IIW History 1990-2015

Year Host Country Title of Congress 2012 South Africa 3 rd IIW International Congress: Advancing Science and Technology of Welding in Sub-Saharan Africa, Johannesburg 2011 Australia Asia-Pacific IIW International Congress: Improving quality of life Through Welding, Cairns 2011 Turkey IIW International Congress: Advances in Welding Science and Technology for Construction, Energy and Transportation Systems, Antalya

2 nd South East European IIW International Congress: Welding – HIGH-TECH Technology in 21st Century, Sofia 2 nd IIW International Congress: Welding and Related Techniques, Hammament 2 nd South East Asia IIW International Congress: Technology- Education-Quality Management, Bangkok

2010 Bulgaria

2010 Tunisia

2010 Thailand

2 nd IIW International Congress: Welding for Water Technologies, Tel Aviv

2010 Israel

4 th IIW International Congress, Tehran

2009 Iran

1 st Central European IIW International Congress: Progressive Structural Materials and their Joining Technologies, High Tatras 1 st West African IIW International Congress, Abuja

2009 Slovakia

2009 Nigeria 2008 P.R. China

Asia-Pacific IIW International Congress ‘Change, Chance and Challenge in Welding Technology’, Tianjin 2 nd Latin American IIW International Congress, Sao Paulo 2 nd IIW International Congress: Technological and Material Challenges in Welding, Fabrication and Inspection, Chennai 1 st South East Asia IIW International Congress: Welding in South-East Asia: A Challenge for the Future, Bangkok 1 st South-East European IIW International Congress: Welding and joining technologies for a sustainable development and environment, Timi oara Asia-Pacific IIW International Congress, Sydney

2008 Brazil 2008 India

2007 Australia 2006 Thailand

2006 Romania

2006 South Africa 2 nd IIW International Congress: Welding and Related Inspection Technologies for the Development of Southern Africa, Cape Town 2005 India 1 st IIW International Congress: Frontiers of Welding Science and Technology, Mumbai

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