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INNOVATION • BUSINESS • DESIGN
GPD Glass Performance Days 2015 • June 24–26, 2015, Tampere, Finland
New concepts > More interaction
www.gpd.fi
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GPD 2015 CALL FOR PAPERS
Business – Innovation – Design
TO THE POINT
The GPD Call for Papers to the 2015 Conference is out.
For this 15th conference we take pride in bringing some special
new features to a reshaped Conference format in response
to past participant feedback and organizer experiences.
In these times communication is everywhere. It is vital to
streamline the program and ensure that valuable views are
well heard and registered. For this purpose we bring interactivity
between participants to a new level permitting instant polling
of opinions. We will also further boost the networking services
by offering one-on-one meetings that can be booked before the
start of the Conference. With the key top specialists in attendance
the GPD stands out as the only world-class forum of its kind
where opinions can be readily offered and obtained. The mood is
set for bringing professional issues to the point and for
maximizing meeting efficiency.
On issuing this Welcoming Message and Call for Papers I would
like to take the opportunity of reminding our participants of the
old saying “less is more”. In this context I see the Conference as
an opportunity to voice bold, to-the-point opinions and crystal-­
clear messages that can be picked up by our interactive
communications and networking systems. There simply is no
better place to secure feedback from glass industry policy
makers than the GPD. In staging the 15th Conference it is also
clear that we represent unique accumulated know-how of how
our business has developed over decades. But every day – and
this time also – is a new story. Technology and industrial
practices do not stand still. We get together to witness to that
very fact and to the power of business, innovation and design.
Welcome to Tampere in June 2015.
Jorma Vitkala
Chairman of the Organizing Committee
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Call for
papers
Conference Theme:
BUSINESS • INNOVATION • DESIGN
Submit Your Abstract for GPD Finland by
NOVEMBER 16, 2014.
Submit Your Abstract for GPD
Finland Online
You can now submit your abstract(s) at
http://gpd-abstract-tool.fi
For detailed information on how to
submit your abstract and speaker fees
please see the next page.
First selection of speakers will begin on 24th of November 2014.
Second deadline for abstracts January 31, 2015.
Second selection of speakers February 5, 2015.
When submitting your abstract, if interested in organizing
a Workshop (see page 11) with the same topic please
indicate it on the form.
http://
gpd-abstracttool.fi
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Speakers
instructions
and fees
Before preparing the material you wish to present for any of
the GPD conferences please have in mind the following issues.
When preparing a paper, a workshop or a case study please
remember that they are NOT sales pitches and as such should
NOT be brand focused. Papers must be non-commercial,
industrial or industrial-scientific.
Program committee recommendations:
• The abstract, paper and presentation should have
a technical and design focus.
• Use as much hands on technical research, testing,
hypothetical results, final results etc. as possible.
• Show process design from initial selection through completion.
• Show the material in its larger context with e.g. buildings,
façade, design and/or implementation when possible
On-line submission of abstracts:
Go to www.gpd.fi and follow the links to the Abstract Submission Form.
Fill in all the required fields and complete the payment. The Program
Committee will finalize the program based on the received abstracts.
Speaking fees:
EUR 900 + VAT 0%, if paper is submitted by 16 November, 2014
EUR 1100 + VAT 0% for submissions after 16 November, 2014
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The speaker fee includes:
• One person (the speaker) admission to all
conference sessions
• One presentation in the conference (Oral or Poster)
• Conference bag including proceedings material
• Entrance to the glass expo
• Daily lunches and coffees
• Transportation to conference and evening events
(only from recommended hotels)
• Admission to networking activities (excluding
Conference Dinner, an additional fee is charged for this)
EUR 35
A
+ VAT 0% will be charged for each speaker
when submitting the abstract(s).
Accepted payment methods:
• Credit card: Visa, MasterCard, American Express
– for each credit card payment a processing fee
will be charged
50 EUR
• Invoice – a
+ VAT 0% fee will be
charged for each payment made by invoice
Please note! All companies registered in Finland will be charged 24% VAT.
All companies registered in the EU that do not provide the correct
VAT number will also be charged 24% VAT. For all others (companies
outside the EU and companies from the EU with the correct
VAT number) VAT is 0%.
Before beginning your abstract submission,
please prepare the following:
1. The abstract of the paper(s) you are submitting
(max. 200 words / abstract, 15 words / title)
2. The personal introduction of the speaker
(max. 70 words / introduction)
3. Speaker’s CV (PDF format, max. 10mb)
4. Speaker’s photo (small, passport type, jpg, gif or png format
only and file size max. 4 mb)
5. VAT number for companies in the EU.
If you want to read more about how to create the material you need
to submit please visit our Speaker Guidelines page.
The organizers have the right to publish the abstracts together with
the speaker bio and photo for different purposes of the conference.
The organizing committee reserves all rights.
Photo: Tampere Hall
Registration service fee:
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Glass in
Architecture
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Architectural Challenges in Façade
Design
HOT
• Energy-efficient façade systems
HOT
• Intelligent facades – smart systems
HOT • Active glass
• LED’s in facades
• Glass role in building evaluation
HOT • New frame materials e.g. composite frames
• Future trends
• New technologies & solutions
• Integrated system solutions
• Tempered and laminated glass applications,
properties and performances
• Free form architecture
• Architectural bent glass
• Glass design and insulation
• Designs and technologies that pushes the
envelope of materials, design and construction
• Innovative use of safety glass
• Applications for adding technology in
architectural glazing
• Bonding and Point Fixing of Glass
• Innovative solutions for Glass Façades
GPD 2015 – Innovation • Business • Design
Glass in Structural Applications
Glass and Sustainability in Buildings
• Glass fins, stairs, columns, walls,
HOT • Switchable Glazing
roofs, floors
• Norms –of how glass is used in different
HOT • Vacuum insulating glass
regions of the world
• Glass strength an international overview
HOT • Building performance evaluation
of design criteria
– Recycling
• Glass in structural engineering and
– Sustainability
applications
– Sound insulation
• Static calculation of curved insulating
– Energy performance in buildings – codes,
glass units
standards, ratings, calculations and
• Design concept case studies – structural
modelling etc.
glazing / captive systems / double skin/ etc.
– Footprints e.g. carbon footprint
• New or state-of-the art Façade Assembly
• Façade Integrated Photovoltaic case studies
technology.
– BIPV case studies – to show importance in
• Building project supply chain management
architecture e.g. as façade elements
for optimal Quality, Productivity and/
• Protective glazing – bombast, fire resistance,
or Cost effectiveness
bullet proof
Glass in
Architecture
New Products and Applications
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New coatings and surface treatments
New coating applications
Novel interlayers
Multi-functional glass applications
Fire resistant glass and applications
Variable light and energy transmittance
Glass for lighting applications
HOT
NEW Glass in Interior design
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Furniture, appliances
Glass walls, partitions
Decorative glass walls
Switchable glazing
Shower enclosures for thin glass
Light weight glazing – laminated
thin glass, tempered laminated glass
•Balustrades
HOT
NEW Bent Glass
• Hot or cold bent glass
• Case studies
• Limitations, durability, design,
applications
• Laminated bending
• Bending along fabrication
• Bending on the building
Architect Forum
(Speakers only by invitation)
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Architectural design and glass
Future visions and glass
Climate design and glass
Structural design and glass
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Glass
Processing
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Coatings Technology and Applications
HOT • Single SKU (Stock-Keeping Unit)
– single product for annealed and tempered
applications
• Developments in low-emissivity and solar
control coatings
• Temperable and bendable coatings
• New Developments in Automotive Solar
Control Glazings
• Advances in large area electrochromic (EC)
and active glazings
• Transparent Conductors for PV, EC and
other industries
• Enhanced Mirror and AR Coatings for PV &
Solar Thermal
• Metrology and process control for improved
coating performance
• Target technology for new materials and
cost reduction
• Improved energy efficiency of coating
processes
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IGU & Window Technology
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Energy efficient windows
Warn edge spacers
Standards in different locations/areas
Review of EN-1279
Multifunctional triple glazing units in theory
and practice
Solar protection with insulating glass units
Photovoltaic in insulating glass units
Energy saving in insulating glass units
– including case studies
New trends in vacuum technology
Bonding of IGU in window designs
Material compatibility in glazing installations
New developments in machinery and
equipment for IG-production
Quality management
– Cost or Money maker
• National and international standards e.g.
comparison between standards
• Process & product -quality control
• Lamination of annealed glass
• Lamination of tempered glass
• Roller wave
•Anisotropy
High level automation
• Latest trends reg. fully automated
glass processing
• Current limits in automation
•Robotics
• Reliability, 24*6 (7) *250 (365)
• Automation to scale
• Controlling heterogeneous
environments
•Profitability
Glass
Processing
Product & process case studies
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Factory layouts
Problems and solutions by example
Cost saving in production
Novelty products / processes
Production efficiency
Production processes for different products
Successful value chain integration
Laminated Glass / Process / Design
• How to be sure the glass in building really fills
the norms
• New Super Low-E glasses – effect in tempering
• Thin and thick glass tempering
• Special requirements for tempering for Solar
applications.
• Factors affecting the longevity of tempered glass.
• New Laminating Processes / Technologies
• New Interlayer Materials for Laminated Safety
Glass
• Guidelines for Interlayer Selection for Laminated Glass
• Lamination of Tempered and High Performance Glass
Pre-processing – Challenges and
• Acoustic Performance of Laminated Glass
Solutions
Configurations
• Weight Reduction with Laminated Safety Glass HOT • Thin glass pre-processing
• Laminated Glass in Decorative and Interior
• Handling & processing of Soft Coated glass
Applications
• Pre-processing effects to glass strength /
• Laminated Glass and Fading Protection
properties / lifetime
• Durability of Laminated Safety Glass
• Environmental issues relating to Pre-processing
• Interlayer compatibility with Glazing Materials
• Transportation and storage
• Optimization and cutting – edge deletion – arising
Tempering / Pre-processing
• Coolants, grinding, tooling
• Screen / Digital printing
HOT • New tempering and processing technologies
• Pre-processing of solar applications
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Chemical tempering
Challenges in tempering of very large sheets.
Tempering & bending challenges
Tempered glass properties - theory and practice
Process & quality control
Standards & regulations
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Glass in
Transportation,
Solar and
Electronics
HOT
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Transportation
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Slow moving vehicles e.g. tractors, forklifts
Marine vehicles
Passenger vehicles (land and air)
LED’s in vehicles
Solar & Glass Technology
•Materials
•Technology
•Applications
• Installations (rooftop, ground mounted, BIPV)
•Quality
Electronics
• Glass for electronic applications
HOT • Ultra-thin glass for communication devices
HOT • Touch screens
HOT • Transparent display units
Market Trends
and Future
Opportunities:
Market Trends & Future Opportunities
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LCD glass (extra thin glass) and conventional float glass
Products trends e.g. product design, packaging
Process trends e.g. management styles etc.
Business trends
Market trends
Workshops
23–24 June
2015
GPD workshops are intensive 4–8 -hour courses with each focusing
on techniques and skills in a particular field (e.g. pre-processing,
IGU, tempering, solar glass, structural glass facades, etc). The main
emphasis is interaction and exchange of information among relatively
small groups e.g. the number of participants for practical workshops
will be limited from 5–15 persons and 20–50 persons for theoretical
workshops.
As the organizer you have the freedom of choosing the topic, based on
the conference overall theme, and decide on how you would like to run
the workshop. You have also the right to choose who you wish to attend
the workshop from those registered for it.
Workshops are organized free of charge!
Please note! The content of the Workshop
CANNOT be commercial.
For some more information on
how the workshop may be organized,
please visit www.gpd.fi
Interested in organising a workshop?
Go to
www.gpd.fi
for
instructions!
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Reserve
Your Booth
NOW!
Conference Exhibition 24–26 June 2015
While the GPD Finland conference and the workshops are for
educational purposes, the GPD Exhibition is designed to cater for
the commercial needs of our guests. This strategic set-up aims at
increasing your business opportunities with exhibitors from all over
the world since coffees and lunches will be served in the same location.
The Expo is opened only to conference participants.
As an exhibitor you will be able to:
• Network and foster partnerships with like-minded professionals
• Promote directly your company and products to a targeted audience
of high level decision-makers.
Booths available are between 9 and 24 m2.
To ensure the best positions for your booth
book now at www.gpd.fi
More information at www.gpd.fi
or Ms. Heli Huhtala
info@meetingsmill.fi
+358 400 737 420
www.gpd.fi
• Enhance your organization’s profile
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Photo: Tampere Hall
• Establish new contacts and lay foundations
for future business
Business
and
Pleasure
Social Program
Networking Activities
Accompanying Guests Leisure Activities
GPD is popular for organizing evening events that make networking
and getting new contacts very easy! Participants experience as well
as enjoy exceptional Finnish cookery and revels – all under the
bright northern summer nights
GPD participants and their accompanying guests can choose
to do different leisure activities. Designed to suit different tastes,
the activities vary from cultural to sporty ones.
Evening activities:
• Get Together, Conference Dinner, Farewell
The GPD organizing committee will organize a series of leisure
activities for those interested but we also recommend visiting
the Visit Tampere Tourist Information website at
www.visittampere.fi for more options.
Day time activities:
• 1-to-1 meetings during lunch and
coffee breaks, which you can book in
advance through our new networking tool,
the Meeting Manager (more information
at www.gpd.fi)
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Facts
about
Finland
The Land of The Midnight Sun
General info
Climate
Finland is a republic which became a member of the European Union
in 1995. Its population is 5.3 million. Finland is the sixth largest country
in Europe in area, with a low population density of 15.5 persons per
square kilometre. The capital Helsinki has 561 000 residents. Finland is
an advanced industrial economy: the metal, engineering and electronics
industries account for about 60% of export revenues, the forest
products industry for about 20%.
One notable effect of Finland’s northerly position on the globe
is that the four seasons of the year are clearly distinct from
one another.
Nature
Forests cover three quarters of the country’s surface area of 338 000
square kilometres. Other outstanding features of Finland’s scenery
are some 190 000 lakes and approximately as many islands.
Geography
Finland is situated in northern Europe. A quarter of its total area lies
north of the Arctic Circle. Finland’s neighbouring countries are Sweden,
Norway, and Russia, which have land borders with Finland, and Estonia
across the Gulf of Finland.
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The climate is marked by cold winters and warm summers.
The highest daytime temperature in southern Finland during
the summer occasionally rises to almost 30 degrees Celsius.
During the winter months, particularly in January and February,
temperatures of minus 20 Celsius are not uncommon. In the far
north, beyond the Arctic Circle, the sun does not set for about
73 days, producing the white nights of summer. In the same
region, during the winter period, the sun remains below the
horizon for 51 days, creating the polar night.
Visit www.finland.fi for more information.
GPD PUB in Düsseldorf 21–24 October 2014
See you after dinner at Bolkerstrasse 55, Ahlstadt.
GPD Pub:
a unique networking option
GPD Pub is a great place to meet real specialists
in the glass industry from all over the world and
have conversations in a relaxed atmosphere. It
is a cost effective way for marketing, as well as a
great place for networking. During the Glasstec
2014 Exhibition, GPD Pub is the number one
place to get together before and after dinner.
Where?
Bolkerstrasse 55, Ahlstadt, Düsseldorf.
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provitris GmbH
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GPD Glass Performance Days 2015 • June 24–26, 2015, Tampere, Finland
Platinum sponsors
Organized by
®
www.glaston.net
Gold sponsors
Contact information:
Mr. Jorma Vitkala
jorma.vitkala@gpd.fi
Tel. +358 40 553 2042
The conference is supported by the following trade fairs and associations:
Mr. Brown Onduso
brown.onduso@gpd.fi
Tel. +358 40 773 9313
Glass and Glazing
Federation
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Italian Glass Processing
Machinery and Accessory
Supplier’s Association
National Glass Association
Glass Performance Days
P. O. Box 25
33731 Tampere, Finland
Tel. +358 10 500 500
Fax +358 10 500 6180
www.gpd.fi