Partnerships with other international organizations

- Eric Granryd, President of the General Conference, and Didier Coulomb attended the ASHRAE Winter Meeting in January 2006, and highlighted the role of the IIR and the need for cooperation on environmental issues. They also met with the US National Committee for the IIR. - Didier Coulomb went to South Korea in March 2006 and signed a partnership agreement with the Korea Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Industry Association (KRAIA). He also met with the Society of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineers of Korea (SAREK) and the Korean National Committee for the IIR. http://www.ref.or.kr http://kmu.kookmin.ac.kr/~sarek - Eric Granryd, Henk van der Ree and Didier Coulomb signed a partnership agreement with the Associazione Italiana Condizionamento dell'Aria Riscaldamento Refrigerazione (AICARR), on April 3, 2006. The Italian National Committee for the IIR has also been set up. www.aicarr.it The photo shows Didier Coulomb and Wankeun Lee, Chairman of KRAIA