International Year of Glass Opening Ceremony
Sponsored by FEVE and the Glass Packaging Institute, a welcome reception was staged last night (9 February) in Geneva ahead of the official opening ceremony of the International Year of Glass 2022 on 10-11 February.
Glass Worldwide are in attendance and proceedings are being broadcast on and may be followed through UN WebTV at https://media.un.org/en/webtv/
Globally renowned speakers are opening the International Year of Glass 2022 with expert presentations on a variety of pertinent topics. Speakers representing the glass manufacturing sector include Philippe Bastien (Chairman of Glass for Europe and Regional President, AGC Glass Europe), Frank Heinricht (CEO, Schott), Jeffrey Evenson (Chairman of Corning Museum of Glass and Chief Strategy Officer, Corning Incorporated), Ahmet Kirman (Chairman of Sisecam), Erik Muijsenberg (Vice President of Glass Service as), Corinne Claireaux (CelSian Academy Manager), Peng Shou (Academician Chinese Academy of Engineering and Board Chairman of China Triumph International Engineering Co Ltd), Ilkay Sökmen (Glass Technologies Director, Sisecam) and Vitaliano Torno (President Business Operations, Owens-Illinois and President of FEVE).
In addition to FEVE and GPI, other IYOG sponsors include Abividro, AGC, Corning, Glass for Europe, Glass Service as, Glaston, IRIS Inspection machines, Libbey, Nazeing Glass Works, NGA, Nippon Electric Glass, Nipro, Saint-Gobain, SCHOTT, SGD Pharma, Sisecam, SPIE, Stevanto Group, Sumitomo Electric, Verate, Verescence, Vical and Vitrum 2023.
A full review of the IYOG Geneva event will follow in the March/April issue of Glass Worldwide.
In the meantime, an interview with Alicia Durán, Chair of the IYOG Steering Committee, published in the July/August 2021 issue can be found at https://www.glassworldwide.co.uk/Articles/exclusive-international-year-g...
Image: International Year of Glass Opening Ceremony at the United Nations begins.
