Lumakon, s.r.o. was founded in 2013 and deals mainly with the complex realization of scientific events such as exhibitions, conferences and seminars as well as various cultural and social events.

The most important conference from Lumakon's s.r.o. conference portfolio, is an international scientific conference "Refractories, Furnaces and Thermal Insulations " which retains its biennial periodicity and its XII. edition will be organized in November 2023 by the Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling (formerly the Faculty of Metallurgy of the Technical University in Košice) in cooperation with the co-organizer I.P.C. REFRACTORIES a. s., Košice. Lumakon, s.r.o. covers the organizational and maintenance of this conference.

The conference has been held since 2000 and it is one of the largest conferences of its kind in Central Europe. Despite strict COVID restrictions, 96 participants took part in this conference in 2021 and 18 papers were presented. The high scientific and social level of the event is guaranteed by presentation of top experts from scientific and educational fields and top management of metallurgical giants.

The Conference constitutes the forum for presentation of new scientific-technical knowledge in field of refractories, furnaces and thermal insulations as well as the presentation of companies, their products and services in form of exhibition with the opportunity to establish new business contacts and expert exchange of the experiences in this field.

The conference will be held in 2023 in the heart of the High Tatras in the Atrium Hotel*** in Novy Smokovec, Slovakia, which offers its visitors high-quality services at the top level.

The Lumakon, s.r.o. company also successfully organizes two other important conferences, namely Metallography & Fractography and the Košice Corrosion Conference.