The expert group meeting was held by Furnace and Equipment Committee of Shanghai Ceramic society (SCS) on July 16th. The main topics of the meeting were: introduction of the work of the first half year; introduction of the 2013 Symposium of International Glass Association; discussion on calling for research papers and the preparatory work for the 2014 International Symposium on Advanced Glass Melting Technology”. The director of the Committee Prof.Ning presided over the meeting. The secretary general of SCS Mr. Zhang reviewed the work of first half year and briefly clarified the main work in the second half year. The secretary of the Committee Dr. Wang briefed “The 16th Congress of International Glass Association” held in Czech. The topics about the 2014 International Symposium, such as theme, keynote, number of participants and collection of papers, were focused on the meeting