Conference sessions will be held at the Presidents Suite, Aviva Stadium.
| Wednesday 11 June | ||
| 08.30 | Registration and Coffee | |
| OPENING SESSION | ||
| 09.30 | Welcome and Opening Remarks | Norbert Beljaars (President, EGGA) David Watkins (Chairman, Galvanizers Association) |
| 09.50 | Galvanizing Industry in Ireland | Ed Byrne, Galco Steel Ltd (Ireland) |
| 10.00 | Serving the galvanizing industry in UK and Ireland | William Smith, Galvanizers Association |
| 10.25 | A business perspective on EU policy developments | Neil Willoughby, EU Office, Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC) |
| 11.00 | Coffee Break | |
| GALVANIZING IN ACTION | ||
| 11.30 | Galvanizing in action in Ireland | Ed Byrne, Galco Steel Ltd (Ireland) |
| 12.00 | Corrosion protection in the renewable energy sector | Birit Buhr, Chief Corrosion Engineer, European Energy A/S (Denmark) |
| 12.30 | Lunch sponsored by Westech | |
| GALVANIZING TECHNOLOGY | ||
| 13.45 | Applications of hot dip galvanized steel in bridge overpass construction in Romania | Edward Petzek, SSF Romania Ltd & Politechnical University of Timisoara (Romania) (online) |
| 14.15 | New insights in galvanizing of thermally cut steel plates | Kateřina Kreislová, SVUOM Ltd (Czech Republic) |
| 14.45 | A galvanizing industry’s experience from the April 2025 Iberian electrical blackout | Carlos De Sande, Asociación Técnica Española de Galvanización (Spain) |
| 15.15 | Achieving sustainability through forklift handling solutions | Colin Gray, Combilift (Ireland) |
| 15.30 | Coffee Break | |
| GALVANIZED STEEL PRODUCTS – DECLARING PERFORMANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY | ||
| 15.50 | The new CPR – what it means for galvanizers | Murray Cook & Valerio Mazzone, EGGA |
| 16.15 | Declaring environmental sustainability performance under the Construction Products Regulation: the new role and responsibilities of the Notified Bodies | Katja Vahtikari , Manager, Construction Certification, Eurofins Expert Services (Finland) |
| 16.45 | PANEL DEBATE: COMMUNICATING SUSTAINABILITY, CIRCULARITY AND DURABILITY Introduction – I Johal, Chair – EGGA Market Development and Product Sustainability Committee Communication initiatives in Germany – M Göllrich Communication initiatives in Benelux – B Dursin Panel Discussion: Key messages on climate and reuse | |
| 17.15 | Close & EGGA AGM (short meeting for national representatives only) | |
| Thursday 12 June | ||
| 08.30 | Coffee and Networking | |
| CIRCULARITY OF ZINC | ||
| 09.30 | Primary proposal for the semi-operational implementation of bottom dross recycling | Ing. Katarína Pauerová, Institute of recycling and environmental technologies, Faculty of materials, metallurgy and recycling, Technical University of Košice (Slovakia) |
| 09.50 | Zinc recycling for a responsible & sustainable future | Dieter Stulens, Rezinal NV (Belgium) |
| 10.15 | PANEL DEBATE: DECARBONISATION IN THE GALVANIZING INDUSTRY EU Policy Context (Clean Industrial Deal, CBAM, ETS2 and beyond…) – M Cook (EGGA) Discussion: What does CBAM mean for the galvanizing industry and its customers? A national road map and sector supply chain agreement – example of the Netherlands – N Beljaars (EGGA President) Discussion: What are the most important actions to be taken at company level and at sector level? What should be EGGA’s policy priority objectives in Brussels to support national goals? | |
| 10.55 | Coffee Break | |
| TECHNOLOGY FORESIGHT | ||
| 11.20 | Comparative experimental analysis of local buckling in mild and high-strength steel CHS subjected to various galvanizing techniques | Drilon Gubetini, Research Associate at the Chair of Metal Structures, Technical University of Munich (Germany) |
| 11.50 | Understanding additive manufacturing of steel components and future implications for galvanizing | Barbara Rossi, University of Oxford (UK) |
| CLOSING SESSION | ||
| 12.20 | Invitation to Assembly 2026 Istanbul | |
| 12.25 | Summary Remarks | Norbert Beljaars (President, EGGA) |
| 12.30 | Lunch sponsored by Westech | |
