DAY 1 - December 5th, 2019

08:00 – 09:00 REGISTRATION

09:00 – 09:10 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

09:15 – 9:50 - Ibrahim Afifi (ProTrade Company) – ‘The Future of the Cement Industry in Egypt’ + Q&A

9:55 – 10:30 - Mohamed Abdirahman Farah (Sompower) ‘The History of Electricity in Somaliland and the Role of the Renewables' + Q&A

10:30 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK

11:10 – 11:45 – Jan Tůma (Beumer) – ‘New Trends in Alternative Fuels Handling. Case Studies’ + Q&A

11:50 – 12:25 - Aynalem Melese (Habesha Cement) ‘An overlook on Habesha and Alternative Fuels’

12:30 – 13:30 LUNCH

13:40 – 14:15 – Onesmus Gichuru (Africa Alliance for Health Research and Economic Development) ‘Promotion of Entrepreneurial and Livelihood Incentives for Climate-Conscious Practices and Renewable Energy Use and Production in the Horn of Africa’s Rangelands’ + Q&A

14:20 – 14:55 – Marco Egger (Lindner) – ‘Case Study on Alternative fuel Production for the Heavy Industry, such as Cement Production Plants in African Regions’ + Q&A

15:00 – 15:35 - Antony Araya (LaFarge Holcim) ‘The Use of Paper Sludge as a Resource in the Cement Industry: El Salvador Case Study’ + Q&A

15:40 – 16:10 COFFEE BREAK

16:15 – 17:15 – Paolo Spagnoletto & Alexander Larionov (International Finance Corporation) ‘Alternative Fuels Solutions for Cement in the Context of Sustainable Waste Management in Ethiopia and Sub-Saharan Africa’ + Q&A

17:20 – 17:30 – WRAP UP & GROUP PHOTO

17:30 - COCKTAIL & NETWORKING

DAY 2 - December 6th, 2019

09:00 – 09:10 WELCOME BACK AND RECAP

09:10 – 9:45 – Hailemariam Gebru Teka (Technology and Innovation Institute of Ethiopia) ‘Catechol End-Functionalized Amphiphilic Biopolymers for the Synthesis of Biocompatible Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles’ + Q&A

9:50 – 10:25 – Jacinto Leyva Miranda (Dangote Cement Ethiopia PLC)

10:30 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK

11:00 – 11:10 GROUP PHOTO

11:15 – 11:50 – Kassahun Admassu (Materials Research and Testing Centre) ‘Method of Amended Soils for Compressed Block and Mortar in Earthen Construction’ + Q&A

11:55 – 12:30 - Eshetu Bekele (Adama Science and Technology University) ‘Coffee Parchment as Potential Bio-fuel for Cement Industries of Ethiopia’

12:30+ WRAP UP AND CONCLUSIONS

• A TEC Production & Service

• Aerzen

• ALL MINMETAL

• ArcelorMittal Tubarão

• Argos Honduras

• Boral Resources

• Cemengal

• Cementos Argos

• Cementos del Norte

• Cementos Moctezuma

• Cementos Progreso

• Cemex

• Central Plains Cement Company

• Claudius Peters Projects

• Conweigh/RSM Mexico

• Cooperativa la Cruz Azul

• CSM Consultant & Services

• CYCNA

• EcOre

• Group

• FCT Combustion

• Firefly AB

• FLSmidth Pfister

• Fuel Tech Systems

• Gebr. Pfeiffer

• Geocycle Mexico

• Geocycle US

• GPEL

• GTA Ambiental

• Ilhan Trading

• Instituto Mexicano del Cemento y del Concreto

• International Finance

• Corporation

• Itochu International

• LafargeHolcim Trading

• Levy Company

• Lindner Recyclingtech

• Loesche

• Loesche America

• Malvern PANalytical

• Marshall Corporation

• Marubeni Cement

• Medcem Global

• Minera Autlan

• Mitsubishi Cement Corporation

• National Gypsum

• Nomada Playas SACV

• Planta de Cobre (Grupo Mexico)

• Plattmann Consulting

• Polytrade Chemical

• Polytrade Natural Resources

• Precimeca

• Promotora Ambiental

• Protec Steel

• Proverde

• Schenck Process

• Secretary of Economy Mexico

• Separation Technologies LLC

• Sigma Recycling

• SPR Division Industrialy Servicios

• Surschiste

• Texan Cement

• Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions

• TMS INTERNATIONAL

• Untha Shredding Technology

• Usiminas

• Vecoplan

• Votorantim Cimentos Brasil

• Zag International

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