December 2011

Fray International Symposium

FLOGEN successfully organized the major Fray International Symposium, dedicated to life achievement of Prof. Fray, Cambridge University UK. It was held in Cancun, Mexico 27 November to 1 December 2011.
This was a record breaking symposium in its class:

• About 500 abstracts submitted from 60 countries around the world
• 230 sponsoring societies and organizations worldwide
• 10 Major Industrial Corporations and 3 governments financial sponsors
• 7 volumes of Proceedings of more than 5000 pages

In attendance were major political figures from politics, industrial companies and university education from all over the world. Some of them were Awarded Fray International Sustainability Award.
The Report of the symposium can be found at: http://www.flogen.com/FraySymposium/report.html
and more information at the symposium web site at http://www.flogen.org/conferences.php?spage=3

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Meetings with leaders of industry and academia

Dr. Florian Kongoli had the occasion to meet with various leaders of industrial companies. A non-inclusive list is given below:

• Manuel Ramos, President, Asarco, USA
• Mark Caffarey, Vice-President, Umicore, Belgium/USA
• Wojciech Kedzia, Vice-President, KGHM, Poland
• Nobu Takamatsu, General Director, Nippon Steel Corporation Japan
• Hans-Peter Behrendt, Berzelius Metal, Germany
• Takashi Nakamura, President. MMIJ, Japan
• Cyro Takano, University of Sao Paolo Brazil
• Yoshio Waseda, Tohoku University, Japan
• K.T. Jacob, Indian Institute of Science, India
• Martin-Pech Canul, CIVESTAV, Mexico
• Mario Sanchez, University of Conception, Chile

Dr. Florian Kongoli with Manuel Ramos. President of Asarco, USA


Dr. Florian Kongoli with Mark Caffarey, Vice-President, Umicore, Belgium/USA


Dr. Florian Kongoli with Wojciech Kedzia, Vice-President, KGHM, Poland


Dr. Florian Kongoli with Nobu Takamatsu, General Director, Nippon Steel Corporation Japan


Dr. Florian Kongoli with Hans-Peter Behrendt, Berzelius Metal, Germany


Dr. Florian Kongoli with Takashi Nakamura, President. MMIJ, Japan


Dr. Florian Kongoli with Cyro Takano, University of Sao Paolo


Dr. Florian Kongoli with Yoshio Waseda, Tohoku University, Japan


Dr. Florian Kongoli with K.T. Jacob, Indian Institute of Science, India


Dr. Florian Kongoli with Martin-Pech Canul, CIVESTAV, Mexico


Dr. Florian Kongoli with Mario Sanchez, University of Conception, Chile