ETEM’s R&D Director – Engineer Veneta Novakova, will be one of the speakers at the Second International Conference for Innovations in Glazing

Engineer Veneta Novakova will take part in the second edition of the specialized glazing event “Innovative Glazing Global Summit”, which will be held from March 23 to March 24, 2017 in Prague, the Czech Republic.

This year the forum shall have the ambition of gathering in one place the leaders of the construction industry and architecture, who will not only discuss potential ideas, but will also create the future trends and innovations in using glass as construction material.

At the conference, Engineer Novakova will present the innovative facade system from the project of Etem – InDeWaG, financed under the Horizon 2020 program of the European Union. The audience shall have the opportunity of being presented with the first “water” glazing of its kind, part of the building wrap, with circulating water flow.

Jakob Stroemann-Andersen, partner and director “Sustainable Engineering” in the international architectural bureau Henning – Larsen, Jan Wurm from Arup and many other professionals and experts will present their innovative vision and solutions in the area of sustainable design.

The possibilities for sustainable construction and intelligent utilization of glass, the latest trends in facade engineering and challenges for effective sound insulation in an urban environment will be some of the key topics in the conference.