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. Florian Kongoli, President of SIPS and President of FLOGEN, 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.
Dr. Florian Kongoli, President of SIPS and President of FLOGEN, with Prof. Fernand Marquis, Dr. Patricio Barrios, Dr. Norman Lotter, Prof. Harold Dodds, Prof. Donna Nelson, Robert Yuksel 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, President of SIPS and President of FLOGEN, with Prof. Dan Shechtman, Cancun, Mexico, October 2017.
Dr. Florian Kongoli, President of SIPS and President of FLOGEN, with Robert Yuksel Yildirim, BSc, MSc, CEO of Yildirim Group in Turkey, Cancun, Mexico, October 2017.
Dr. Florian Kongoli, President of SIPS and President of FLOGEN, with Prof. Donna J. Nelson, Cancun, Mexico, October 2017.
Dr. Florian Kongoli, President of SIPS and President of FLOGEN, with Dr. Patricio Barrios, Vice President of Aurubis in Germany, Cancun, Mexico, October 2017.
Dr. Florian Kongoli, President of SIPS and President of FLOGEN, with Dr. Tamer Turna, Board Advisor &, Vice President of KARPOWER INTERNATIONAL B.V., Cancun, Mexico, October 2017.
Dr. Florian Kongoli, President of SIPS and President of FLOGEN, with Prof. Harold L. Dodds, Cancun, Mexico, October 2017.
Dr. Florian Kongoli, President of SIPS and President of FLOGEN, with Prof. Christian Amatore, Cancun, Mexico, October 2017.
Dr. Florian Kongoli, President of SIPS and President of FLOGEN, with Prof. Fernand Marquis, Cancun, Mexico, October 2017.
Dr. Florian Kongoli, President of SIPS and President of FLOGEN, with Prof. Dominique Chatain, Cancun, Mexico, October 2017.
Dr. Florian Kongoli, President of SIPS and President of FLOGEN, with Prof. Michael Zehetbauer, Cancun, Mexico, October 2017.
Dr. Florian Kongoli, President of SIPS and President of FLOGEN, with Prof. Katerina Aifantis, Cancun, Mexico, October 2017.
Dr. Florian Kongoli, President of SIPS and President of FLOGEN, with Prof. Dean Vucinic, Cancun, Mexico, October 2017.
Dr. Florian Kongoli, President of SIPS and President of FLOGEN, with Dr. Norman Lotter, President of Flowsheets Metallurgical Consulting Incorporated in Canada, Cancun, Mexico, October 2017.
Dr. Florian Kongoli, President of SIPS and President of FLOGEN, with Prof. Janna Maranas, Cancun, Mexico, October 2017.
Round Table Discussion at SIPS2017
Dr. Florian Kongoli, President of SIPS and President of FLOGEN, with Prof. Janna Maranas, Prof. Donna Nelson and Prof. Robert Yildirim, Cancun, Mexico, October 2017.
Dr. Florian Kongoli, President of SIPS and President of FLOGEN, with Dr. Christian Amatore , Dr. Katerina Aifantis and Prof. Janna Maranas, Cancun, Mexico, October 2017.
Dr. Florian Kongoli, President of SIPS and President of FLOGEN, with Robert Yildirim and Jasper Yildirim, Cancun, Mexico, October 2017.
SIPS 2017 Social Events
A collection of the various social events that took place during SIPS2017, in Cancun, Mexico.