Transforming Foundation Industries Network + Final Christmas Conference
IOM3 is supporting this event.
In this conference, we will present new results from on-going projects seeded by TFIN+ small grants and demonstrate how technology has been embedded into some industrial processes. We will also consider future funding, collaborative and networking opportunities, and present our vision for the Sustainable Industrial Futures Hub, which is a major investment by UKRI to help industry achieve their net-zero goals.
Full agenda now available:
09:00 - Registration and Welcome refreshments
10:00 - Welcome note by our director Prof Ian Reaney
10:20 - Prof Mercedes Maroto-Valer - Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Center
11:00 - Dr Cristina Valles, University of Manchester - Sustainable Replacements for Coal Tar Pitch Binders
11:15 - Dr Peter Green, University of Liverpool - Improved Energy Efficiency of Float Glass Production
11:30 - Dr Silvia Tedesco, University of Salford - Recycling corrugated cardboard fly ashes into concrete as partial cement substitute
11:50 - Prof Hussam Jouhara, Brunel University - Innovative Waste Heat Recovery in the Steel Industry.
12:05 - Panel discussion - General Q&A
12:30 - Lunch
13:30 - Prof Fiona Charnley, UKRI National Circular Economy Research Hub (NICER) - Accelerating the Transition to a Circular Economy: Lessons learned and future challenges
13:50 - Dr Haopeng Wang, University of Liverpool - Construction material circularity in road infrastructure
14:05 - Dr Stephen Spooner, Coventry University - Sustainable Investment Assurance Model- Using the Findings and Exploiting the Understanding,
14:20 - Dr Dominic Wales, University of Manchester - Agile application of scientists toward the decarbonisation of the FIs
14:50 - Panel discussion - General Q&A
15:30 - Coffee break
15:45 - Panel discussion led by Prof Cameron Pleydell-Pearce on the future challenges, key priorities and recommendations for the Foundation Industries
16:30 - Closing remarks
