2022 International Year of Glass: twin opening ceremonies at the UN in Geneva and the Palais du Luxembourg in Paris

Proclaimed the Year of Glass by the UN, 2022 is a historic opportunity for glass. At international level, the opening ceremony took place at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 10 and 11 February 2022. Talks by 30 experts highlighted the latest thinking on how glass can contribute to building fairer and more sustainable societies, as well as the latest scientific and technical advances.

In France, on 11 February 2022, the Fédération des Industries du Verre and the Fédération du Cristal et du Verre held the opening conference “Glass for a sustainable everyday life” at the Palais du Luxembourg, under the patronage of Catherine Dumas, Senator for Paris and Chair of the Groupe Métiers d’Art.

Read the full press release here.