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.

Book your attendance for the 2025 UK Conference day and/or evening dinner by Clicking the appropriate link below:

IRE Members

• 2025 UK Conference Only – Members – £110.00
• 2025 Evening Dinner Only – Members – £95.00

Non-Members

• 2025 UK Conference Only – Non-members £127.50
• 2025 Evening Dinner Only – Non-members £110.50

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

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Online attendance is available. Please email secretary@ireng.org for any further information.

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