' Karen Scrivener, Laboratory of Construction Materials at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
10:35 Q&A
10:45 Paper 2: 'Circular economy as one of key pillars of carbon neutral concrete,’ Jan Skocek, HeidelbergCement AG
11:10 Q&A
11:20 Paper 3: 'Capturing CO2 to treat industrial residues to produce low carbon concrete,' Dr Paula Carey, Carbon8 Systems
11:45 Q&A
11:55 Exhibition time break
Session 2
12:30 Paper 4: ‘Breakthrough additive solutions for low carbon cements, ‘ Laurent Guillot, Chryso
12:55 Q&A
13:05 Paper 5: ‘grey2green - What we promise, we deliver’ Luc Rudowski, thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG, Business Unit Cement Technologies
13:40 Q&A
13:50 Paper 6: ‘Reduction of energy consumption by the exchange of pneumatic screw pumps (Fuller pumps) by the Kreisel highly-wear-resistant rotary feeder,’ Christian Wienberg, KREISEL GmbH & Co. KG
14:15 Q&A
14:25 Exhibition time break
Session 3
15:00 Paper 7: ‘Using graphene to reduce CO2 emissions from cement and concrete,’ Terrance Barkan, The Graphene Council
15:25 Q&A
15:35 Paper 8: ’Sequestering carbon dioxide in concrete,’ Brent Constantz, Blue Planet Systems Corporation
16:00 Q&A
16:10 Paper 9: ‘bioMASON biocement - The revolutionary future of cement,’ Michael Dosier, bioMASON
16:35 Q&A
16:45 Paper 10 Closing keynote: ‘Every surface is an opportunity,’ John Kline, Kline Consulting; Benjamin Kline, Concordia University
17:10 Q&A
17:20 Final remarks and farewell
