Magic happens where art + design meet! This four-day conference will bring together over 70 presenters to connect, inspire, and empower all facets of our global glass community.
From lectures and demonstrations to special events and activities, there are so many reasons for you to join us in Berlin:
- Over 50 unique presentations across the glass spectrum
- Special events including a Reichenbach Factory Tour!
- Favorite conference activities like the Goblet Grab and Portfolio Review
- Four action-packed days of glass demonstrations, lectures, lecmos, panel discussions, networking opportunities, special events, and more hosted at our two conference hubs, Wilhelm Hallen and Provinzstraße
- GAS Market with vendors and non-profit organizations, plus an all-new Jewelry Trunk Show and Film Festival
- Plus, exhibitions, meet-ups, and so much more!
Explore the daily schedule below! Note: the schedule is subject to change. Our conference presentations will be hosted at two hubs: Wilhelm Hallen (WH), and Provinzstraße (PH), home to Berlin Glas, Monopol, and Bard College Berlin.
Tuesday, May 14
07:00 | Reichenbach Day Trip (pre-registration required) | Raddison Park Inn
Wednesday, May 15
09:30 | Berlin Big Bus Tour (pre-registration required) | Raddison Park Inn
09:00 – 12:30 + 13:30 – 16:00 | Registration, Info & T-Shirt Sales | WH Main Hall
09:30 – 16:00 | Educational Resource Center | WH Main Hall
09:00 – 20:00 | Lounge and Charging Station | WH Main Hall
09:30 – 16:00 | Goblet Grab Drop Off | Registration @ WH Main Hall
09:30 – 17:00 | GAS Market | WH Main Hall
15:30 – 16:30 | EVENT: First Timers Meetup | GAS Market | WH Main Hall
15:30 – 16:30 | EVENT: International Meetup | WH Beer Garden
17:00 – 18:30 | EVENT: Kick Off Opening Remarks | WH Main Stage
18:00 – 20:00 | EVENT: Lathe Riders Kickoff Demo | WH Cold Shop
18:00 – 20:00 | EVENT: Exhibition Opening | WH Main Hall
18:30 – 19:30 | PERFORMANCE: JanHein van Stiphout | WH Green Pavilion
Thursday, May 16
09:00 – 12:30 + 13:30 – 17:00 | Registration, Info & T-Shirt Sales | WH Main Hall
09:30 – 17:00 | Educational Resource Center | WH Main Hall
09:00 – 17:00 | Lounge and Charging Station | WH Main Hall
09:30 – 16:00 | Goblet Grab Drop Off | Registration @ WH Main Hall
09:30 – 17:00 | GAS Market | WH Main Hall
10:00 – 12:00 + 14:00 – 17:00 | Youth Programming by Berlin Glas | PH Kid’s Oasis
10:00 – 11:30 | HOT DEMO: Claudia Virginia Vitari + Peter Kuchinke | PH Berlin Glas Hot Shop
10:00 – 11:30 | NEON DEMO: Victoria Ahmedizadeh | PH Flame Shop
10:00 – 11:00 | LECTURE: Silvia Levenson | WH Main Stage
10:30 – 12:00 | LECMO: Nate Ricciuto | PH Berlin Glas Lecmo
10:30 – 12:00 | LECMO: Marta Gibiete | WH Cold Shop
10:30 – 12:00 | PANEL: GLASS VIRUS (Pre registration requested) | WH Panel Hall
10:00 – 11:00 | LECTURE: Alexandra Muresan | WH Lecture Hall
12:00 – 14:00 | INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING: Education and Institutions | Presentations by International Education Programs | WH Main Stage
12:00 – 14:00 | EVENT: International Meet Up | WH Beer Garden
12:00 – 15:00 | INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING: Glass Virus Workshop | WH Lecture Hall + WH Panel Hall
12:00 – 15:00 | GREEN PROGRAMMING: Sustainable Demos and Lectures | WH Green Pavilion
12:00 – 20:00 | Beer Garden open
12:30 – 14:00 | WORKSHOP: Healy Arts | WH Cold Shop
13:30 – 15:00 | EVENT: Student Meet Up | GAS Market @ WH Main Hall
14:00 – 15:30 | HOT DEMO: Ned Cantrell | PH Berlin Glas Hot Shop
14:00 – 15:30 | LECMO: Brenda Page | PH Berlin Glas Lecmo
14:00 – 15:30 | FLAME DEMO: Simone Crestani | PH Flame Shop
14:30 – 15:30 | LECTURE: Phillip Bandura | WH Main Stage
15:00 – 16:00 | LECTURE: Barbara Schmidt | WH Lecture Hall
15:00 – 16:30 | PANEL: Fostering Creativity and Learning | WH Panel Hall
16:00 – 17:30 | COLD DEMO: Ioana Stelea and Anne Wenzel | WH Cold Shop
16:00 – 17:30 | HOT DEMO: Simone Fezer | PH Berlin Glas Hot Shop
16:00 – 17:30 | LECMO: Saman Kalantari | PH Berlin Glas Lecmo
16:30 – 17:30 | LECTURE: Ryan Kuhns | PH Flame Shop
17:00 – 20:00 | EVENT: Trunk Show | WH Main Hall
17:30 – 20:30 | EVENT: Film Festival Opening | WH Main Stage
Friday, May 17
09:00 – 12:30 + 13:30 – 17:00 | Registration, Info & T-Shirt Sales | WH Main Hall
09:30 – 17:00 | Educational Resource Center | WH Main Hall
09:00 – 17:00 | Lounge and Charging Station | WH Main Hall
09:30 – 15:00 | Goblet Grab Drop Off | Registration @ WH Main Hall
09:30 – 17:00 | GAS Market | WH Main Hall
10:00 – 12:00 + 14:00 – 17:00 | Youth Programming by Berlin Glas | PH Kid’s Oasis
10:00 – 11:30 | HOT DEMO: Jack Gramann | PH Berlin Glas Hot Shop
10:00 – 11:30 | PANEL: Endangered Status; Stained Glass in the UK | WH Panel Hall
10:30 – 11:30 | LECTURE: Meghan Bunnell | WH Main Stage
10:30 – 12:00 | COLD DEMO: Jára Šára | WH Cold Shop
10:30 – 12:00 | LECMO: Brian Gillespie | PH Berlin Glas Lecmo + PH Niesen Furnaces
10:30 – 12:00 | FLAME DEMO: Tatyana Boyarinova | PH Flame Shop
11:30 – 14:00 | Film Festival | WH Panel Hall
12:00 – 14:00 | INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING: Career and Small Business Development (Pre-registration recommended) | Grantwriting Workshop: Anne Kenealy | WH Main Stage
12:00 – 14:00 | INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING: Career and Small Business Development (Pre-registration recommended) | Roundtable Discussion: Anna Mlasowsky | WH Lecture Hall
12:00 – 14:00 | Portfolio Review (pre-registration required) | Educational Resource Center | WH Main Hall
12:00 – 14:00 I International Meet up | WH Beer Garden
12:00 – 15:00 | Student Blow Slot | WH Green Pavilion
12:00 – 17:00 | Beer Garden open
14:00 – 15:30 | HOT DEMO: Jahday Ford | PH Berlin Glas Hot Shop
14:00 – 15:30 | LECMO: Helen Stokes | PH Berlin Lecmo
14:00 – 15:30 | LECMO: Adeye Jean Baptiste | WH Cold Shop
14:30 – 16:00 | PANEL: Creating Training and Networking Opportunities to Support Emerging Glass Makers | WH Panel Hall
14:30 – 15:30 | LECTURE: Alison Lowry | WH Lecture Hall
15:00 – 16:30 | FLAME DEMO: Ivan Bestari | PH Flame Shop
15:30 – 17:00 | EVENT: Goblet Grab + Sip | WH Main Hall
16:00 – 17:30 | HOT DEMO: Mert Ungor | PH Berlin Glas Hot Shop
16:00 – 17:00 | LECTURE: Daniel Kvesic | WH Lecture Hall
16:00 – 17:30 | LECMO: Chuchen Song | PH Berlin Glas Lecmo
16:00 – 17:00 | LECTURE: Christopher McElroy | WH Main Stage
16:00 – 17:30 | LECMO: Aaron Peters | WH Cold Shop
17:30 – 20:00 | EVENT: Flame Off (Pre-registration to participate suggested) | PH Lecmo
18:00 – 19:30 | PERFORMANCE: Suzanne Peck | PH Berlin Glas Hot Shop
18:30 – 20:30 | PERFORMANCE: Emilia Marcjasz | PH Niesen Furnaces
Saturday, May 18
09:00 – 13:00 | Registration, Info & T-Shirt Sales | WH Main Hall
09:30 – 17:00 | Educational Resource Center | WH Main Hall
09:00 – 17:00 | Lounge and Charging Station | WH Main Hall
09:30 – 15:00 | GAS Market | WH Main Hall
10:00 – 12:00 + 14:00 – 17:00 | Youth Programming by Berlin Glas | PH Kid’s Oasis
10:00 – 12:00 | HOT DEMO: Jonathan Capps | PH Berlin Glas Hot Shop
10:00 – 11:30 | FLAME + HOT DEMO: Ondrej Novotny and Tatyana Boyarinova | PH Flame Shop + Niesen Furnaces
10:00 – 11:00 | LECTURE: Fatma Cifti | WH Lecture Hall
10:30 – 12:00 | PANEL: Crafting Calm | WH Panel Hall
10:00 – 12:00 | PANEL: Saxe Emerging Artists | WH Main Stage
10:30 – 12:00 | LECMO: Anthony Amoako Attah | PH Berlin Glas Lecmo
12:00 – 14:00 | INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING: Self Care and Wellness | FEATURED PRESENTER Hannah Guisewhite | WH Main Stage
12:00 – 13:30 | Research Presentations | WH Lecture Hall
12:00 – 14:00 | EVENT: International Meetup | WH Beer Garden
12:00 – 16:30 | Film Festival | WH Panel Hall
12:00 – 15:00 | GREEN PROGRAMMING: Mixed Media Demos with Recycled Glass | WH Green Pavilion
12:00 – 16:00 | Beer Garden open
14:00 – 15:30 | HOT DEMO: TBA | PH Berlin Glas Hot Shop
14:00 – 15:30 | LECMO: Carrie Strope | PH Berlin Lecmo
12:00 – 17:00 | COLD DEMO: Lathe Riders | WH Cold Shop
14:00 – 15:30 | FLAME DEMO: Zach Puchowitz | PH Flame Shop
14:30 – 15:30 | LECTURE: Andrew Adejo | WH Main Stage
15:30 – 16:30 | LECTURE: Daniel Kvesic | WH Lecture Hall
16:00 – 17:30 | HOT AND FLAME DEMO: American Cheese | PH Berlin Glas Hot Shop
16:00 – 17:00 | LECTURE: John Erwin Dillard | WH Main Stage
16:00 – 17:30 | LECMO: Ricardo Hoineff | PH Berlin Glas Lecmo
20:00 – 24:00 | EVENT: Closing Night Party | Alte Münze Berlin