IIW History 1990-2015

Dorin Dehelean of Romania (right) receiving the inaugural IIW Regional Activities Award from John Burnett, President of the Welding Technology Institute of Australia which sponsors the award

regarding their national capability in implementing IIW education, training, qualification and certification in their respective countries. Besides India’s excellent contribution, the members of SEENet also embraced the concept of a NWC following a successful workshop during the IIW International Congress held in Timi oara in 2015, illustrating the excellent global teamwork developed between IIW and its members with a view to extend this project to the benefit of all developing nations within IIW. International congresses, as a result, are very much a part of IIW and WG-RA’s overall strategy and continued to be an excellent catalyst for people from industry, government, research, education and training to work together and to establish networks to resolve issues and foster relationships throughout many regions. These have included the science and technology

of welding in challenging situations such as: the tropics; the arid deserts of North Africa and the Middle East; the storms of the North Sea; and cyclones off the north west Australian shelf. As an example of tackling challenging environments such as these, IIW and the WG-RA provided typical support for the 1st International Congress on Welding in the Artic hosted by the Canadian Welding Association (CWA), when it was held in Vancouver in late September 2014 to address the issues and challenges of working and welding at sub-zero temperatures. 33 In keeping with this, IIW through the WG-RA

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