Virtual Middle Eastern Cement Conference
2nd Virtual Middle Eastern Cement Conference
Tuesday 6 July 2021, 10:00 - 17:00 EEST (UTC+2, Cairo time)
www.MiddleEasternCement.com
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The 2nd Virtual Middle Eastern Cement Conference - from Global Cement Magazine and co-organised by the Arab Union for Cement and Building Materials, the AUCBM - will cover the latest developments in the region's cement markets, as well as looking at the latest technology and case studies from around the Middle East.
Note that the Conference will be run on EEST (Eastern European Standard Time, Cairo) - UTC+02:00.
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.
The Premium Delegate Pack is available for purchase (use the link below) for GBP£49.95 (includes on-the-day downloads of the presenter slides and full delegate list with opted-in emails). After purchase, you will be emailed a link to download the Premium Delegate Pack on the day of the event.
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Seminar participants are automatically enrolled as registered users of Global Cement - including free news updates, magazine notifications and more.
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The organisers retain the right to rescind any registration at any time, for any reason, and to vary the programme and/or offering, with no recompense or recourse.
2nd Virtual Middle Eastern Cement Conference 2021 - Programme (subject to change)
Note that the Conference will be run on EEST (Eastern European Standard Time, Cairo) - UTC+02:00.
09.00 onwards - Exhibition time
Session 1
10.00 Introduction and welcome, Dr Robert McCaffrey event moderator
10.10 Keynote, Paper 1: ‘Driving the change,’ Majed AlOsailan, CEO, City Cement Company, KSA
10.30 Q&A
10.40 Paper 2: ‘Digital maturity in Middle Eastern cement value chains’ Amr A. Nader, A3 & Co. for Consultancy & Industrial Excellence
11.00 Q&A
11.10 Paper 3: Dust- and maintenance-free handling of raw materials and clinker,' Thorsten Koth, ScrapeTec
11.30 Q&A
11.40 Paper 4: 'Yamama Cement Plant virtual tour,' Fouad Kammoun, thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG
12.00 Q&A
12.10 Lunch break, videos and exhibition time
Session 2
12.40 Paper 5: ‘Facts & figures of Turkish cement sector,’ Kerem Erşen, Türkçimento, Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association
13.00 Q&A
13.10 Paper 6: ‘Forced longitudinal kiln guiding / hydraulic thrust device,’ Marcel Weber, Frank Henning, VDZ Technology gGmbH
13.30 Q&A
13.40 Paper 7: 'Storage and dispatch: Integrated solutions for cement packing, palletising and dispatch,' Ghassane Zidi, Ashish Kumar Srivastava, FLSmidth
14.00 Q&A
14.10 Paper 8: 'What does an optimised cement plant look like?' Stephan Pallmann, thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG
14.30 Q&A
14.40 Coffee break, videos and exhibition time
Session 3
15.30 Paper 9: 'The development of e-commerce in the Middle Eastern cement industry,’ Gabriel Al-Ashhab, Cemtech Group
15.50 Q&A
16.00 Paper 10: 'Modern solutions for sustainable cities: Utilising natural pozzolan in green concrete, green building, and sustainable development,’ Dr. Mohammed Alhaj Hussein, Green Quality Engineering Consulting office (KSA)
16.20 Q&A
16.30 Final remarks and farewell, Dr Robert McCaffrey event moderator
16.35 Informal Zoom meet-up for all participants
1st Virtual Middle Eastern Cement Conference
Tuesday 8 December 2020*, 10:00 - 17:00 EEST (Cairo time)
What the delegates said:
- The virtual conference is very good
- Great choice of presentators.
- Virtual conference is good and easy
- In general very good
- Very well managed
- Excellent
- It was a good experience
- Well done! Thanks a lot!
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Programme - 1st Virtual Middle Eastern Cement Conference 2020
09.00 onwards - Exhibition time
Session 1
10.00 Introduction and welcome, Dr Robert McCaffrey event moderator
10.05 Paper 1: 'The Gulf, East-Med, and North Africa cement markets – a data driven view of market and industry structures including five-year forecasts,’ Claudia Stefanoiu, Cement Business Research
10.30 Q&A
10.40 Paper 2: ‘Reduction of energy consumption by exchanging pneumatic screw pumps for KREISEL-highly wear-resistant rotary feeders,’ Christian Wienberg, KREISEL GmbH & Co. KG
11.05 Q&A
11.15 Paper 3: ‘Cement industry in the Middle East: A new road map,' Osama Aly Ahmed, Scientific Business Solution
11.40 Q&A
11.50 Break and exhibition time + Video ScrapeTec
Session 2
12.10 Paper 4: ‘100% Maintenance-free - for years - the dust-free transfer chute,’ Thorsten Koth, ScrapeTec GmbH
12.35 Q&A
12.45 Paper 5: 'Smart Nozzle - Revolutionary technology - No shutdown required and easy to maintain’, Jayesh Patil, Martin Engineering
13.10 Q&A
13.20 Paper 6: 'JSW Cement operations in Fujairah, UAE and company growth plans and sustainability initiatives' Manoj Kumar Rustagi, JSW Cement Ltd
13.45 Q&A
13.55 Break and Exhibition time + Video ScrapeTec
Session 3
14.30 Paper 7: ’Saving money at cement plants by using effective dust vacuum systems,’ Andrea Bondono, Delfin Vacuum Solutions
14.55 Q&A
15.05 Paper 8: '2021 is the time for new Instrumentation for process optimisation and digitalisation in cement plants,’ Dirk Schmidt, Kima Process Control
15.30 Q&A
15.40 Paper 9: Closing Keynote: ‘Cement industry 4.0 in the GCC,’ Amr A Nader, Yanbu Cement
16.05 Q&A
16.15 Final remarks and farewell, Dr Robert McCaffrey + Video ScrapeTec
Zoom meeting to 17.00 - open to all
