American Cement - Virtual

3rd Virtual American Cement Conference 2023

Tuesday 7 February 2023
09:00 - 16:00 Central Standard Time
(Chicago, Houston, Monterrey, Mexico City)

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The 3rd Virtual American Cement Conference - from Global Cement Magazine - will cover the latest developments in continental, regional and national cement markets, as well as looking at the latest technology and case studies from North, Central and South America. Note that the Conference will be run on Central Standard Time (Chicago, Houston, Monterrey, Mexico City). The conference language is English.

Over 900 delegates registered to attend the 2nd Virtual American Cement Conference, from 90 countries: 

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia

Free registration includes attendance at the webinar, live Q&A, a download of the programme and basic delegate list, attendance at the post-event Zoom meet-up and access to the post-event video. 

Seminar participants are automatically enrolled as registered users of Global Cement - including free news updates, magazine notifications and more.

For commercial enquiries, including sponsored presentations, please contact Paul Brown, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or +44 776 7475 998.

The organisers retain the right to rescind any registration at any time, for any reason, and to vary the programme and/or offering.

Programme 2023

Programme is run on Central Standard Time (Chicago, Houston, Monterrey, Mexico City) and is subject to change

08.00: Exhibition Time Slides, Sponsored Video Presentations

Session 1

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

09.10 Paper 1: '2023 outlook for LatAm cement companies from a sell side analyst,’ Alberto Valerio, UBS
09.40 Q&A

09.50 Paper 2: 'Blaine and free lime optimisation using AI,' Sudhanshu Kashyap, SymphonyAI Industrial
10.10 Q&A

10.20 Paper 3: 'Progress in decarbonizing the US & Canadian cement industries,’ John Kline, Kline Consulting
10.40 Q&A

10.50 Break: Exhibition Time Slides, Sponsored Video Presentations

Session 2

11.25 Welcome and house-keeping, Robert McCaffrey, moderator

11.30 Paper 4: How to improve equipment effectiveness with prescriptive condition monitoring,' Christoph Muschawek - Dalog
11.25 Q&A

12.05 Paper 5: 'Elimination of maintenance and dust at cement and clinker transfer points,' Thorsten Koth, ScrapeTec
12.25 Q&A

12.35 Paper 6: 'A Reese’s Moment – Integrating cement & wood wool,' Sean Gunderson, WoodSyn
12.55 Q&A

13.05 Discussion and final comments

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

2nd Virtual American Cement Conference 2022

30 March 2022

What did the delegates say about the 2nd Virtual American Cement Conference 2022?

• Great to have some market analysis & prognosis, in these topsy turvy times. I especially appreciated seeing suppliers bringing new products & solutions. The software worked well (access and watching).
• Liked the flash polls - haven't thought much about COVID in the past year, guess its a bigger thing in Europe than here in Florida so a valuable cultural note for me.
• Brilliant that you have made the conference available by video. As my time zone is CET Europe I was unable to attend all papers but this way I will miss nothing from the presenters and papers.
• It was well organised. Market analysis with macroeconomics was great.
• Very good, congrats!!
• Overall I liked the presentations.
• Well planned- organized - informative.
• All good! Enjoyed the materials, speakers, and presentations.
• Lots of information, with an easy to follow pace. Enjoyed the event and it went very smoothly.
• Very good!
• Really enjoyed the virtual conference.
• Great job! Thanks!

Programme

Programme is run on Central Standard Time (Chicago, Houston, Monterrey, Mexico City) and is subject to change

08.00: Exhibition Time Slides, Sponsored Video Presentations

Session 1

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

09.10 Paper 1: ‘US Cement Outlook 2022' Ed Sullivan, US Portland Cement Association
09.40 Q&A

09.50 Paper 2: 'Building AI into cement supply chains,' Paul Flachskampf, INFORM
10.15 Q&A

10.25 Paper 3: 'Valorising waste heat potential with Organic Rankine Cycles: a market-ready and proven technology for the decarbonisation of the cement industry,’ Andrea De Finis, Exergy International Srl
10.50 Q&A

11.00 Break: Exhibition Time Slides, Sponsored Video Presentations

Session 2

11.30 Welcome and house-keeping, Robert McCaffrey, moderator

11.35 Paper 4: 'Status and forecasts for the American cement industry,' Claudia Stefaniou, CemBR
12.00 Q&A

12.10 Paper 5: 'Elimination of maintenance and dust at cement and clinker transfer points,' Thorsten Koth, ScrapeTec
12.30 Q&A

12.40 Paper 6: 'What is happening on the US cement & concrete scene,' John Kline, Kline Consulting
13.05 Q&A

13.15 Paper 7: 'CaO 4.0 vs CO2 1.0: How cement decarbonation will require improvement in data gathering and processing,' Xavier d'Hubert, XDH-energy
13.40 Q&A

13.50 Paper 8: 'Lessons learned, the pitfalls and opportunities for cement EPD Generation,' Chris Erickson, Climate Earth, Inc.
14.15 Q&A

14.25 Discussion and final comments

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

1st Virtual American Cement Conference

27 - 28 April 2021

Over 800 delegates registered to attend the 1st Virtual American Cement Conference, from 86 countries: 

Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, US Minor Outlying Islands, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia

What the delegates said about the 1st Virtual American Cement Conference 2021:

• Excellent overview and so glad to have a conference despite covid.
• Keep up the good work done to continue and carry on these series of virtual conference.
• All presentations were valuable
• Great organization.
• It was a privilege to meet all the presenters.
• Very well thought and prepared conference, the technology used for the virtual conference was flawless.
• The quality of presentation was good.
• Excellent content
• First time attending. Very good program, timing and presenters
• This virtual conference is very good and helped us a lot with new technics and emerging technologies
• It was very good
• I have been enjoying these last months all your different virtual conferences. Now waiting for the real ones to come back.
• The content was diverse and thought provoking.
• I really enjoyed the virtual platform.
• Virtual conferences are an understood reality... but hopefully not forever. Personal networking adds value to live conferences.
• Keep up the great work!
• Many Thanks
• As I always say, keep on working the same way. Congratulations!!!

Programme 2021

Programme is run on Central Standard Time (Chicago, Houston, Monterrey, Mexico City)

DAY 1 - Tuesday 27 April 2021

10.00 Exhibition time

Session 1
11.00 Welcome and housekeeping, Dr Robert McCaffrey, moderator

11.10 Keynote: Paper 1: 'Update on US cement industry trends,' Ed Sullivan, US Portland Cement Association
11.35 Q&A

11.45 Paper 2: 'Business optimization by digitalization & automation: Now available IAS SUITE,' Jeffrey Lewis, Axians Industrial Applications & Services USA
12.10 Q&A

12.20 Paper 3: 'Using artificial intelligence in American cement supply chains,' Justin Newell, Chief Operating Officer, INFORM Software Corporation
12.45 Q&A

12.55 Paper 4: 'Best practice in open gear maintenance & lubrication,' Klaus Holz, FUCHS LUBRITECH, Ed Banashak, FUCHS Lubricants Co.
13.20 Q&A

13.30 Lunch break and Exhibition time

Session 2
14.15 Keynote: Paper 5: 'Current situation in Brazil and in the Brazilian cement industry,' João Butkus, Butkus Consulting
14.40 Q&A

14.50 Paper 6: 'Beat the heat! Reduce kiln baghouse outages and increase productivity,' Nathan Schindler, Evonik USA
15.15 Q&A

15.25 Paper 7: ‘Prolonging kiln operation with fully-automatic cooling on the spot,' Dirk Schmidt, Ronny Acevedo, Kima Process Control GmbH
15.50 Q&A

16.00 Paper 8: ‘Modular grinding plants in the Americas,' Phillip Hempel, Gebr. Pfeiffer SE
16.25 Q&A

16.35 Summary and programme end: Exhibition time

DAY 2 - Wednesday 28 April 2021

10.00 Exhibition time

Session 3
11.00 Welcome and housekeeping, Dr Robert McCaffrey, moderator

11.05 Keynote: Paper 9: 'The US cement import story,' John Kline, John Kline & Associates
11.30 Q&A

11.40 Paper 10: 'Scalable carbon capture for the cement industry,' Glen Bailey, Carbon Clean
12.05 Q&A

12.15 Paper 11: ‘Filtration considerations for modifying Supplementary Cementitious Material (SCM) content in cement mills,’ Daniel Locke, Scheuch North America
12.40 Q&A

12.50 Paper 12: 'Maintenance free - No spill, no dust at your transfer point,' Thorsten Koth, ScrapeTec GmbH
13.15 Q&A

13.25 Lunch break and Exhibition time

Session 4
14.00 Paper 13: ‘Ecological hoppers for the grab reception of cement clinker in ports,’ David Sierwald, SAMSON Materials Handling Ltd.
14.25 Q&A

14.35 Paper 14: 'Reduction of energy consumption by the exchange of pneumatic screw pumps (Fuller pumps) by the Kreisel highly-wear-resistant rotary feeder,’ Mario Dikty, KREISEL
15.00 Q&A

15.10 Paper 15: 'Compaction to perfection: fast and automated sample preparation with the new ToniVIB,' Navin Beckmann, Toni Technik Baustoffprüfsysteme GmbH
15.35 Q&A

15.45 Paper 16: Closing keynote: ‘Using graphene to reduce CO2 emissions from cement and concrete,’ Terrance Barkan, The Graphene Council
16.10 Q&A

16.20 Closing remarks and farewell.
16.25 Event closes - Exhibition time