Top-class programme at the Stone+tec Congress
The Stone+tec Congress invites you to the Nuremberg Trade Fair from 19th to 21st June, where both technical information and the opportunity for exchange and networking within the natural stone industry will be available. The congress will provide new impetus and up-to-date topics. It is taking place at the same time as the Stone+tec specialist trade fair for natural stone and stone technology, which runs from 19th to 22nd June at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre.
Nuremberg – On the first two days, Wednesday, 19th June and Thursday, 20th June, the focus of the Stone+tec Congress will be on solid building structures made from natural stone. On the third day of the congress, Friday, 21st June, we will turn our attention to the future of the cemetery.
Solid building structures made from natural stone for a sustainable future
On the first two days of the congress, the content will be aimed at architects, planners, building and environmental authorities, building trades, property developers, owners and managers of real estate and properties, gardeners and landscapers, restorers, stonemasons and tilers. The agenda will include specialist lectures and discussion panels about “Solid building structures made from natural stone for a more sustainable future” and “The hidden danger – corrosion problems on selected examples.”
The first day of the congress will be aimed at an international audience, and the lectures will take place in German or English (with translation in each case). The main focus will be on the sustainability of natural stone, or the advantages of natural stone as a supporting element. A panel discussion will then take place, followed by the presentation of the German Natural Stone Award. The second day of the congress will focus on natural stone in interior design and landscape architecture
The hidden danger – corrosion problems
On Thursday afternoon the hidden danger of corrosion will be revealed using the example of the St. Sebald’s church in Nuremberg, whereby the focus will be on medieval construction technology and the Schreyer Landauer epitaph by Adam Kraft. Using another example, the Holy Cross Church by Heinrich Hübsch in Bietigheim, the restoration of the tower façade will be explained (runner-up in the 2022 Peter Parler Prize). Following the theoretical part, day 2 of the congress will conclude with a practical addendum with an excursion to St. Sebald's church in Nuremberg.
Generation Y and Z are rethinking about the “future of the cemetery”
On Friday, 21st June, the congress will be concentrating on information for stonemasons and cemetery administrators. Under the title of “Generation Y and Z are rethinking about the future of the cemetery,” protagonists from Generation Y and Z, futurologist Matthias Horx and psychologist Michael Lehofer, are developing a vision of the future for the cemetery. This day of the congress concerns the status quo of burial, cemetery and mourning culture, and the possibilities of transforming cemeteries into people-oriented places of mourning. The perspectives of generations Y and Z will be examined from different disciplines, and the association between grief, society and health will be looked at from a psychological perspective. On the afternoon of this day of the congress, the protagonists will collaborate to put together a picture of the future of the cemetery as a place of mourning.
Stone+tec congress and trade fair tickets in the online shop
Tickets for the Stone+tec Congress and the Stone+tec trade fair are available in the online ticket shop. A three-day congress ticket (including admission to the trade fair) is available for 99 Euros. Tickets for half a day of the congress are available for just 19 Euros (or 29 Euros including admission to the trade fair).
Stone+tec international competence forum for natural stone and stone technology
Stone+tec is continuing to expand, and will be offering an extended range of products for all stone workers from the construction, cemeteries, monuments and design areas in 2024, and also for property developers, planners and architects. Tile+tec will provide content relating to tiles and design, and is the new topic of Stone+tec. The content of the Stone+tec trade fair is now divided into four areas: “Building with natural stone”, “Equipment for professionals”, “Place of remembrance” and “Design with tiles”.
The Stone+tec trade fair international competence forum for natural stone and stone technology will be taking place from 19th to 22nd June at the Nuremberg Trade Fair. The Stone+tec Congress will be accompanying the trade fair on three days, from 19th to 21st June.
Current information and tickets available at www.stone-tec.com