Dr. Ir. Remus Ion Iacobescu Dr. Ir. Annelies Malfliet

1 year ago… After 4 editions in the Thermotechnical institute in Heverlee, we were looking for the 5th edition of the Slag Valorisation Symposium for a new location: Better visibility of posters Area for exhibitors incorporated in main Symposium area Possibility for parallel sessions Thermotechnical Institute SVS 2009-2011-2013-2015 Yiannis Pontikes inspecting College De Valk on 8 April 2016

1 year ago… Maria Theresia College: Grote Aula “Wonderful room for plenaries, but too many seats… Let’s keep it in mind for one of the next editions when the Symposium is ready for it”

Decided to move SVS to MTC Last week… Registrations of the 5th Slag Valorisation Symposium exceeding the expectations Decided to move SVS to MTC

True International Slag Valorisation Community > 250 participants 34 countries Around the world

International Slag Valorisation Symposium Scope Valorisation of residues from high-temperature processes Aim To contribute towards near zero waste processing and closed material loops To bring together actor from both academic groups and research institutes as well as industry to disseminate and discuss the latest advances in the field of slag valorisation To offer presentations bridging research concepts, through lab and pilot scale developments, with industrial applications To provide a rich sample of the current trends in worldwide research and innovation strategies

5th Int. Slag Valorisation Symposium Subtheme: From Fundamentals to Applications 7 topics Slag properties Slag solidification and energy recuperation Clean slag production and metal recovery Sustainable cements with slag Sustainable alkali activated binders and inorganic polymers From aggregates to engineering microstructures Slags in a circular economy

Key figures of the program 10 Plenary speakers 7 Keynote presentations 38 Regular oral presentations 52 Poster presentations 9 Exhibitors

Program: Monday 3 April Session - Speaker Chair 8:00 Registration 9:10 Welcome 9:20 Plenary by Bart Blanpain (KU Leuven, MTM) “A bird’s eye view of the slag valorization work at KU Leuven" Muxing Guo 10:00 Short exhibitor presentations Yiannis Pontikes 10:20 Coffee break, poster session & exhibition 10:40 Plenary by Michael Müller (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany) "Experimental investigation and modelling of the viscosity of oxide slag systems" Christoph Pichler & Gert Van Der Wegen 11:20 Plenary by Jannie van Deventer (University of Melbourne and Zeobond, Australia) "Valorisation of slag in construction: So much more than just technology" 12:00 Lunch, poster session & exhibition 13:00 Slag properties – oral presentations Sustainable inorganic polymers and alkali activated binders – oral presentations Yanling Zhang & Annelies Malfliet; Siska Valcke & Mantijn van Leeuwen 15:00 Exhibition 15:40 16:00 Short poster presentations Remus Ion Iacobescu & Andrea Di Maria 17:20 End of session 18:30 Social event: Guided tour in Leuven 19:30 Social event: Beer reception

Program: Tuesday 4 April Session - Speaker Chair 9:00 Plenary by Ernst Worrell (University Utrecht, The Netherlands) “Meeting our Material Services within Planetary Boundaries" Eric Rauf Hurman & Colin Hills 9:20 Plenary by Jung-Wook Cho (Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea) “Kinetics and Morphological Evolution during Melt Crystallization of Mold fluxes" 10:20 Coffee break, poster session & exhibition 10:40 Plenary by Stefanie Hellweg (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) “MSWI slag in a circular economy: metal recovery and resource quality" Bror-Magnus Heegard & Ozge Akbulut 11:20 Plenary by Vit Smilauer (Czech Technical University, Czech Republic) “Engineering microstructures of slag-blended cements and alkali-activated foams – experiments and modelling" 12:00 Lunch, poster session & exhibition 13:00 Plenary by Peter Hayes (University of Queensland) “Recent experimental and modelling research on the thermodynamics and phase equilibria of multi-component oxide systems” Maurits Van Camp 13:40 Slags in a circular Economy – oral presentations Karel Van Acker & Nour-Edinne Menad 15:40 16:00 Slag solidification and energy recuperation – oral presentations From aggregates to engineered microstructures – oral presentations Sander Arnout & Shuigen Huang; Mirja Illikainen & Lourdes Yurramendi 17:20 End of session 19:00 Social event: Symposium dinner

Program: Wednesday 5 April Session - Speaker Chair 9:00 Plenary by Bernd Friedrich (RWTH Aachen, Germany) “The submerged arc furnace – state of art in metal recovery from non ferrous slags" Justin Hargreaves & Jan Elsen 9:20 Plenary by Didier Lootens (Sika Technology AG, Switzerland) “Modernization of the construction: Materials-Testing-Application with 3D Printing" 10:20 Coffee break, poster session & exhibition 10:40 Clean slag production and metal recovery – oral presentations Sustainable cements with slag – oral presentations Caisa Samuelsson & Frederik Verhaeghe; Fredrik Engström & Mieke Quaghebeur 12:40 Lunch 13:40 EIT Raw Materials ZeroWaste Cluster Presentations Dimos Paraskevas & Jeroen Jordens 14:20 Closing speech Slag Valorisation Symposium 14:30 EIT Raw Materials ZeroWaste Cluster Matchmaking Event 16:00 End of Slag Valorisation Symposium Laboratory tour at the Department of Materials Engineering (Heverlee) Please confirm your presence at the registration desk 20:00 For those interested: European Student Orchestra Festival – Opening concert Entry for free @ Pieter De Somer Aula, Charles Deberiotstraat 24, 3000 Leuven.

Exhibition 9 Exhibitors, in coffee break area

Social events Guided tour in the city centre of Leuven Monday 3 April at 18:30 Beer reception at the City Hall with speech by the rector of the KU Leuven and a delegate from the city of Leuven Monday 3 April at 19:30 Symposium dinner in Mykene Tuesday 4 April at 19:00 For the details, the participants are referred to the SVS website, the infobrochure or to the registration desk

Conference proceedings The papers presented in this Symposium are collected in the Symposium book After the Symposium, the book can also be ordered through the SVS website The proceedings of the 3rd SVS can be obtained at the information desk for €10 Thematic section in Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy with original extended manuscripts of selected symposium papers

Acknowledgements For their valuable input as member of the Scientific Committee

Acknowledgements For the financial and other support: For the organisation: Conference coordination by the KU Leuven Congress and Events Office, in particular Marie-Laure Bettens Staff from the department of Materials Engineering

The Organizing Committee Acknowledgements Bart Blanpain Andrea Di Maria Yong Fan Muxing Guo The Organizing Committee Tobias Hertel Shuigen Huang Remus Ion Iacobescu Jeroen Jordens Lubica Kriskova Pavel Leonardo Lopez Annelies Malfliet Silviana Onisei Dimos Paraskevas Arne Peys Yiannis Pontikes Karel Van Acker

Thank you for your attention … and enjoy the Symposium and your visit to Leuven