The SIPS 2017 - Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit & Exhibition was held in Cancun, Mexico from 22-26 October 2017.
This year, the summit honored the 2017 STARS from the closed cycle of materials sciences: from mining and mineral processing, to metals extraction and processing, and to development of new materials. In alphabetical order, they are:
Dr. Kongoli introduces the VIP guests of SIPS 2017: Dan Shechtman, Donna Nelson, Patricio Barrios, Harold Dodds, Norman Lotter, Fernand Marquis, Jean-Marie Dubois, John Starkey, Colin Joudrie
The honorees cover areas of materials sciences that appear distinct, but are in reality all mutually related and share a common theme of sustainability.
The summit was addressed by major figures from industrial companies, politics, university education and Research Institutions from all over the world. Some of them were awarded Fray International Sustainability Award.
Prof. Fernand Marquis, Dr. Patricio Barrios, Dr. Norman Lotter, Dr. Florian Kongoli, Prof. Harold Dodds, Prof. Donna Nelson, Robert Y. Yildirim, and Prof. Dan Shechtman
The Printed Report of the symposium can be found at: www.flogen.org/sips2017/pdf/sips2017Report.pdf
The Video Reports of the symposium can be found at: http://www.flogen.org/sips2017/?gid=68
More information at the symposium web site at: www.flogen.org/sips2017
The summit had an Opening Event, three Summit Plenary sessions, and a Summit Gala that combined Nobel Prize Winners along with:
![]() Dr. Florian Kongoli with Prof. Dan Shechtman | ![]() Dr. Florian Kongoli with Robert Y. Yildirim |
![]() Dr. Florian Kongoli with Prof. Donna J. Nelson | ![]() Dr. Florian Kongoli with Dr. Patricio Barrios |
![]() Dr. Florian Kongoli with Dr. Tamer Turna | ![]() Dr. Florian Kongoli with Prof. Harold L. Dodds |
![]() Dr. Florian Kongoli with Prof. Christian Amatore | ![]() Dr. Florian Kongoli with Prof. Fernand Marquis |
![]() Dr. Florian Kongoli with Prof. Dominique Chatain | ![]() Dr. Florian Kongoli with Prof. Michael Zehetbauer |
![]() Dr. Florian Kongoli with Prof. Katerina Aifantis | ![]() Dr. Florian Kongoli with Prof. Dean Vucinic |
![]() Dr. Florian Kongoli with Dr. Norman Lotter | ![]() Dr. Florian Kongoli with Prof. Janna Maranas |