National Glass Day Panel at University of Lagos:
Studio Elementals Director Stefanie Adisa Theurtzbacher was part of a panel discussion about the importance of glass for the building industry, moderated by Mrs. Adesuwa Onyenokwe.
The panel featured other distinguished speakers such as Prof. Timothy Gbenga Nubi, Director of Research & Innovation, University of Lagos; Mrs. Sade Hughes, Managing Director, MIXTA Africa; Arc. Tunde Sanni, Cupola Architects; Arc. Babatola Akinkugbe, Arabella Landscape; Mr. Abiodun Shonubi, Loomash Investment Group; and Mrs. Temilola Sunola, IFC EDGE.
The National Glass Day Seminar took place on April 28th, 2022, at the J.G Ade Ajayi Auditorium, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos. This seminar was a significant aspect of a year-long series of events celebrating the United Nations International Year of Glass 2022, as initiated in May 2018 during the last United Nations Congress in Geneva.
The event was organized in collaboration with the Arcline Beehive Design Foundation, the United Nations Information Center (UNIC) Lagos, and the University of Lagos, represented by the Faculty of Environmental Sciences. Notable industry leaders in glass manufacturing, architecture, building construction, information technology, biomedical sciences, creative arts, engineering, and academia attended the seminar.
The program covered various topics including the role of glass innovation and development in packaging and the circular economy, glass in sustainable building design, construction, and smart cities, innovative use of glass in creative works, the role of glass in 5G communication and optical fiber technology, entrepreneurial potentials in glass development and manufacture, glass evolution, challenges, and opportunities for sustainability and strategic economic development, glass for a sustainable environment, opportunities, and challenges, and glass as an enabler in biomedical and pharmaceutical industries.
The seminar concluded with closing remarks from Prof. M. M. Omirin, the Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Lagos.
Photos by Arcline Behive Foundation
