The GPD conference, organized & supported by Tamglass & Bavelloni, will be held 15-18 June/07, in Tampere, Finland. Under the theme of the Kyoto Agreement, the 4-day conference will include a glass product exhibition & workshops. Each day of the conference will have its own theme, beginning with glass processing, which will deal with practical daily issues & future opportunities regarding: pre-processing; tempering; laminating; insulating glass units; coatings; challenges of coating processes; processing coated glass; quality; management; process design/value chain; & product & process case studies. The second day will deal with glass in architecture,with the theme of sustainable developments: energy performance in buildings; new applications; solar cells; architectural challenges/solutions; building projects; safety & protective glazing for commercial & high rise buildings. ; & glass & the environment. The theme for day three will be changing markets - local versus global, while the final day's sessions will discuss automotive, under the theme of the challenge of combining nice design, low costs and high quality, and sessions such as: car manufacturers' session; quality and regulations; glass manufacturers' session; material suppliers' session; and process equipment manufacturers' session. The official call for papers has been sent out and proposals will be accepted until 10 October 2006.
