IEEE-IAS/PCA 2019 opens its doors in St Louis

IEEE-IAS/PCA 2019 opened its doors to visitors at the America’s Centre in St Louis, Missouri, on Sunday evening with the first two-hour opportunity for visitors to walk around the large hall of more than 160 exhibitor stands.

On Sunday evening IEEE-IAS/PCA 2019 participants had the first opportunity

to visit the more than 160 booths in the event's main exhibition hall

Michael L Parson, Governor of St Louis, stated in the welcome programme that, “the St Louis region contains five operating cement plants along the Mississippi River, making St Louis an ideal location to host this annual event.”

The 61st Cement Industry Technical Conference for presentations will get underway on Tuesday and will continue through Wednesday, while there is more opportunity to visit the exhibition stands on Monday and on Tuesday.

Process training and professional development courses are also ongoing from Monday, before IEEE hosts an awards banquet on the Wednesday night. In addition, LafargeHolcim USA has invited participants to a plant tour of its St Genevieve cement plant on Thursday.

Corinne Field, local organising committee chair, said: “We expect this year’s conference to exceed expectations and we wish attendees another wonderful cement conference experience.”

Visitors are welcome to find out more about ICR or the upcoming Cemtech Asia

and Europe conferences at ICR's stand – Booth No 1 in the exhibition hall

International Cement Review is located at Booth No 1 in the exhibition hall and has details about the forthcoming Cemtech Asia and Europe Conferences in Bangkok and Berlin, respectively. Visitors to the stand will also be able to pick up a copy of ICR’s May issue.