Welcome to. May 28-30, 2006

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1 Welcome to The Scandinavian Society of Glass Technology 56th Annual Meeting May 28-30, 2006 at Clarion Hotel Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, Norway

2 PROGRAMME Sunday, May 28 17:00 Programme committee meeting 18:00 Board meeting Monday, May 29 08:00-08:15 Annual meeting 08:15-08:45 Red glasses Torun Bring, Glass Group, Växjö University, Sweden 08:45-09:20 A study in crystal: University student perspectives on the crystal industry Holly Crawford and her students, Rutgers University, School of Engineering, USA 09:20-09:50 Scandinavian approach to unleaded crystal Bo Jonson, Glass Group, Växjö University, Sweden 09:50-10:10 Coffee / tea 10:10-10:30 Demolition and rebuilding furnace and feeder Søren Harsted, Calderys Danmark A/S, Denmark 10:30-11:00 Bringing Back The Sparkle ; Recent developments at Waterford Manufacturing Colin McGookin, Waterford Crystal Ltd., Ireland 11:00-11:35 New crystal formulations: The savior of the crystal glass industry? Holly Crawford and her students, Rutgers University, School of Engineering, USA 11:35-12:05 Mathematical description of absorption spectra of Fe, Cr, Co and Cu ions in soda-lime-silica glass at nm wavelength range Tarja Volotinen, Department of Engineering Materials, Sheffield University, England 12:05-13:00 Lunch 13:15 Company visit A/S Hadeland Glassverk 19:30 Annual Dinner & Dance Interior from Clarion Hotel Oslo Airport.

3 Tuesday, May 30 08:30-09:00 Improvement of surface properties: Experiences with a new technique Heiko Hessenkemper, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany 090:00-09:30 Strength of bolt fixed laminated toughened glass Kent Persson, Lund University, Div of Structural Mechanics, Sweden 09:30-10:00 Nonlinear modelling of material properties of mineral wools of different compositions Abhay Bulsari, Ab Nonlinear Solutions Oy, Finland 10:00-10:30 Coffee / tea 10:30-11:00 Mould fluxes for steelmaking composition design and characterisation of properties Carl-Åke Däcker, KIMAB Corrosion and Metals Research Institute, Sweden 11:00-11:30 Från krissituation till ökade möjligheter (in Swedish) Anders Klevsand, AB Helmer Nilsson, Sweden 11:30-12:00 A presentation of buildings in glass, e.g. the opera house in Oslo Tom Holtman, Snøhetta AS, Norway 12:00-13:00 Lunch ACCOMPANYING PERSONS PROGRAMME Monday, May 29 08:30 A trip to Oslo can be arranged in the morning on request 13:15- Same as the main programme Tuesday, May 30 Morning No special programme. Possibility to listen to the presentations from 11:00, see the main programme. 12:00-13:00 Lunch Map of Clarion Hotel Oslo Airport.

4 CONFERENCE FEE SEK 5 200, participant / lecturer SEK 1 500, accompanying person / senior participant The prices include: dinner (Sunday), coffee, lunch, factory visit and dinner (Monday), coffee and lunch (Tuesday). REGISTRATION Deadline for registration: April 28. The registration form shall be sent to NGF, address below. PAYMENT After having received your application for the meeting we will send you an invoice covering the conference fee. The application is binding. No refunds will be given for cancellation after May 15. ACCOMMODATION A number of rooms are preliminary booked at Clarion Hotel Oslo Airport, Gardermoen for two nights, arrival May 28 and departure May 30. Reservations shall be made at enclosed registration form. Accommodation is to be paid directly to the hotel at departure. Clarion Hotel Oslo Airport, Price per night, NOK Single room, incl. breakfast 895:- Double room, incl. breakfast 995:- Hotel information Clarion Hotel is situated only 5 minutes from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. There is a hotel shuttle bus going to and from the airport four times every hour. When arriving from Oslo by car you must follow signs RV35 Hønefoss and Badeland hotel (Water World). INFORMATION Please contact Birgitta Holmdahl Ohlsson for more information. Address: NGF, c/o Glafo, Box 5157, Växjö, Sweden Phone: +46 (0) Fax: +46 (0) birgitta.h.ohlsson@glafo.se If you would like some more information on NGF, Please visit our website: The hotel has a Water World of 1700 m 2. A lot of useful information about Oslo and how to get there can be found at the web site:

5 REGISTRATION FORM NGF's Annual Meeting 2006 at Clarion Hotel Oslo Airport Please note that the registration must have reached NGF before April, 28 Name:... Company / Organisation: Address:... Telephone:... Telefax: Accompanying person (name):... Arrival date:.... Departure date:.... Accommodation: Single room Double room PARTICIPANT / LECTURER /SENIOR ACCOMPANYING PERSON Sunday, May 28 Sunday, May 28 Dinner: yes no Dinner: yes no Monday, May 29 Monday, May 29 Lunch: yes no Lunch: yes no Factory visit: yes no Factory visit: yes no Annual Dinner: yes no Annual Dinner: yes no Tuesday, May 30 Tuesday, May 30 Lunch: yes no Lunch: yes no Please forward your registration to: NGF, c/o Glafo, Box 5157, Växjö, Sweden or Fax: +46 (0) or birgitta.h.ohlsson@glafo.se