Challenging Glass Conference

Challenging Glass

Challenging Glass is an international bi-annual conference that aims at gathering world class designers, engineers, researchers and industry partners to discuss on the architectural and structural use of glass. The conference is organised by Christian Louter (TU Delft), Freek Bos (TU Munich) and Jan Belis (UGent) and has been held at TU Delft, EPFL and Ghent University. The upcoming edition, Challenging Glass 9, will be hosted by Christian Louter, James O'Callaghan, Mauro Overend & Fred Veer and will be held on Wednesday 19 & Thursday 20 June 2024 at the Aula Congrescentrum at TU Delft.

Call for Abstracts

In case you are interested in presenting your work at Challenging Glass 9, you are kindly invited to submit an abstract of your work following the instructions given below. Your abstract will then be evaluated by the Scientific Committee. If the result is positive, you will be invited to submit a full paper and to prepare an oral or poster presentation for the conference.

Selected abstracts will be invited to publish a full paper in the Glass Structures & Engineering journal, special issue Challenging Glass. Final acceptance of these papers is subject to the review and revision process as required by the journal.

Abstract Submission Procedure

Please follow the steps below to submit your abstract.

1. Download the Abstract Template to write your abstract.

2. Log in (or register first) at the CGC Proceedings platform.

3. Submit your abstract following the instructions given.

Keydates for Authors

Extended abstract deadline – 4 December 2023

Abstract review notification – 15 December 2023

Paper submission deadline – 15 February 2024

Paper review notification – 1 April 2024

Paper revision deadline – 1 May 2024

Program & Location

Wednesday 19 June 2024

09:00 - 11:00 Conference opening & Keynote Speakers

11:00 - 18:00 Parallel sessions with paper presentations

19:00 - 22:00 Conference dinner

Thursday 20 June 2024

09:00 - 16:00 Parallel sessions with paper presentations

16:00 - 17:00 Keynote Speakers & Conference closing

17:00 - 18:00 Drinks

Location

TU Delft, Aula Congrescentrum,
Mekelweg 5, 2628 CC Delft,

The Netherlands

Conference topics

Architectural Glass Design

Cast Glass
Composite Glass Components
Curved Glass

Glass & Adhesives
Glass Additive Manufacturing
Glass Circularity
Glass Connections
Glass Education
Glass in Facades

Glass in Fire
Glass Testing

Insulating Glass Units
Laminated Glass
Numerical Modeling
Projects & Case studies
Smart Glazing
Solar Glass & BIPV
Standards
Strength, Stability & Safety
Structural Glass Design
Sustainable Glass Solutions
Thin Glass

... and more!

Publications

Conference Proceedings

CGC 1

TU Delft - 2008

CGC 2

TU Delft - 2010

CGC 3

TU Delft - 2012

CGC 4

EPFL - 2014

CGC 5

UGent - 2016

CGC 6

TU Delft - 2018

CGC 7

Webinar - UGent - 2020

CGC 8

UGent - 2022