2025 - UK Conference & Training Booking
Ticket Prices
Standard ticket sales are available to purchase by Debit/Credit Card using the links below or you can email secretary@ireng.org to book your tickets.
Hotel rooms available at the Quays Hotel. Quote ‘IRE’ for a discounted rate.
These rates are an EARLY BIRD SALE which has a 15% discount already applied **Offer ends 30/09/2025**.
Conference Day (Members) – £110.00
Training Day (Members) – £85.00
Dinner Event (Members) – £95.00
Conference Day (Non-members) – £127.50
Training Day (Non-members) – £102.00
Dinner Event (Non-members) – £110.50
IRE UK Conference 2025 – Black is the New Green – The Refractory Industry in a Changing World
The IRE held will be holding its annual UK Conference and Training days in November 2025. This will also include the annual dinner which is on the evening of the UK Conference day.
UK Conference Day 2025 Overview
- Conference: Black is the New Green – The Refractory Industry in a Changing World
- Date: Wednesday 19th November 2025 – 09:00 – 16:30
- Location: The Quays Hotel, Victoria Quays, Furnival Road, Sheffield, S4 7YB, United Kingdom
Confirmed Conference Presentations
- Devdutt Shukla, Thermal efficiency of Precast dryers in refractory shapes manufacturing – a data driven approach
- Richie Hart, Green steel strategy and transition
- David Bell, Black is the new Green – Alumina-carbon filters for molten steel
- David Hollott, Fully Optimized Design of Refractory Linings
- Individual from AMRC, paper about hydrogen fuel
- Chris Parr, tbc
- Sebastian Klaus, tbc
Please make a note however that these are subject to change. Member discounts and Corporate package discounts are available with a discount code during the booking process.
UK Dinner 2025 (After UK Conference as separate event)
- Date: Wednesday 19th November 2025 – 19:00 – 23:00
- Location: The Quays Hotel, Victoria Quays, Furnival Road, Sheffield, S4 7YB, United Kingdom
- Support: Speaker and Entertainment to be confirmed
IRE UK Training 2025 – Keeping it Together – Bond Systems for Refractories
The IRE held will be holding its annual UK Conference and Training days in November 2025. This will also include the annual dinner which is on the evening of the UK Conference day.
UK Training Day 2025 Overview
- Training: Keeping it Together – Bond Systems for Refractories
- Date: Thursday 20th November 2025 – 09:00 – 16:30
- Location: The Quays Hotel, Victoria Quays, Furnival Road, Sheffield, S4 7YB, United Kingdom
Confirmed Topics
- Introduction – What is a bond system? Why do we need a bond system? Different types of bond mentioned.
- Sintering – How does sintering work? Surface energy, necking, solid/liquid state sintering, phase diagrams, Firing temperatures, Sintering aids, De-binding,
- Heatwork – Cement bond Cement types (% CaO), Hydrates, CA phases, Fume silica addition, curing, dryout, spinel formation
- Resin Bond – Liquid/solid resins. Carbon-bonded refs, curing, Benzo-alpha pyrene hazards
- Chemical Bond – Phosphate bond, Borates, Colloidal binders, organo-silicon bond
- Others – Hydratable alumina, Clay bond, Pozzolan
- Additive Manufacturing (3D-printing) – Technical ceramics, Special shapes 3D printing for large items
- Forming Methods – Brick-pressing (MgO-C, firebrick, high-alumina, spinel etc) Isostatic pressing (SEN, pouring tubes, cold/hot isopress), Slip-casting (Glass tank blocks) Investment casting (Jet turbine blades) Pre-cast shapes (No-cement castables, complex shapes) On-site casting, gunning, pouring, ramming
Member discounts and Corporate package discounts were available with a discount code during the booking process.
*all speakers and presentations are subject to change