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also provided support to the Brazilian Welding Association when it covered the more conventional aspects of welding and allied processes at the 1st IIW Pan-American International Welding Congress in São Paulo in October 2014. 34 IIW International Congresses, therefore, were undergoing a subtle change, not only engaging with developing countries, but also in sharing the solutions and the best means of meeting the challenges that emerging nations continually faced in the development of their natural resources and infrastructure.

Petar Darjanov (left) and Vencislav Grabulov, IIW Annual Assembly, Essen, 2013

In the acknowledgement of the contributions made by many individuals who have dedicated time and effort in the furtherance of regional activities, the WTIA sponsored an IIW Regional Activities Award in recognition of Smallbone’s meritorious contribution to IIW and regional activities over 40 years. The inaugural winner of this award at the IIW Annual Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, in July 2014 was Prof. Dr-Ing. Dorin Dehelean of Romania for his outstanding work in the SE European region. 35 It was an award well-earned and justification of IIW’s outstanding efforts to improve the global quality of life for all developing regions throughout the world.

  1. Smallbone, Chris and Koçak, Mustafa eds – IIW White Paper – Improving the Global Quality of Life Through Optimum Use and Innovation of Welding and Joining technologies – 2012.  2. Boyd, P. D., ‘International Conferences and Regional Development’, Joining Nations – A History of the International Institute of Welding 1947-1990, ch. 8, p.57 – 1993.  3. Smallbone, Chris – Communication – 7 November 2016.  4. Granjon, Henry, ‘40 years with IIW’, Welding in the World, vol. 26, no. 3/4, pp. 40-56 – 1988.  5. Hicks, J. G., ‘Editorial’, Welding in the World , vol. 33, no.1, p. 2 – 1994.  6. Visit Report – UNIDO, Vienna International Centre – 24 January 1994.  7. Letter from UNIDO to the Secretary General of IIW, John Hicks – 20 September 1994.  8. Smallbone, Chris – Request for proposal by UNIDO to initiate a project aimed at the upliftment of welding technology in selected countries – SG-1644-94.  9. Cenni, Mario Augustino, ‘Editorial’, Welding in the World , vol. 9, pp. 158-159 – 1991. 10. Meeting, Executive Council– Chicago, USA – 23 April 1996 – Doc S-16-96.

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