17th Int. Seminar on Furnace Design – Operation & Process Simulation

The venue will be the beautiful and relaxing Wellness Hotel Horal mountain resort in Velke Karlovice, Czech Republic.

This biennial event brings together over 150 glass experts from around the world to discuss the use of simulation & control tools, with the goal of optimizing the glass melting and forming processes.

The Seminar will be open to anyone interested in learning more about The Furnace of the Future, Industry 4.0, Model-based predictive furnace control, Artificial Intelligence, All Electric Melters, Hybrid Melters incl. Hydrogen combustion optimized by CFD simulation.

The focus of the 2025 Seminar will be on presentations that offer solutions for reducing CO₂ emissions by 43% or more by the year 2030, in alignment with the Paris Climate agreement.

SEMINAR TOPICS

• Furnace design, forehearth & regenerator simulation – application of modeling
• Use of models in furnace operation and related advanced model based predictive control
• Glass quality and yield improvement
• CO2 reduction strategies – such as oxy-gas, hybrid electric, all electric and hydrogen
• Industry 4.0 & hot end – neural networks A.I. and NIR furnace imaging
• Waste heat recovery and increase of cullet recycling

LECTURES & POSTERS

Contributions will include invited lectures, regular lectures and posters.
Contributors are asked to submit an abstract (approximately 200 words):
- by February 28, 2025
- via email to seminar@gsl.cz

SPONSORSHIP

For sponsorship opportunities, please contact the organizers.

LANGUAGE

English will be the official language of the Seminar.

VENUE

The conference will be held in Velke Karlovice, Czech Republic in Wellness Hotel Horal.
The village of Velke Karlovice is located in the eastern part of the Czech Republic, near the border with Slovakia.

KEY DATES

Abstract submission deadline: February 28, 2025
Registration opens: April 2025

ORGANIZER

GLASS SERVICE, a.s. - Vsetín, Czech Republic