As the world’s largest cement exporter, Turkey’s position in the global market along with cement and clinker capacity information is essential to be known within the global context of decarbonization efforts. With 56 integrated and 22 grinding plants, 19.000 professional employees, Turkish Cement is the first choice of the most of the countries thanks to its product quality, logistic advantage and unique customer experience.
CarbonZero Global Conference and Exhibition 2024 (October 10-11) welcomes Mr. Abdulhamit Akçay’s presentation Overview of the Turkish Cement Sector from Past to the Future to focus on the current state of cement exports, cement production and consumption in Turkey, along with its strategic location and the sustainability road map in the Turkish cement industry.
Abdulhamit Akçay has been a part of Nuh Cement Inc. for the last 19 years and serving as the International Sales&Marketing and Port Director since 2014. Having played an important role in the development of Turkish cement export to the world market over the last two decades, Mr. Akçay served in the supervisory board of Turkish Cement from 2017 to 2021 and has been continuing his role as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Cement, Glass, Ceramics, and Soil Products Exporters’ Association since April 2022.
Other speakers at the event include:
Marta Diez, Country Manager (Spain/Portugal & Italy) Environmental Markets Consultant, Redshaw Advisors: “The Effect of CBAM on the Cement Industry”
Penelope Le Menestrel, Manager Europe, Breakthrough Energy: “From material innovation to electrification: Pathways to decarbonizing cement”
Luyue Tan, London Stock Exchange Group: “EU ETS 2024 review and outlook”
Thomas Schroeder, Head of Environmental Products, EDF Trading: “Carbon emissions reductions in the hard to abate sector ( value chain decarbonization and beyond value chain emissions reductions)”
Sebastian Manhart, Climate Advocate, Policy, Carbonfuture: “Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Market Trends: What is means for Cement and Construction”
Frank Mruk, Senior Director, Building Innovations, NRMCA USA: “Decarbonizing Concrete Now: Notes from the Field”
Eric Schimpf, Global Key Account Manager, Qlar Group/Schenck Process: “Decarbonizing the Cement Industry with Qlar”
Grant Quasha, Chairman, Eco Material Technologies: “Emerging Trends in the North American SCM Market”
Joel Maia, CEO Europe, FCT Combustion: “Reducing CO2 Emissions in Cement and Clinker Production: Pathways to a Sustainable Future”
Thierry Delvaux, Managing Director Europe, Mac Valves: “Achieving WIN-WIN: Process Improvements and Energy Savings for Dust Collectors”
Miguel Ángel Sanjuán, Head of the Cement and Mortars Area, Spanish Institute of Cement and its Applications: “Standardization of Coal Bottom Ash as a New Cement Constituent”
Amr Nader, CEO, A3 & Co.: “Global North vs Global South Cement Decarbonisation Myth Buster”
Tien Peng, Co-founder, GreenPlum Street LLC: “Concrete’s Radical Transparency: A U.S. Perspective”
Joe Harder, Managing Director, One Stone Consulting: “Clay Calcination Trends and Outlook 2035”
Jose Raul Gonzalez, CEO, Cementos Progreso: Topic to be announced
Yusuf Binji, MD and CEO, BUA Cement Nigeria: Topic to be announced
Arvind Pathak, Group Managing Director and CEO, Dangote Cement: Topic to be announced
Gonzalo Galindo, CEO, Cemex Ventures: Topic to be announced
Aniceto Zaragoza Ramírez, Director General, Oficemen: Topic to be announced
Tickets for the event are limited and can be purchased via card payment on : https://www.entertix.ro/bilete/19810/carbonzero-global-conference-and-exhibition-2024-10-11-octombrie-2024-madrid.html or by bank transfer – email us at Mariana.gheorghe@industrylink.eu.
About Turkish Cement: Turkish Cement is a semi-governmental association representing cement producers and exporters in Turkey. It is the only Association gathering exporters and is an affiliated institution of Ministry of Trade. Main product groups in Turkish Cement are cement and clinker.
The main goal of the association is to raise the image and awareness of Turkish Cement, to support sustainable development. With the European Green Deal, Turkish Cement is working on green business model, setting out to its environmental journey with the aim of a climate neutral industry by 2050.
