27 & 28 April 2021
11:00 - 17:00 Central Standard Time
(Chicago, Houston, Monterrey, Mexico City)
www.AmericanCement.com
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The 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.
Due to feedback from delegates, the conference will now take place over two shorter days - Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 April - rather than on one longer day.
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. For free registration, enter 'FREE' (use capitals) in the discount code box during registration, and click on 'Apply.' You do not need to input any credit card details
The Premium Delegate Pack is available for purchase during registration for GBP£49.95 (includes on-the-day downloads of the presenter slides and full delegate list with opted-in emails) - in which case leave the discount code box blank and enter your credit card details. You will be emailed a link to download the Premium Delegate Pack on the day of the event.
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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 full programme will be posted here closer to the event date.
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.
Preliminary Programme - Subject to change
Programme is run on Central Standard Time (Chicago, Houston, Monterrey, Mexico City)
DAY 1 - Tuesday 27 April
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,' Philip Hempel, Gebr. Pfeiffer SE
16.25 Q&A
16.35 Summary and programme end: Exhibition time
DAY 2 - Wednesday 28 April
10.00 Exhibition time
Session 3
11.00 Welcome and housekeeping, Dr Robert McCaffrey, moderator
11.05 Keynote: Paper 9: Presentation title to be confirmed, 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 Keynote: Paper 13: Presentation to be confirmed
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
