ICG 2011 - The 2011 annual ICG International Congress on Glass meeting

Annual Meeting in Shenzhen, China, 2011

The 2011 annual meeting meeting will be held in Shenzhen, China.
The ICG (International Commission on Glass) is a non-profit international Society of national scientific
and technical organisations with particular interests in glass science and technology.
It was founded in 1933 and has grown to become the recognised world-wide organisation in the field
of glass with presently 33 member organisations bringing together the world's most respected universities,
scientific institutions, companies of the glass industry and allied organisations.
The aim of ICG is to promote and stimulate understanding and cooperation between glass experts in the
fields of science and technology as well as art, history and education.

The ICG achieves these objectives by organising Technical Committee work (e.g. laboratoy round robins,
comparative studies, topical meetings), compiling information on glass (e.g. publishing scientific and
technical papers, reports and books) and by sharing and disseminating knowledge on glass in advanced
educational courses and workshops.
A further major role is to organise international meetings: every three years the ICG holds an
International Congress on Glass. Annual Conferences take place during the intervening period often in
conjunction with national society meetings.

The ICG is financed by subscriptions from Member Organisations set in proportion to the annual
glass output of the respective countries. Additional income arises from the sale of publications and royalties.
ICG also gains considerably from contributions 'in kind' from individual members of the administrative team and technical committees who give freely of their time and effort.

FUTURE
The International Commission on Glass has had a very successful period of more than 8 decades during which it has welcomed many new member organisations. Many well-known glass scientists and technologists are involved in its organisation and it is run by a committed and experienced administration.
Participating organisations in the ICG enjoy hands on experience and achievement through involvement in TC activities.
Major benefits are gained from direct association between international glass experts in the fields of science and technology, art and education and through liaisons with related fields of technology such as optics, photonics, electronics, nanotechnology, coating technology, biotechnology, polymers and composites.
The ICG is determined to continue its high standards of quality and performance.
For the future, it wishes to encourage:
- More national institutions to join as members,
- More individuals to serve on ICG committees,
- Proposals for the establishment of new technical committees covering pertinent topics.