Actualités de l'IIF

International events: IIR statutory meetings

The Management Committee of the IIR met on February 1, 2008 in Paris, France. There was also a Publications Sub-Committee meeting and a restricted Science and Technology Council meeting on January 31 and February 1, 2008. A group also met in order...

• Date de publication : 13/05/2008

International events: ASHRAE

ASHRAE's Winter Meeting took place in New York, United States, on January 19-23, 2008. There was, as usual, a big conference and a big exhibition on heating, refrigeration and air conditioning. A meeting of the Society Alliances was held on...

• Date de publication : 13/05/2008

International events: HCFCs

A national conference on HCFCs took place in Algiers, Algeria, on March 18, 2008, organized by Mr Ahmed Chikouche, Delegate of Algeria to the IIR, in order to raise the awareness of decision-makers and to discuss HCFC replacement solutions in...

• Date de publication : 13/05/2008

International events: European Central Asia

The European Central Asia network of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) held its 7th annual meeting in Tirana, Albania. It was focused on the phase-out of CFCs in Metered-Dose Inhalants (MDIs) and the replacement of HCFCs in foams and...

• Date de publication : 13/05/2008

International events: Chillventa 2008

Chillventa 2008 will be held in Nuremberg, Germany, on October 15- 17, 2008. Mark this date in your diary and find out more: www.chillventa.de/en The IIR will be exhibiting on DKV's stand,...

• Date de publication : 13/05/2008

International events: Interclima

Interclima took place on February 5-8, 2008. The IIR and the French Refrigeration Association (AFF) ran stands and launched Refrigeration Year. Appropriately, a 100-year-old ice machine, La Rapide, was demonstrated by its owner, Mr Alain Guyard,...

• Date de publication : 13/05/2008

Conference update: Copenhagen

Don't miss the 8th IIR-Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Working Fluids (GL2008), the event in this field, to be held on September 7-10, 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark. With over 150 abstracts received, this will be a milestone event. Find out...

• Date de publication : 13/05/2008

Conference update: Melbourne

IIR 2008 - HVAC Energy Efficiency Best Practice Conference will be held in Melbourne on September 18-19, 2008. This cutting-edge event will cover solar air conditioning and heating of buildings, comfort and indoor environmental quality in energy...

• Date de publication : 13/05/2008

Conference update: Xi’an

The IIR-co-sponsored 6th International Conference on Compressors and Refrigeration, ICCR2008, will take place in Xi'an, China, on September 25-28, 2008. Find out more and register:

• Date de publication : 13/05/2008

Conference update: Poznan

Design and operation of environmentally friendly refrigeration and AC systems, an IIR-co-sponsored event, will take place in Poznan, Poland, on October 15-17, 2008. Present a paper and register:

• Date de publication : 13/05/2008

Conference update: Singapore

The 1st IIR Cold Chain Conference will take place in Singapore on April 27-29, 2009. Keep updated: brendan@airah.org.au, www.airah.org.au

• Date de publication : 13/05/2008

The IJR is 30!

The IJR is celebrating its 30th birthday! The first issue was published on May 1, 1978. In his first Editorial, the first Editor-in-Chief, Professor G. G. Haselden, University of Leeds, UK, spoke about the spirit, concept, and aims of the new...

• Date de publication : 13/05/2008

New IIR members

The IIR welcomes the following new members : Corporate members Frigor Service Réunion, Saint Pierre, Ile de la Réunion Veolia Environnement, Limay, France Private members Mr Jean-Pierre Bernard, France Mr Leonilton Tomaz Cleto,...

• Date de publication : 13/05/2008

Corporate members: news

- During the IIAR's 2008 Ammonia Refrigeration and Conference, the first fundraising event, a golf tournament, was held in order to launch Ammonia Refrigeration Foundation actions. The recently formed foundation will promote charitable,...

• Date de publication : 13/05/2008

Editorial de Didier Coulomb

L'Institut International du Froid (l'IIF) a 100 ans. De nombreux événements ont été programmés dans les différents pays membres de l'IIF. Ils sont décrits dans le « Focus » de ce numéro et notre Newsletter se fera l'écho tout au long de l'année...

• Date de publication : 13/05/2008

Conference update: Ohrid

The next conference in a series of leading-edge IIR events on ammonia is to be held in Ohrid, Macedonia, on May 7-9, 2009: Ammonia Refrigeration Technology.ristoci@ukim.edu.mk,

• Date de publication : 17/04/2008

UN Climate Change Conference in Bali

- The 13th United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change, which was also the 3rd meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, took place in Bali, Indonesia, on December 3-14, 2007. More than 10 000 persons attended this event which...

• Date de publication : 15/02/2008

Editorial de Didier Coulomb

L'Institut International du Froid, comme plusieurs associations nationales du froid, a été créé en 1908. L'année marque donc notre centenaire et a été baptisée "Année du Froid". 2008 est une année exceptionnelle de notre histoire, où doivent être...

• Date de publication : 12/02/2008

International events: Strasbourg

New Ventures in Freeze-Drying, an IIR conference organized by Aérial, was held in Strasbourg, France, on November 7-9, 2007. Thirty-five participants from 11 countries seized this rare opportunity to exchange knowledge and examine the state of the...

• Date de publication : 12/02/2008

International events: Brussels

The Executive Committee meeting of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Heat Pump Programme took place in Brussels, Belgium on November 15-16, 2007. It was preceded by a seminar and a workshop. The Director of the IIR attended the Executive...

• Date de publication : 12/02/2008

International events: Moscow

The 6th Cryogen-Expo took place in Moscow on November 13-16, 2007. Fifty-nine exhibitors from 10 countries took part, and a conference on Cryogenic Technologies and Equipment and Prospects of Development was staged on November 14-15. The IIR ran a...

• Date de publication : 12/02/2008

Conference update: Amsterdam

- The IIR co-sponsored 11th European Cold Chain Education Program, an IIR-co-sponsored event, will be held in Amsterdam on February 25-26, 2008. The theme is "Back to basics: safe, efficient and profitable cold storage and distribution". The event...

• Date de publication : 12/02/2008

Conference update: Copenhagen

Don't miss the 8th IIR-Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Working Fluids (GL2008), the event in this field, to be held on September 7-10, 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Key dates: abstract submissions by February 15, 2008; paper submittal: May...

• Date de publication : 12/02/2008

Conference update: Shanghai

The 4th International Conference on Cryogenics - ICCR'2008 will be held in Shanghai, China on April 6-9, 2008. Contact: zhangp@sjtu.edu.cn

• Date de publication : 12/02/2008

Conference update: Prague

Cryogenics 2008, to be held in Prague on April 22-25, 2008, will cover liquid helium and hydrogen technology, superconductivity, separation of air, natural gas and other cryogenic gases, liquefaction, storage and transport and application of low...

• Date de publication : 12/02/2008