International Colloquium on Refractories ICR 2026

The biggest ICR ever. The largest annual refractory event worldwide.
Thank you to everyone who attended. And an invitation to those who wish to join us next year.

2026 Facts:

753 participants
27% female participants
Just over 50% under the age of 45
3 keynotes
46 speakers in the scientific program
12 speakers in the business forum
3 Poster Award winners

More:
www.ecref.eu/de/news

Next ICR 2027

Highlights

Keynote Ansgar Baums
Keynote Matthias Stalzer
Poster Session (Wall-SLAM-Award)
Women@Refractories
Business Forum
Event „OnFire“

Trade fair

Trade fair for refractory companies and for suppliers of raw materials, machinery, services and knowledge to the refractory industry

Social event

Evening drinks reception with buffet and live music at the event venue

Call for Participation

Thank you for your interest in the International Colloquium on Refractories (ICR®) and your willingness to contribute a lecture or poster.

Submission Process

For all submissions, we use the event software from Converia GmbH. You can use it to provide all the information for your proposal as a lecture or the exhibition of a poster.

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Best regards
Your ICR®-Team

Sponsoring and Exhibition

Dear Sir or Madam.

Thank you for your interest in the International Colloquium on Refractories (ICR®) and your willingness to contribute as a sponsor or exhibitor.

We have compiled a booklet of opportunities, which you can download here: Download ICR®-Booklet

Booking Process

For all bookings, we use the event software from Converia GmbH. You can use it to manage all purchases from one hand: tickets, exhibition stands, hospitality rooms, sponsorships and merchandising. The accounting is also carried out on our behalf via Converia:

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Best regards
Your ICR®-Team

Ticket Purchase

Thank you for your interest in participating ICR® and in purchasing a ticket for the International Colloquium on Refractories (ICR®)

Booking Process

For all bookings, we use the event software from Converia GmbH. You can use it to manage all purchases from one hand. Download ICR®-Pricelist

Take advantage of the opportunity to get an EarlyBird ticket with a purchase until 15 July 2025.

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Best regards
Your ICR®-Team

Media Partnership with ICR 2026?

Dear Sir or Madam,
We would like to invite you about the International Colloquium on Refractories ICR® on 16 and 17 September 2026 in Aachen, Germany. ICR® is Europe's largest annual meeting of the refractory industry and the international meeting place for all scientists, researchers, manufacturers, customers, users and suppliers in the refractory industry. In 2025 we had around 700 participants.

You should be at ICR® 2026 to present your publishing company or magazine. Essentially, all the participants are your readers and customers. We would like to win you as a media partner and offer you:

A presentation table or a display in the press room for your published products or magazines at the trade fair of ICR® 2026
two free registration for ICR® 2026. Full ticket with full access to everything during ICR® .
Your company/magazine Logo as media partner on the ICR® website and in the ICR® programme booklet and proceedings

In exchange, as it is common for scientific congresses, we ask you for the following support:

Include ICR® 2026 in your calendar of events
Publish two advertisements (portrait format, full page) in two subsequent issues of your magazines
Include a banner for ICR® 2026 on your website and in your online newsletters

We are open to individual negotiations according to your needs and possibilities for publishing. We look forward to a deal with you. If you are interested, please contact our ECREF office directly: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein.