IIW History 1990-2015

Young Professionals enjoying networking at the IIW Annual Assembly, Helsinki 2015

FOUNDATIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL COMMUNICATION as President 2005-2008 together with co-editor Dr-Ing. Mustafa Koçak (Turkey). The 165-page WhiP described strategic challenges and agendas for welding industries, personnel, scientists and end- users through the next 10 years to 2021. The WhiP was meant to inspire those across a broad spectrum of the welding community rather than provide a comprehensive coverage of all things associated with welding and its allied processes. 40 More importantly, the aim of the WhiP was to enhance the image of welding to attract new markets and member nations to the IIW network, including industries and government agencies, and to enlighten them further on the importance of welding as a technology. 41 By the end of 2015 approximately 30 000 hits were received on IIW’s website for the White Paper . are also in great demand by the welding industry. The highly effective communication networks that are now part of the Institute’s framework enable this to take place and are testament to the planning and endeavours of the many people who are part of the IIW. From another point of view, the IIW White Paper (WhiP) was a speciality communication document published in 2012 through the assistance of a number of Member Societies which provided financial support for the project. It was another means of stimulating interest in the development of a vision for a sustainable future by the members of IIW. It received immediate acclaim from the membership and much of the material contained in the document was provided by 79 IIW experts from around the world. 39 The concept for the paper came from Mr Chris Smallbone (Australia) during his term of office Mustafa Koçak