3rd International Bauxite Residue Valorisation and Best Practices Conference
Sep 29 - Oct 01, 2020, VIRTUAL EVENT
BR2020 goes Virtual
September 29 – October 1, 2020
Considering the worldwide impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic, we previously informed you that we were moving the BR2020 Conference to September 28 – October 2, 2020.
However, the Organising Committee has decided that the conference would be better held virtually (through an easy-to-use online platform), from September 29 to October 1, 2020.
We say “bye bye Constanţa, hello world!”.
We are looking forward to meeting you ONLINE in September!
Read the Organizing Committee full letter here !
Abstract submission deadline: 15th January 2019
Notification of acceptance: 31th March 2020
Full paper submission deadline: 15th June 2020 (new extension)
Final programme: 30th June 2020 (new extension)
Organiser: 
Co-organiser: 
Facilitator:
The authors of selected papers will be asked by the Scientific Committee to submit full papers to the Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy
Organizing Committee
Prof. Dr. Yiannis Pontikes, KU Leuven
Katy Tsesmelis, International Aluminium Institute-IAI
Dr. Thymis Balomenos, NTUA – AoG
Dr. George Tentes, HOU – Green2Sustain
Scientific Committee
Angelopoulos, George | Banvolgyi, Gyorgy | Batista, João António Labrincha | Beaulieu, Stephan | Binnemans, Koen | Blanpain, Bart | Courtney, Ronan | Evans, Ken | Fennell, Martin | Fortin, Sebastien | Friedrich, Bernd | Gkamaletsos, Platon | Godelitsas, Athanasios | Graefe, Markus | Guillaumont, Laurent | Hargreaves, Justin | Jahanshahi, Sharif | Kumar, Sanjay | Mishra, Brajendra | Myers, Lance | Panias, Dimitrios | Panov, Andrey | Rosenberg, Steven Philip | Santini, Talitha | Schlaf, Marcel | Suss, Alexander | Ujaczki, Eva | Vaughan, James | Young, Chris
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About the event
All these years we have seen bauxite residue as a resource and an opportunity. During the 1st and 2nd BR conferences we have verified that it is also a source of innovation and ideas, as well as a material that unites scientists from around the world.
When
New dates – virtual conference
September 29 – October 1, 2020
Tuesday to Thursday
Where
Virtual Event
This note is an invitation to the 3rd “Bauxite Residue Valorisation and Best Practices” conference that will take place online, from September 29 to October 1, 2020.
We would be honoured by your presence there and we would be humbled to accept your scientific contributions, papers or posters alike.
Event Schedule
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Day 1
Tuesday, 29 SEPTEMBER, 2020
BR Management & rehabilitation
Plenary Virtual Hall
12:01 PM (GMT)
OPENING BY THE HOST
12:20 PM (GMT)
KEY-NOTE SPEECH
Speaker: soon !
EXHIBITION BOOTH OPENING
01:00 PM (GMT)
CURRENT STATUS
OF THE INDUSTRY
Keynote: Katy Tsesmelis, International Aluminum Institute
01:20 PM (GMT)
NETWORKING BREAK
01:40 PM (GMT)
TECHNOLOGY
Processing & additives
Monitoring BR storage sites
03:10 PM (GMT)
NETWORKING BREAK
03:30 PM (GMT)
REMEDIATION & REHABILITATION
Keynote: Ronan Courtney, University of Limerick
04:15 PM (GMT)
STANDARDS, POLICY & LEGISLATION
05:30 PM (GMT)
END OF DAY 1
Day 2
Wednesday, 30 SEPTEMBER, 2020
Materials & applications
Plenary Virtual Hall
12:01 PM (GMT)
MATERIALS & APPLICATIONS
01:20 PM (GMT)
NETWORKING BREAK
EXHIBITION BOOTH OPENING
01:40 PM (GMT)
SPL RECYCLING
co-organized by the SPL-Cycle project
03:10 PM (GMT)
NETWORKING BREAK
03:30 PM (GMT)
NOVEL
APPLICATIONS
05:00 PM (GMT)
POSTER SESSIONS
Day 3
Thursday, 1 OCTOBER, 2020
Processing BR into a resource
Plenary Virtual Hall
12:01 PM (GMT)
METAL RECOVERY (I)
01:20 PM (GMT)
NETWORKING BREAK
EXHIBITION BOOTH OPENING
01:40 PM (GMT)
METAL RECOVERY (II)
03:10 PM (GMT)
NETWORKING BREAK
03:30 PM (GMT)
CRITICAL ELEMENT EXTRACTION (I)
05:00 PM (GMT)
NETWORKING BREAK
05:00 PM (GMT)
POSTER/ EXHIBITION BOOTH/DEMO SESSIONS
THESE ARE
Our key-note speakers
KU Leuven
Senior Researcher, NTUA & Mytilineos S.A.
International Aluminium Institute-IAI
Vice President Strategic Procurement at Hindalco
Head of Department Finance and Administration at EASME
Lecturer at University of Limerick
Chemical Consultant at Norsk Hydro
Senior Consultant Innovation & LCA, European Aluminium
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