IIW History 1990-2015

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IIW Milestones 1990-2015 Highlighting in chronological order significant events and achievements in the history of IIW within this time period, including the terms of office of IIW Presidents and appointments within the IIW Secretariats. 1990 Incoming IIW President, Dr Norman Eaton (Canada), gave inaugural speech Vision for 2000 . First ISO standard published by IIW as an ISO international standardising body. Mr Philip Boyd retired as IIW Secretary General after 22 years of service and replaced by Mr John Hicks. First industrial exhibition held at an IIWAnnual Assembly, Montreal, Canada. Introduction of computerised database as the first step towards electronic document management. 1991 Vienna Agreement signed and a meeting held between ISO, CEN and IIW to set up a tripartite agreement. Cooperation agreement signed with Woodhead Publishing for re-design and e-publishing of IIW books. 1992 First meeting of the IIWAsia-Pacific Region held in Darwin, Australia. Final report of the IIW Working Group (WG) Strategic Planning presented by Dr Guilio Costa (Italy) at the IIWAnnual Assembly in Madrid. The IIWGranjon Prize (3 categories A, B and C) awarded for the first time to Mr Alfredsson (Sweden), Mr Wangen Lin (USA) and Dr Xian (China). IIW Commission XIV formed WG 13 to progress the implementation of an IIW global harmonised education, training, qualification and certification scheme.

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