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Outline – page 2 Company tours - page 3

Lectures – page 4 Workshops – page 6

Sideprogram – page 8

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Who would have believed it’s possible?

At an altitude of 2500 meters, on the summit of a mountain, in breathtaking surroundings, we get to welcome glass-blowers from all over the world.

The original plan was a joint symposium of the Glassblowers’ Association Switzerland (GVS) and the German Glassblo-wers’ Society (VDG) on top of Mount Säntis.

We never considered that this could turn into an international symposium. Neither the GVS, nor the VDG initiated this. No, the international community of glassblowers did it independently.

We are very happy about this, because it shows that glassblowers are citizens of the world. They have their own langu-age that each of us understands. This language is hot, hard, and sometimes soft like honey:

GLASS !

And we use this language to understand each other, to share our enthusiasm, to learn, and to teach.

We are especially thrilled with the high number of young people attending this symposium. It shows that our profession is alive, that it is developing and has a great future.

We will educate ourselves in lectures, workshops, and the exhibition, and share our enjoyment of our profession through free-style work. Private conversations in smaller groups are just as important as the scheduled agenda items. We hope that there is enough room for these conversations, because that is where we build friendships and find com-mon ground, which is worth more than all the money in the world.

We would like to thank the two Swiss companies that opened their doors to us. They spared no efforts to enable glass-blowers from all over the world to visit them.

We would also like to thank all the other companies that supported us with tools, glass, gas, logistics, and general goodwill.

Last but not least, we address those people who prepared this symposium. We thank all of you sincerely.

We hope you enjoy this symposium, and wish you interesting experiences, great conversations, and impressive encoun-ters.

Hermann Büchi Peter Schweifel President Chairman

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Route VDG-Bus

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For more information please see the following pages!

Thursday, Sept. 20th

06:30 pm lecture in Hotel Säntis, Schwägalp, room „Hungbüehl“

07:15 pm Swiss barbecue in front of the Hotel Säntis, Schwägalp

Friday, Sept. 21st

from 07:45 am Bustour to BÜCHI Labortechnik in Flawil and Büchi AG in Uster

Exact departure times you will find at the symposium office and in the most hotels

A change of your dedicated bus or group is NOT possible!

from 08:15 am Bus „FUNTOURS“ (Sideprogram) to Dorf Appenzell + Chocolarium

from03.30 pm Shuttlebus to valley station Säntis, Schwägalp

Exact departure times you will find at the symposium office and in the most hotels

from 04:30 pm Start of the symposium (Lectures, Workshops, Exhibition) on top of the Säntis

Please plan up to 20 minutes for the cablecar ride!

from 07:30 pm champagne reception by invitation of the Glasbläserverband Schweiz

The last cable car ride uphill is at 06:00 pm!

from 08:00 pm Banquette dinner on top of the Säntis

from 11:00 pm first cable car ride down and VDG-Bus-Shuttle from the valley station to the hotels

Saturday, 22nd

drive by yourself to valley station Säntis, Schwägalp. A VDG-Shuttle-Bus for travelers without a car on request at the

Symposium office

from 09:30 am Start of the symposium (Lectures, Workshops, Exhibition) on top of the Säntis

Please plan up to 20 minutes for the cablecar ride!

from 11:00 am VDG-membershipmeeting on top of the Säntis

from 11:00 am GVS-membershipmeeting on top of the Säntis

from 12:30 pm light lunch for all participants including side-program-participants

around 02:00 pm Symposium ends

BUS:

On Friday, Sept. 21st

the VDG offers a Bus-Shuttle-Service between the most hotels and the companies BÜCHI Labortechnik

in Flawil and Büchi AG in Uster. As well before and after the Symposium the VDG- Bus-

Shuttle-Service is serving this points: STOP Wildhaus Hotel Hirschen/Sonne/Alpstein, STOP

Wildhaus Hotel Schönau, STOP Wildhaus Hotel Toggenburg, STOP Wildhaus „Wuweidihei“

– crossing Befang/Staatsstrasse, STOP Post-Alt St. Johann (at Hauptstrasse), STOP Nesslau

Hotel Sternen, Hotel Säntis.

More details you will find in the symposium-office in the Hotel Säntis and in above

mentioned hotels.

CABLECAR:

You received 2 tickets for the cablecar. The symposium fee includes one ride uphill and

one ride downhill on each day (Friday and Saturday). More cablecar rides have to be

payed by yourself at the ticketcounter!

Outline

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Thankfully, Büchi AG in Uster and BÜCHI Labortechnik AG in Flawil have opened the doors to give us insights into their production. We are also invited to have a lunch snack there. Each participant will find a colored letter and bus number (for example: B 4) or the word USTER on the name tag. To ensure a smooth process and the safety of all visitors and to lose no one

a change of your dedicated bus or group is NOT possible!

Absolutely NO photography in both companies!

The buses start in Wildhaus at the Hotel Hirschen / Hotel Sonne, collect all guests at

the STOP-points and return all participants to their departure points after the compa-

ny-tour. At the STOP-points you will be picked up later and driven to the valley station

Säntis, Schwägalp for the Symposium

A timetable for the busses you will find at the symposium office and the most hotels.

„From lab reactor scale to complete sets of chemical process units“ - Büchi AG Uster

Buchi reactors and chemical glass plants have passed the test of time with

outstanding performance, robustness and versatility in daily operation. Reactor sys-

tems, nutsch filters, mixing vessels and scrubbers are used for cGMP production of

APIs and chemicals in pilot plants and production sites. Buchi process equipment is

built with solid glass based on unique flexible joints and glass lined steel components.

„Quality in your hands“ - BÜCHI Labortechnik AG

BÜCHI Labortechnik AG is the world's leading supplier of laboratory tech-

nology solutions for R & D, quality assurance and production. BÜCHI Labortechnik AG is

a globally expanding and manageable family-owned company with around 250 employ-

ees in the head office and 650 employees worldwide. The completion of new production

buildings in 2016 is pathbreaking for the future of the company and the Swiss location.

Company

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Thursday, Sept. 20th

„Säntis-das Hotel“, Schwägalp, room: „Hungbüehl“ in the second floor (ersten Obergeschoß). Please follow the signs

06:30 pm „Extraction“ German lecture – English description on the presentation

Jürgen Quack is Developer Scientific Glassblowing R&D Büchi Labortechnik AG Flawil

In his presentation, Jürgen Quack gives a short introduction to the topics of speed extraction, hot extraction, extraction according to Twisselmann and extraction according to Soxhlet. After taking a look at these topics, Jürgen Quack breaks down in the course of the lecture, in the functional sequence, production of the individual components, production plan, glass technology production and quality assurance.

Friday, Sept. 21st

On top of the Säntis - room SWISSCOM: The room SWISSCOM is accessible from the Work Shop and Exhibition only via

the staircase. Please follow the signs

05:00 pm „The importance of Glass Components for the Rotavapor“

German lecture – English papers are available

Claudia Aeberhard Productmanager Laboratory Evaporation Büchi Labortechnik AG Flawil Bachelor of Life Science in Food Technology, Master of BusinessAdministration and Engineering. What does a Rotavapor have in common with a Nespresso machine? The Nespresso machine makes your favorite coffee

only if you also use the appropriate capsule. The Rotavapor can only meet your application requirements in the lab if

you use the appropriate glass components. As different as the aromas of coffee are, so different are the glass compo-

nents for rotary applications. A closer look behind the scenes.

06:00 pm "Economically processing hard and brittle materials with ultrasonic vibrations"

German lecture – English papers are available

Albrecht Gross

Dipl. Ing. (graduate engineer) at GROSS Ultraschall- Technik As part of his presentation, Albrecht Gross will discuss the three most interesting variants of ultrasonic processing, de-scribe the process principle, highlight the advantages and disadvantages, and explain the possible applications using machining examples. The three variants are the procedures Ultrasonic erosion, Ultrasonic erosion with superimposed rotation and Grinding with superimposed ultrasonic vibrations.

Lectures

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On top of the Säntis - room SWISSCOM: The room SWISSCOM is accessible from the Work Shop and Exhibition only via

the staircase. Please follow the signs

Saturday, Sept. 22nd

09:30 am „How to Construct a Schlenk Vacuum Manifold“ English lecture

Joseph S. Gregar Scientific Glassblower and Past President of The American Scientific Glassblowers Society

This paper will instruct experienced scientific glassblowers how to easily construct, step by step a 4-port Schlenk vacu-um manifold. It will also give some background and history about Wilhelm Johann Schlenk, its inventor and namesake. There are also many glassblowing techniques shared with the auditorium.

10:15 am „Reorganization of the Training in Germany of the Scientific Glassblower“ German lecture

Peter Schweifel Scientfic Glassblower and Chairman of Verband Deutscher Glasbläser The reorganization of the glassblower professions is one of the most important topics of the last two years. Information on where to go, including the VDG survey. Consequences for the dual training system, the training companies, the schools. 11:00 am membership meeting of Verband Deutscher Glasbläser e.V. (on top of the Säntis - Room SWISSCOM)

ONLY members of the VDG are allowed!

All other participants are invited to enjoy the nice view from the Säntis before getting lunch

11:00 am membership meeting of Glasbläserverband Schweiz. (on top of the Säntis – Room: “tbd”)

ONLY members of the GVS are allowed!

All other participants are invited to enjoy the nice view from the Säntis before getting lunch

Lectures

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On top of the Säntis – the Work Shop and Exhibition area. Please follow the signs.

Friday, Sept. 21st

04:30 pm „Working with quartzglassburners“ English workshop

Marvin Molodow Owner of Blue Flame Technology lnc., Texas

Round and rectangular single jet nozzle burners made of quartz glass are presented. Marvin demonstrates how quartz glass plates and quartz glass tubes can be fused with it. 05:15 pm „Making a Soxhlet“ German workshop with translator

Josef Blümlinger Teamleader in the Glassproduction at Büchi Labortechnik AG. Josef Blümlinger demonstrates individual steps that are necessary to produce a Soxhlet E81 2 / E 8 1 6SX. 06:00 pm Herstellen von kleinen, rechteckigen Borosilikatglasröhren von Hand. English workshop

lan Pearson Ian Pearson is well known as the editor of the journal of the British Society of Scientific Glassblowers (BSSG), which he served as well was a Chairman. Ian was the Head of the Glass Department at Dounreay Site Restoration in Northern Scotland until 2018. In 1990 he started his own glassbusiness in Thurso, Scot land. Ian is teaching at http://northlandscreative.co.uk lan will demonstrate a simple and effective way to create small glass jars with square / rectangular profile. Particular attention is paid to focussing a small flame to seal borosilicate rods to them, resulting in sharper edges This technique was used at the Dounreay nuclear power plant to build mixer-settler apparatuses used in solution extraction

Workshops +

Exhibition

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On top of the Säntis – the Work Shop and Exhibition area. Please follow the signs.

Friday, Sept. 21st

06:30 pm „Advantage of support rods on glassapparatus“ English workshop Joseph S. Gregar Scientific Glassblower and Past President of the American Scientific Glassblowers Society Joe will demonstrate his method for attaching solid support rods onto apparatus such as Schlenk vacuum manifolds and related solvent flasks. The use of support rods is extremely important to an apparatus for supporting a stopcock when opening a valve or supporting a solvent flask on top of an apparatus. If time permits a will also demonstrate the tech-nique for adding a quartz support rod onto an apparatus or high vacuum valve. 07:00 pm „Working with the hand torch“ German workshop with translator Gerd Domnik is supported by Manuel Sonne. Both are working as Scientific Glassblowers at PHYWE Systeme GmbH & Co. KG. Gerd Domnik is Speaker of the advisory board of Verband Deutscher Glasbläser. In the first part they show the assembly of a water decomposition apparatus according to Hoffmann with the hand torch. The second part is about some steps that are necessary for the production of a cathode ray tube with shadow cross. There are 2 hand torches used. Saturday, Sept. 21

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09:30 am „Making of a condenser cup“ English workshop Kyle Meyer Kyle Meyer is a scientific glassblower at the University of Georgia in the USA. Member of the ASGS since 2002, current treasurer of the Southeast section. Kyle Meyer will demonstrate the making of a condenser cup, a short cup on the bottom of a condenser that will collect moisture from the condenser sweating, 10:00 am „Graphite felt - another material to manufacture jacketed beakers“ German workshop with translator Klaus Paris Klaus Paris ist staatlich geprüfter Glastechniker – Fachrichtung Glasapparatebau und arbeitet am KIT – Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Klaus will demonstrate producing short jacketed beakers on the lathe with using graphite felt to hold the inner tube without burning the holding material. He will finish his demo with sealing a plate onto the bottom of the beaker.

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Exhibition

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The sideprogram will be accompanied by at least one German-English bilingual person Friday, Sept. 21

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The bus will pick you up at this points:

08:15 am STOP Wildhaus Hotel Hirschen/Sonne,

08:20 am STOP Wildhaus „Wuweidihei“ – Kreuzung Befang/Staatsstrasse,

08:50 am STOP Hotel Säntis.

Details you will find in the symposium office and in above mentioned hotels.

Dorf Appenzell Guided tour through Dorf Appenzell. The colorful houses on the main street, the stately parish church, the castle, the Landsgemeinde-Place, the works of Roman Signer at the Adlerplatz, the living customs: all this offers a wealth of inter-esting facts and not trivial on the village tour. Be curious about the smallest Swiss capital! Chocolarium in Flawil with a light lunch Chocolate makes happy. But how does luck get into the chocolate? Come on the sweetest journey of your life and re-veal the secret. Maestrani's Chocolarium - the chocolate factory of happiness - awaits you. Driving back to the Hotels Bankett-Dinner on top of the Säntis The bus will pick you up at this points:

05:00 pm STOP Wildhaus Hotel Hirschen/Sonne,

05:05 pm STOP Wildhaus „Wuweidihei“ – Kreuzung Befang/Staatsstrasse,

Arrivel at the Valley station at around 05.35. pm

Please plan up to 20 minutes for the cablecar ride!

The last cable car ride uphill is at 06:00 pm!

Saturday, Sept. 22

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drive by yourself to valley station Säntis, Schwägalp. A VDG-Shuttle-Bus for travelers without a car on request at the Symposium office The morning is up to you, for example: Visit the show dairy at the valley station, a short hike at the bottom or on top of the Säntis From 12:30 pm light lunch for participants of the symposium and the sideprogram Please plan up to 20 minutes for the cablecar ride!

Around 02:00 pm End of the symposium

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In case you got lost – call the VDG-phone: +41 76 7211 734