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LINKING PEOPLE, JOINING NATIONS
HEINZ SOSSENHEIMER AWARD – Sponsored by the German Delegation
Open to modelling and simulation software documents which cover any aspect of joining
and allied processes and which significantly contribute to the improvement of both the
quality and safety of joining, cutting or surfacing operations.
HENRY GRANJON PRIZE – Sponsored by the Institut de Soudure (France)
Outstanding papers devoted to research into welding and related technologies authored by
younger members of the welding community.
CATEGORY A – Joining and Fabrication Technology
CATEGORY B – Materials Behaviour and Weldability
CATEGORY C – Design and Structural Integrity
CATEGORY D – Human Related Subjects
WELDING IN THE WORLD
BEST PAPER AWARD – Sponsored by the IIW
The best industrial, research or academic paper published in Welding in the World in the
calendar year prior to the award.
K. EASTERLING AWARD
Given at the IIW
International Seminar Numerical Analysis of Weldability
for a paper
describing the best contribution made over the two preceding years on the advancement of
knowledge or practice in respect of mathematical modelling of weld phenomena.
Honorary Lectures
THOMAS MEDAL – Sponsored by the American Welding Society
Awarded to an eminent person, with significant involvement in IIW/ISO international
standards activities, who can deliver an AWS lecture illustrating the incorporation of global
studies into the standardisation of welding technology.
HOUDREMONT LECTURE
Keynote lecture at alternate IIW International Conferences held in association with Annual
Assemblies and given by a distinguished person who demonstrates considerable knowledge
within the theme of the conference and has been working and publishing in that field.
PORTEVIN LECTURE
Keynote lecture at alternate IIW International Conferences held in association with Annual
Assemblies and given by a distinguished person who demonstrates considerable knowledge
within the theme of the conference and has been working and publishing in that field.
JAEGER LECTURE
Opening address at an IIW International Congress which elaborates on the theme of that
Congress and references the achievements, challenges and potentials for the welding
industry as a whole in the region where the Congress is held. Presented by an eminent and
experienced person from local industry, academia or government in the host country or
Congress region.