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9th International Postgraduate Seminar on Refractories - Program available!
The program of the 9th International Postgraduate Seminar on Refractories which will take place online from October 16th to 17th, 2025 is now available - Attendance to this event is free!
There will be 25 interesting presentations coming from 12 Institutes/Universities!
The seminar will award Best Oral Presentation Prizes sponsored by FIRE including one First Prize, two Second Prizes, and three Third Prizes.
To attend the seminar, you only need to download VOOV softare, create an account, loggin and access to the meeting room number: 748 1880 0457.
The selected abstract can have the opportunity to be be published in Refractories WORLDFORUM.
More information on the seminar can be found on the FIRE Website!
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Meet us at ICR 2026 in Aachen in September!
We are pleased to inform the community that FIRE is media partner of the 2026 ICR Conference that will take place on 16th and 17th September in Aachen, Germany.
Highlight of FIRE Alumni - Mathilda Derensy - Institute of Mineral Resources Engineering, RWTH Aachen University - Germany
My interest in refractories began during my engineering studies in ceramics at ENSCI Limoges, when I discovered that the refractory specialisation offered an international research experience through the FIRE program. I quickly realised that refractories are far more complex and fascinating than simple bricks.
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