IIW 2014 Annual Report

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FUTURE ANNUAL ASSEMBLIES During the Gala Banquet held on Wednesday 16 th July, 2014, at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill & W Seoul Walkerhill Theater, Prof. Hee Seok Chang, Chair of the IIW 2014 Organising Committee, officially handed over the IIW flag to Mr Ismo Meuronen and Mr Jouko Lassila, representing the Organising Committee for the 68th IIW Annual Assembly and International Conference, to be held in Helsinki, Finland, from 28 June to 3 July, 2015. Future IIW Annual Assemblies will be held as follows:

From left: Prof. Hee Seok Chang , Chair of the Korean Organising Committee hands over the IIW flag to representatives of the IIW2015-Helsinki organisers, Mr Ismo Meuronen , Chair of the Finnish Organising Committee (left) and Mr Jouko Lassila (right)

- 2015: Helsinki (Finland), 28 June-3 July - 2016: Melbourne (Australia), 10-15 July - 2017: Shanghai (P.R. of China), 25-30 June

IIW WORKING UNITS

In keeping with tradition, the Annual Assembly provided the opportunity for the Commissions, Select Committees, Study Groups and other units to meet separately or jointly over the 5-day period.

This year, 168 decisions were adopted by the various IIW Working Units, including recommendations to publish 134 documents in the IIW’s peer-reviewed journal, Welding in the World.

ELECTION/APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRS OF IIW WORKING UNITS ELECTIONS WERE HELD IN THE FOLLOWING WORKING UNITS: Thermal Cutting and Surfacing Prof. Veli Kujanpää (Finland) was re-elected Chair for a new term. Arc Welding and Filler Metals Prof. Dr. Arun Bhaduri (India) was elected Vice-Chair.

Commission I

Commission II

Resistance Welding, Solid State Welding and Allied joining Processes Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jorge dos Santos (Germany) was elected Chair. Power Beam Processes Prof. Herbert Staufer (Austria) was elected Chair. Health, Safety and Environment med. Priv.-Doz. Wolfgang Zschiesche (Germany) was nominated as acting Chair until elections in 2015. John Petkovsek (United States) was elected Vice-Chair. Behaviour of Materials Subjected to Welding Prof. Madeleine Du Toit (Australia) was elected Chair. Assoc. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Norbert Enzinger (Austria) was elected Chair of Sub-Commission C-IX-L (Low Alloy Steel Welds). Dr. María-Asunción Valiente Bermejo (Spain) was elected Chair of Sub-Commission C-IX-H (Weldability of Stainless Steels and Nickel-base Alloys). Prof. Christof Sommitsch (Austria) was elected Chair of Working Group Mathematical Modelling of Weld Phenomena. Fatigue of Welded Components and Structures Prof. Kenneth A. MacDonald (Norway) was nominated asacting Chair until elections in 2015. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zuheir Barsoum (Sweden) was elected Vice-Chair. Select Committee Automotive and Road Transport Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Rethmeier (Germany) was re-elected Chair for a third term.

Commission III

Commission IV

Commission VIII

Commission IX

Commission XIII

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