IIW History 1990-2015

Dr Baldev Raj (India), IIW President 2011-2014, during one of his Presidential addresses outlined what he believed IIW had achieved regarding communication. It was ‘…transformation of IIW from an historically renowned repository of knowledge into a modern, dynamic network nucleus of information which responds to present day needs’. 42 It is clear, not only from Raj’s words, that the ongoing changes in communication technology over the last 25 years were to herald an even greater change in the future, where a new era of communication technology was about to arrive on the doorstep of IIW!

  1. Boyd, P. D., ‘The Birth of IIW’, Joining Nations – The History of the International Institute of Welding 1947-1990, 1993, ch. 2 p. 16.  2. ibid. ch. 2 p17. 3. Welding in the World, vol. 30, no. 5/6, pp. 145-146 – 1992.  4. Lippold, John, de Meester, Bruno and Böllinghaus, Thomas, ‘Editorial: Welding in the World 50 years’, Welding in the World, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 1-2 – 2013.  5. Minutes, Board of Directors – Villepinte, France – 18/19 January 1998.  6. Minutes, Board of Directors – San Francisco, USA – 19 July 1997– S-75-97.  7. Minutes, Board of Directors – Lisbon, Portugal– 24 July 1999.  8. Lippold, John, de Meester, Bruno and Böllinghaus, Thomas, ‘Editorial: Welding in the World 50 years’, Welding in the World, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 1-2 – 2013.  9. Fauriol, Noëlle ‘IIW Policy on Information Transfer’ – Annual Report 2002 . 10. TG-HIST Documents ‘IIW from 1990 to now’ – 2003 ‘IIWArchives’. 11. Mayer, Cécile – Interview – Melbourne, Australia – 15 July 2016. 12. Minutes, Board of Directors – ‘Report of the IIW Secretariat’ – 14 January 2002 – Board-662r1-09. 13. Weisner, Christoph, ‘TMB Scientific and Technical Activities’ – IIW Annual Report 2009. 14. Mayer, Cécile – TG-HIST Questionnaire – 16 May 2016. 15. TG-HIST Documents ‘IIW from 1990 to now’ – Manuscript ‘President’s 3-year Review’ – 2011. 16. Lippold, John – Interview – Melbourne, Australia – 15 July 2016. 17. Marquis, Gary – ‘TMB Strategic and Technical Activities’ – IIW Annual Report 2009. 18. Lippold, John, de Meester, Bruno and Böllinghaus, Thomas, ‘Editorial: Welding in the World 50 years’, Welding in the World vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 1-2 – 2013 19. Tran, Pierre – ‘Report on Peer Review and Publication of Recommended Papers’ – WG-COM-0325-14. 20. Marquis, Gary – ‘TMB Strategic and Technical Activities’ – IIW Annual Report 2012. 21. ‘Welding in the World’ – IIW Annual Report 2015 pp. 34-35. 22. ibid. 23 . IIW Business Plan 2013-2017- IIW SWOT Analysis p. 10.

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