ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Programme
Saturday, 11 April
12:00 - 17.00 Registration desk open Michelangelo
Sunday, 12 April
12:00 - 17:00 Registration desk open Michelangelo
10:00 - 17:00 Exhibitors Set Up Michelangelo
Sofia Öberg / Perry Peters
08:30 - 10:00 Food Grade Lubricants WG Meeting Botticelli
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 12:00 Bio-Based Greases WG Meeting
Roland Ardai
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch (for WG Attendees Only)
13:30 - 15:00 Test Methods & Rheology WG Meeting
13:15 - 13:30 Communication WG Introduction
13:00 - 13:15 New Working Groups
George Dodos
15:00 - 15:15 Break
George Dodos
15:15 Test Methods & Rheology WG Meetings
18:00 - 19:30 Welcome Reception TBC ☀️/ 🌦️
12:00
08:30
Monday, 13 April
08:30
Tuesday, 14 April
TBA
09:00 REACH Update Michelangelo
09:30 Lithium Update
Rhiannon Smith – WCA Consulting
09:30 Simple Manufacturing Process for a Complex Lubricating Grease with Reduced Lithium Content
Roland Chavesse - ILiA
10:30 Intermolecular Attractions in Grease Thickener Molecules and Their Influence on
Synthesis Pathways
Ulf Gardenier - Kajo
11:20 Lubricating Greases: Where Rheology and Tribology Meet Together
11:00 Coffee
Sachin Kumbhar - Stribeck Addichem
Boris Zhmud - Tribonex AB
11:50 Low-Temperature Flow Behaviour in Ester-Based Grease Matrix
Abd Rahim - Oleon Port Klang Sdn. Bhd
12:20 Practical experiences with the service life of greases at high temperatures
Ing. Jiri Valdauf - Lubricant s.r.o.
12:50 Cradle to Gate and Cradle to Grave Results for a Third-Party Audited Life Cycle Assessment of Estolides and Castor Derivatives Utilised in Grease Production
13:20 Grab & Go Lunch: End of Conference
Matthew Kriech – TH Group (Biosynthetic)
TBA Site Visit TBA
Tuesday 14 April and Wednesday, 15 April
08:30
Tuesday 14 April
15:00 End User TF Botticelli
16:00 Comfort Break
Chair Andreas Dodos
16:30 End of Life TF
17:45 End of Meetings
Wednesday 15 April
08:30 Carbon Footprint TF Botticelli
09:30 LCA TF
Chair Andreas Dodos
10:15 Comfort Break
10:30 Communication TF
12:45 End of Meetings
11:15 Assembly Meeting
12:00
18:00
08:45 Partner Tour - Cooking Class Meet in Hotel Lobby
08:30 Opening Session & Business Meeting Michelangelo
Andreas Dodos
Accounts and Auditor Report
Terry Dicken
Leandro Muntada
Presentation of Awards
Appointment of Directors
TBA
NLGI Presentation
TBA
NLGI - India Chapter Presentation
TBA
CLGI Presentation
WG Food Grade Lubricants Report
Sofia Öberg / Perry Peters
WG Test Methods Report
Wibke Husstedt
WG Bio-Based Grease Report
10:30 Coffee
Roland Ardai / New Vice Chair
11:00 Fast-Fashion Fibers: A Second-Hand Solution for Circular Grease?
11:30 All roads lead to…Circularity
Erik Willett - Functional Products Inc.
12:00 Reassessing Silicone Lubricants Including Greases: Modern Role in Industry and Extreme Operating Conditions
George S. Dodos - Eldon's
12:30 Lunch
Eugenia Elzer - Setral Chemie GmbH
14.00 Hydrated Lubricating Greases and Customised Application Testing
14.30 Improving Grease Development and Condition Monitoring by Impedance- Based Sensor Technology
Gareth Fish - The Lubrizol Corporation
15:00 Coffee
Christoph Wincierz - HCP Sense GmbH
15.20 Beyond the Thickener: Redefining Grease Performance through Engineered Solid Lubricants and Smart Dispersion Technology
15.50 Effect of Doping with Conductive Particles - Rheology, Tribology, and Electrical Properties
of Greases
George Diloyan - Powderful Solutions Inc
16.20 ELGISTC Sustainability Panel Update and Discussion
Carbon Minds:
GKN:
Schaeffler:
Yuni Green:
Kartik Pondicherry - Anton Paar GmbH
Oskar Vögler
TBA
Manuel Zuercher
Christian Hartmann
Moderated by Gemma Stephenson
19:00 Gala Dinner & Entertainment TBC
Dresscode: Ancient Rome: Gold, Red & White (or Tunics and Toga's)
09:00
15:00
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