On Feb. 10–11, 2022, the United Nations International Year of Glass officially got underway when the international glass community took over the Human Rights Room in the Palace of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, for the opening ceremony.

During the two-day event, 30 world-class speakers lectured on a multiplicity of glass-centric topics to an in-person audience of 135 glass experts, plus thousands more who joined via the United Nations Web TV. Several thousands more have since watched the session recordings, which are available at www.iyog2022.org.