Federation for International Refractory Research and Education
Communication Committee

Sido Sinnema
Tata Steel Europe - The Netherlands
Chair

Kaoutar Anrhour
Vesuvius - Belgium

Aurore Belot
European Ceramic Society - Belgium

Yajie Dai
Wuhan University of Science and Technology - China

Véronique Huart
European Ceramic Society - Belgium

Robert Kaczmarek
RHI Magnesita - Austria

Chris Parr
Imerys - France

Thorsten Tonnesen
RWTH Aachen - Germany
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