I’ve not attended the GOMA Symposium before. I’d seen from the promotional materials that a high-calibre line-up of speakers had been organised also this was their 48th symposium so felt sure I was going to be impressed. When I saw the presentations they exceeded my expectations. Something new happened to me at the GOMA Symposium. I attended every presentation as the quality of the papers was so high. I think this must be partly due to GOMA’s connection with the professional organisations as well as the hard work carried out by the presentation panel and organisers.
The introductory lecture by GOMA’s Secretary, Robert Mandaković was informative. He gave an overview with trends and predictions on the lubricants market in Croatia as well as the surrounding countries and worldwide. This was an excellent start to the conference and excellent start and laid the foundation for the following presentations.
This was followed by the engaging presentation from Professor Wilfried Bartz of the Technical Academy Esslingen (TAE) on ‘Electro-mobility for characterising the green automobile – wind and water for producing electricity’.
Terry Dicken, Chairman of ELGI, presented ‘The challenges and opportunities of today’s modern grease industry’. Part of his presentation covered the ERGTCEF Working Group (European REACH Grease Thickener Consortium Escrow Foundation) you can find out more here
www.elgi.org within the ‘Working Groups’ section.
I have been attending lubricant conferences since February 2010, and over the years the people I’ve met have become well known to me as I see them quite often. Even though it is important to keep in contact with these familiar faces, I am delighted to say that, at the GOMA Symposium, I met a lot of new people. Approximately 90% were unknown to me, plus the average age range was markedly younger – the new generation is here and coming through. This means that I now have many more new people from companies I’ve not got connections with, therefore fresh opportunities and chances to build new relationships, all very rewarding.
To summarise: GOMA is a good ‘all-rounder’ conference – covering a wide range of topics relevant to the lubricants industry. All presentations were in English, rich in content with engaging presenters. This is one of the best conferences I have ever attended. Convenient, accessible, high-tech venue – conducive to learning and doing good business. This part of Europe is emerging and rising so it can only be of benefit to you to attend this symposium.
Please visit the GOMA website
www.goma.hr and navigate through the pages, you will find them rewarding and informative. If you’ve not attended GOMA before, I thoroughly recommend it. Please pencil into your diary early October 2017.
Suzy Jarman Editor, Lube Magazine
During one of the breaks, I was speaking with the production manager from a small to medium sized lubricant blending plant and asked him what he was getting out of the symposium. He explained that most of the technical presentations were helpful to him as his company was developing a new blend, so he gained valuable information.
Sadly there is not enough space to publish all the names and presentations, however if you go to
www.goma.hr you will be able to read more. The gala dinner was excellent and the live band was entertaining.
LINK
www.goma.hr
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