Past Events - World Cement Association

Past Events

The WCA 2020 General Assembly took place in a fully virtual format online, open to all WCA members, including the election of a new Board of Directors, a discussion of outlook for 2021 from the Board, updates from WCA activities, member services and finances throughout 2020, and guest speakers.

Date: 10th December 2020

Time: 9am-12pm GMT

Past Events

This two-day virtual member forum on Digital Transformation was held online, free of charge to WCA Members.

Date - 17th & 18th November 2020

Time - 9am-11am GMT

Past Events

Date
December 6, 2019

Venue
Conch Jining Plant, Shandong Province, China

Cement companies are faced with increasingly stringent emissions restrictions, especially for NOx. There are a number of ways in which NOx emissions can be reduced, but the cost of these vary significantly depending on circumstances.

This workshop saw approximately 20 WCA member delegates visiting Jining Conch, a best practice Low NOx plant where the latest technology has been implemented. Participants also had the opportunity to present the challenges and ideas in use at their own plants.

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Date
December 5th and 7th 2019

Venue
Quanjiao Conch & Zanhuang BBMG, China.

Applying the latest technology in automation and machine learning AI to management of cement plants offer significant benefits in terms of cost, product quality and emissions. AI can be applied to the whole management system of the plant from quarrying to dispatch.

This first-of-its-kind WCA forum saw 20 delegates attend a two-day workshop at Quanjiao Conch and Zanhuang BBMG in China to visit examples of best practice in the industry with regards to smart plants and AI.

Past Events

In 2019, the WCA hosted its third annual conference from 9th-11th September at the Hyatt Hotel in Shanghai, China. This event brought together delegates from across the world, representing companies from the cement and concrete industry and its supply chains.

Keynote speakers included Mr Song Zhiping, Chairman of CNBM and Mr Gao Dengbang, Chairman of the China Cement Association, whilst the speaker topics covered included global outlooks, emission reduction practices, the use of AI and waste co-processing.

Past Events

The WCA hosted its 2018 Annual Conference on the theme of “Future for the Cement Industry”, in association with INTERCEM, in Kensington, London. It also concurrently held its annual General Assembly and a Gala Dinner for members.

Past Events

The World Cement Association hosted its first Global Climate Change Forum in Paris, from 27th-28th June 2018.

The aim of this forum was to urge the global cement industry to increase efforts to adopt new technologies faster and put greater focus on innovation in order to make crucial progress on reducing CO2 emissions.