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IIR at COP29 in Baku: Week 1 in review
The first week of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, brought together global leaders, scientists, and industry stakeholders to tackle pressing climate issues. Among the key participants, the...
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Editorial by Didier Coulomb
2006 was an important year for the IIR: the first phase in the updating of the Fridoc database, launching of the e-Bulletin, publication of a course, Refrigeration Fundamentals, the Red Book on frozen foods, a Bibliography on CO2, two Informatory...
Statutory meetings
The Publications Sub-Committee, the restricted Science and Technology Council and the Management Committee held their meetings in Paris, on December 7-8, 2006. The main issues discussed were progress in the renovation of the Fridoc database, the...
International activities: ACRA2006
ACRA2006, an IIR-co-sponsored conference organized by SAREK, was held in Gyeongju, Korea on May 21-23, 2006. Around 300 participants from 9 countries attended and 187 papers were presented. Profs. K. Watanabe, Liansheng Li and Tae Ho Song gave...
International activities: Transfrigoroute
Transfrigoroute International (TI) held its annual meeting in Marrakech (Morocco) on October 26-27, 2006. Didier Coulomb attended the meeting and the IIR-TI liaison Committee meeting. Several issues were discussed, particularly energy labelling in...
International activities: IEA-HPP
A meeting of the International Energy Agency-Heat Pump Programme-IIR Liaison Committee took place in Paris on November 6, 2006 and the annual meeting of the Programme took place in Hanover on November 9-10, 2006. Henk van der Ree and Hermann...
Upcoming IIR events: ICR2007
22nd IIR International Congress of Refrigeration (ICR2007): Refrigeration Creates the Future will take place on August 21-26, 2007 in Beijing, China. Keep updated and register:www.icr2007.org
Upcoming IIR events: Portoroz
The 2nd IIR International Conference on Magnetic Refrigeration at Room Temperature will take place on April 11-13, 2007 in Portoroz, Slovenia. Register: www.thermag2007.si Alojz Poredos
Upcoming IIR events: Ohrid
Ammonia Refrigeration Technology for Today and Tomorrow, the second IIR event in this series, will be held on April 19-21, 2007 in Ohrid, Macedonia (FYROM). Register:
Upcoming IIR events: Barcelona
LNG 15 - Liquefied Natural Gas, a conference co-organized by the IIR, will take place on April 24-27, 2007 in Barcelona, Spain. The IIR will be running a stand and giving out its Informatory Note on LNG:
Upcoming IIR events: Strasbourg
Interested in freeze-drying? Here is a rare opportunity to become updated on the state of the art: New Ventures in Freeze-drying, an IIR conference, will take place in Strasbourg, France on November 7-9, 2007. Call for papers, registration and...
Red Book on sale!
The Red Book (Recommendations for the Processing and Handling of Frozen Foods) is one of the IIR's reference publications and one of its best sellers. The 4th edition - prepared by Mr Leif Bøgh-Sørensen and several international experts - presents...
Briefs: IKK 2006
The 27th International Trade Fair for Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Ventilation, took place in Nuremberg on October 18-20, 2006 and attracted record numbers of visitors (29 124) and exhibitors (893). For the fourth year running the IIR was...
22nd IIR International Congress of Refrigeration (ICR2007): Refrigeration Creates the Future will take place on August 21- 26, 2007 in Beijing, China. Keep updated and register:www.icr2007.org
The 2nd IIR International Conference on Magnetic Refrigeration at Room Temperature will take place on April 11- 13, 2007 in Portoroz, Slovenia. Present a paper and register:
Ammonia Refrigeration Technology for Today and Tomorrow, the second IIR event in this series, will be held on April 19-21, 2007 in Ohrid, Macedonia (FYROM). Present a paper and/or register:
Upcoming IIR events: London
The 13th Annual Conference of the IOR: Smaller, Colder, Smarter, an IIR co-sponsored event, will be held in London on November 15, 2006. Check out the programme and register: www.ior.org.uk...
Upcoming IIR events: Belgrade
International Conference on Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning, an IIR-co-sponsored conference, will be held on December 6-8, 2006 in Belgrade, Serbia. Consult the programme:
International activities
The IIR must play a visible role at various international events. As an intergovernmental organization, the IIR will participate in the coming major international events organized by the United Nations: - the 18th Meeting of the Parties (MOP-18)...
New IIR members
The IIR welcomes the following new members: Corporate members - A2 Inc, New York, USA - Grasso Products BV, s'Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands - Hoshizaki Electric Co. Ltd, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan - Parasense Ltd, Gloucester, United Kingdom...
Briefs: Robert Heap
Robert Heap, President of the IIR Science and Technology Council, has won the famous Cooling Industry Gold Award. He was rewarded for his "enormous contribution to the industry's development" thanks to "his work on heat pumps, energy efficiency...
Briefs: Obituary
Dr P. Ole Fanger, Senior Professor at the International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy at the Technical University of Denmark, died on September 18, 2006, at the age of 72. He was considered as the world's leading expert on the effect of...
Energy is one of the main strategic challenges of this century, both in terms of the impact of energy consumption on the environment (greenhouse effect) and above all in terms of the risk of shortages with respect to our society's needs (limited...
Conferences: Prague
CryoPrague brought together Cryogenics (one of a series of IIR conferences), ICEC 21 (International Cryogenic Engineering Conference 21) and the International Cryogenic Material Conference (ICMC 2006) for the first time in July 2006. CryoPrague...
Conferences: Dinan
The 7th IIR Conference on Phase-Change Materials and Slurries for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning took place in Dinan, France, on September 13-15, 2006. Seventy-six participants from 14 countries attended this conference. Presentations dealt...
Conferences: Casta Papiernicka
Compressors 2006, an IIR conference held in Casta Papiernicka on September 27-29, 2006 was as successful as the previous one in 2004: 170 attendees from 17 countries and 50 papers. A meeting of IIR Commissions B1 and B2 was held. Manufacturers and...
