The 1st Joint Meeting of Deutsche Glastechnische Gessellschaft (DGG)-ACerS GOMD will take place in Aachen, Germany between May 25-30th 2014. The event includes the 88t Annual Meeting of the German Society of glass Technology (DGG) and the Glass & Optical Materials Division Annual Meeting (ACerS GOMD), together with the 10th International Conference on Advances in Fusion and Processing of Glass (AFPG) and the 2nd International Glass Fibre Symposium and the Symposium on Nuclear Waste Forms - Fundamentals and Application. The following sessions are planned for the event: Advances in the Fusion and Processing of Glass (Prof R Conradt & Prof R Beerkens); Energy Applications of Glass-Fundamentals and Application (Prof J Deubener & Prof S Martin); Health, Medical, Biological Aspects - Fundamentals & Application (Prof A R Boccaccini & Prof M N Rahaman); Fundamentals of the Glassy State and Amorphous Materials (Prof L Wondraczek, Dr P Lucas); Optical Materials and Devices - Fundamentals & Application (Prof K A Richardson, Prof J Trols, & Dr J Hu); 2nd International Glass Fibre Symposium (Prof R Conradt); Nuclear Waste Forms - Fundamentals & Application (Dr J V Ryan, Prof E Raedlein).