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Virtual African Cement Conference

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The Virtual African Cement Conference - from Global Cement Magazine - covers the latest developments in continental, regional and national cement markets, as well as looking at the latest technology and case studies from Africa. Note that the Conference is run on West Africa Time (for example in Lagos). The conference language is English.

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,  and to vary the programme and/or offering.

1st Virtual African Cement Conference

7 September 2021

10:00 - 17:00 West Africa Time (Lagos, Nigeria) 

Over 550 delegates registered for the 1st Virtual African Cement Conference, from 81 different countries: Algeria, Angola, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Congo, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Republic of, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

What the delegates said:

• It was a great conference that brought a lot of people together and the timing for African Cement couldn't be better.
• Q&A sessions interesting and revealing. Sneaky questions by moderator! Thanks for the insight.
• It is very interesting and making world very close to each other and share idea within a short time clearly. Additionally it is a way of solution for cement industry and customers. New technology, new idea with new way of thinking. Thank you all.
• Good presenter line up
• At this pandemic situation, the arrangement of presentation was excellent & well explained
• The poll after every presentations is quite interesting, and keep audiences focusing on the conference.
• Very good for those who even can't think of joining such physical events... covid has given this opportunity... good to increase knowledge about cement manufacturing and usage and challenges being faced by the industry.
• The virtual cement conference was insightful and very knowledgeable. All the presentations are very good. The organisation of the program was very good.
• Very good leading and interaction by the moderator.
• TQ for the job well done. A very interesting conference from Africa.
• Once again a professional and well organised presentation, well done.

Programme

Programme is run on West Africa Time (Lagos) UTS+1 and is subject to change

09.00: Exhibition Time Slides, Sponsored Video Presentations

Session 1

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

10.05 Paper 1: 'Sub Saharan Africa cement markets – trends and projections,’ Claudia Stefanoiu, CemBR
10.30: Q&A

10.40 Paper 2: ‘Forced longitudinal kiln guiding / hydraulic thrust device,’ Silvio Rohm, Frank Henning, VDZ Technology gGmbH
11.05 Q&A

11.15 Paper 3: 'Sustainable cement; pyro upgrades and modernisation,' Aleksandra Novakovic-Andric, FLSmidth A/S
11.40 Q&A

11.50 Exhibition Time Slides, Sponsored Video Presentations

Session 2

13.00 Paper 4: ‘Minimise refractory challenges when using alternative fuels in cement production process,’ Pankaj Gupta, Hasle Refractories
13.25 Q&A

13.35 Paper 5: 'Reduction of energy consumption by exchanging pneumatic screw pumps for KREISEL-highly wear-resistant rotary feeders,’ Dirk Schwerter, KREISEL GmbH & Co. KG
14.00 Q&A

14.10 Paper 6: 'An organo-silicon way to more durable and reliable construction materials,’ Wei Cai, Wacker Chemie AG
14.35 Q&A

14.45 Exhibition Time Slides, Sponsored Video Presentations

Session 3

15.10 Paper 7: 'Sustainable cement grinding with the OK™ Mill,' John Terembula, FLSmidth
15.35 Q&A

15.45 Paper 8: Closing keynote: 'Operational excellence serving industrial growth in African cement industry,' Amr Nader, A3 & Co.
16.10 Q&A

16.15 Discussion and final comments

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

Global Cement Arabia Conference 2012

'Profitability and prosperity'

Instructions for presenters

Presenters at the Global Cement Arabia Conference 2012 should carefully note the following points and deadlines.

Main point - Supply both MSWord document, biography and Powerpoint presentation to the organisers by 15 January 2012.

General

Presenters are requested to finalise their presentation titles, and to send them to the convenor. (Fax +44 1372 743838, or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), as early as possible.

Please aim to give delegates useful knowledge: company advertisements are NOT allowed! Demonstrate your knowledge and expertise - that's advertisement enough!

Presenters must register for the conference in the normal way. The registration fee is waived for academics, keynotes and non-commercial presenters.

Conference proceedings

Presenters are expected to supply a written prose version, in English, of their oral presentation, for inclusion in the conference proceedings volume. The written prose version should not exceed 3000 words in length. The written prose version may be accompanied by tables, figures, diagrams and photographs.

All material should be supplied on by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The written prose version should be supplied in the form of an MSword text document, with embedded images. Please note that Power Point presentations are not acceptable for inclusion in the proceedings volume. Graphical material must be accompanied by a full caption, and should clearly indicate its figure number/title.

All presenters must also send, at the same time, a separate MSWord document with a short biography (around 100 words), which allow the session moderator to introduce them.

The written prose version and biography should be supplied to the convenor by 15 January 2012 at the latest.

A style note - The only letters that should be in capitals in the written prose document should be proper nouns and the first letter of each sentence. For example, not 'the Cement Industry,' but 'the cement industry.' Thank you! For a useful and funny guide to the use of capitals, click here.

Conference oral presentation

Presenters will have 25 minutes each to give their oral presentation, and five minutes will then be allowed for questions. Please note that, in theory and in practice, presentations/questions are not allowed to run over their allotted time. The conference language is English. All presenters will be able to use a tie-microphone and laser pointer (supplied).

All presentations should be given using Power Point software. Presenters should send their presentation by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Presentations will be installed in the correct sequence on the conference laptop computer. Back projection facilities are not available. A presentation trial suite will be available at the conference for presenters wishing to have a 'trial run.'

If your presentation includes any video clips, send the presentation (including movies!) on a CD to the following addrress: First Floor, Adelphi Court, 1 East Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 1BB, UK.

The PowerPoint version should ALSO be supplied to the convenor by 15 January 2012 at the latest.

All presenters must use a standard introductory 'slide', which will include the conference logo, the title of the presenter and the title of the presentation. This slide must also be used at the end of all presentations, while the question session is underway. Other 'slides' may take whatever form the presenters wish, but should include the conference logo in any of the four corners.

Download powerpoint presentation template

Download conference logo: (click & hold on the image below, then save or copy the image - 7kb).

Publication in Global Cement Magazine.

All presentations from Global Cement Arabia Conference 2012 will be considered for publication in future issues of GC Magazine. Presenters are requested to refrain from granting publication rights to magazines other than GC Magazine, until after publication in GC Magazine.

Best Presentation Award, and Convenor's prize

The conference questionnaire will include a section allowing delegates to vote for their favourite presentations at Global Cement Arabia Conference 2012. A small prize will be awarded to the presenter of the 'best' presentation, at the informal reception at the end of the conference.

There will also be a prize for the first presenter to correctly supply all conference materials to the convenor!

The convenors of the conference would like to thank all presenters for their hard work.

We look forward to meeting you in Abu Dhabi!

Future Cement Conference and Exhibition
8 February 2011
Venue: London Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Instructions for presenters

Presenters at the Future Cement Conference should carefully note the following points and deadlines.

Main point - Supply both MSWord document, biography and Powerpoint presentation to the organisers by 15 January 2011.

General

Presenters are requested to finalise their presentation titles, and to send them to the convenor. (Fax +44 1372 743838, or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), as early as possible.

Please aim to give delegates useful knowledge: company advertisements are NOT allowed! Demonstrate your knowledge and expertise - that's advertisement enough!

Presenters must register for the conference in the normal way.

Conference proceedings

Presenters are expected to supply a written prose version, in English, of their oral presentation, for inclusion in the conference proceedings volume. The written prose version should not exceed 3000 words in length. The written prose version may be accompanied by tables, figures, diagrams and photographs.

All material should be supplied on by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The written prose version should be supplied in the form of an MSword text document, with embedded images. Please note that Power Point presentations are not acceptable for inclusion in the proceedings volume. Graphical material must be accompanied by a full caption, and should clearly indicate its figure number/title.

All presenters must also send, at the same time, a separate MSWord document with a short biography (around 100 words), which allow the session moderator to introduce them.

The written prose version and biography should be supplied to the convenor by 15 January 2011 at the latest.

A style note - The only letters that should be in capitals in the written prose document should be proper nouns and the first letter of each sentence. For example, not 'the Cement Industry,' but 'the cement industry.' Thank you! For a useful and funny guide to the use of capitals, click here.

Conference oral presentation

Presenters will have 25 minutes each to give their oral presentation, and five minutes will then be allowed for questions. Please note that, in theory and in practice, presentations/questions are not allowed to run over their allotted time. The conference language is English. All presenters will be able to use a tie-microphone and laser pointer (supplied).

All presentations should be given using Power Point software. Presenters should send their presentation by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Presentations will be installed in the correct sequence on the conference laptop computer. Back projection facilities are not available. A presentation trial suite will be available at the conference for presenters wishing to have a 'trial run.'

If your presentation includes any video clips, send the presentation (including movies!) on a CD to the following addrress: First Floor, Adelphi Court, 1 East Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 1BB, UK.

The PowerPoint version should ALSO be supplied to the convenor by 15 January 2011 at the latest.

All presenters must use a standard introductory 'slide', which will include the conference logo, the title of the presenter and the title of the presentation. This slide must also be used at the end of all presentations, while the question session is underway. Other 'slides' may take whatever form the presenters wish, but should include the conference logo in any of the four corners.

Download powerpoint presentation template

Download conference logo: (click & hold on the image below, then save or copy the image - 7kb).

Publication in Global Cement Magazine.

All presentations from Future Cement Conference will be considered for publication in future issues of GC Magazine. Presenters are requested to refrain from granting publication rights to magazines other than GC Magazine, until after publication in GC Magazine.

Best Presentation Award, and Convenor's prize

The conference questionnaire will include a section allowing delegates to vote for their favourite presentations at Future Cement Conference. A small prize will be awarded to the presenter of the 'best' presentation, at the informal reception at the end of the conference.

There will also be a prize for the first presenter to correctly supply all conference materials to the convenor!

The convenors of the conference would like to thank all presenters for their hard work.

We look forward to meeting you in London!

2nd Global Cement and Concrete Conference and Exhibition Saudi Arabia 2011

22-23 March 2011
Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Review 2011

In cooperation with Saudi ReadyMix

Co-sponsored by the AUCBM - Arab Union for Cement and Building Materials

Main Themes

• Cement and concrete markets and trends
• Export options - meeting partners
• Modernisation and capacity expansion
• New methods, new applications for concrete
• Enhancing profitability

The second Global Cement and Concrete Conference and Exhibition, in Saudi Arabia in 2011, brought together buyers and sellers of cement and concrete, provided delegates with the latest information on trends in the markets, supplied them with details of state-of-the-art technology for cement and concrete production and provided unrivalled networking opportunities for participants in the industry.

Benefits of participation

• Major cement and concrete products and services exhibition
• +20 technical and market papers
• Keep up-to-date with the state-of-the-art in global cement and concrete developments
• Fantastic networking opportunities
• Add value to your existing product mix
• Meet new customers

1st Global Cement and Concrete Conference and Exhibition Saudi Arabia 2010

2-3 February
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Platinum Sponsor

Presentations 2010

Review 2010

The first Global Cement and Concrete Conference has taken place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 2-3 February, with the involvement of practically all the cement producers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and delegates from a total of 22 countries. Around 220 delegates registered to attend the event, as well as 30 international exhibitors. 24 papers were presented over the two days of the conference. The second Global Cement and Concrete Conference in Saudi Arabia will take place in March 2011, in Jeddah.