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At the turn of this year The Glass Performance Days (GPD) announced significant changes and

new initiatives for its upcoming 25th Anniversary Conference June 28-30, 2017. Plans are at

the finalizing stage but it is already clear that the venue will be new, the format upgraded

and the interactive mode fitted to our times. In this way the organizers aim at honoring

traditions, facilitate a generation change and make use of today´s advanced conferencing

technologies. the number of confirm presentations in conference and workshops are over 180

attendants are expected come together at a new venue with exciting prospects.

pecial attention is
also devoted to at-
S tracting the interest
of start-up organizations
that represent entirely new
ideas for a traditional busi-
ness.
- The set-up of the venue
is an innovation in it-
self, says Jorma Vitkala,
Chairman of the Organ-
izing Committee. We
are moving the Confer-
ence from its previous
venue Tampere Hall to
a new facility The Star
Arena. The new venue
utilizes the connection to
the Tampere Trade Fair
Complex at Pirkkala in
a new building that rep-
resents state-of-the-art
Conferencing Technol-
ogy. This enables us to
stage the Conference in
one open 5,000 square
meter space divided into
six seminar sections with
their own respective
presentation and audio
units and yet in visual
contact for all. This
makes moving between
sessions and presenta-

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