Rubber Science & Technology : The International Rubber Conference Organisation (IRCO) is an association of rubber societies around the world which plan the calendar for the main international rubber conferences. By careful selection of conference proposals and monitoring of events, the IRCO ensures that all conferences run by its member societies meet the very demanding requirements dictated by the IRCO and thus provide delegates with first-class conferences.
A main IRCO conference is held annually, as shown below. In 2009 the IRCO Committee decided to re-introduce the RubberCon series, starting in 2011. This series provides for smaller, more specialised events, but still adhering to the high IRCO standards.
Members of IRCO
- AUSTRALIA: Australasian Plastics and Rubber Institute
www.apri.org.au - irco@apri.org.au - BRAZIL: ABTB (Associação Brasileira de Tecnologia da Borracha)
www.abtb.com.br - abtb@abtb.com.br - CHINA: The Beijing Research & Design Institute of Rubber Industry
rubber_ciesc@126.com - CZECH REPUBLIC: Rubber Division, Czech Society of Industrial Chemistry
antonin.kuta@vscht.cz - FINLAND: The Finnish Association of Rubber Technology
www.sky-fgf.com - teemoja@gmail.com - FRANCE: Association Française des Ingénieurs et Cadres du Caoutchouc et des Polymères (AFICEP)
www.aficep.com - info@aficep.com - GERMANY: Deutsche Kautschuk-Gesellschaft e.v.
www.dkg-rubber.de - info@dkg-rubber.de - INDIA: Indian Rubber Institute
www.iri.net.in - samar@pukhrajzincolet.com - JAPAN: The Society of Rubber Science and Technology, Japan
www.srij.or.jp - office@srij.or.jp - KOREA: The Rubber Society of Korea
www.rubber.or.kr - elastomer@rubber.or.kr - MALAYSIA: Plastics and Rubber Institute Malaysia (PRIM)
prim.org.my - primy@prim.org.my - NETHERLANDS: Vereniging van Kunstoff en Rubbertechnologen (VKRT)
www.vkrt.org - administration@vkrt.org - NORWAY: The Norwegian Institution of Rubber Technology
gummiforeningen.no - grethe.hartviksen@viposolutions.com - RUSSIA: NIIEMI Ltd
www.niiemi.com - mail@niiemi.com - SLOVAK REPUBLIC: Slovak Rubber Association
ivan.hudec@stuba.sk - SWEDEN: The Swedish Institution of Rubber Technology (SGF)
www.sgf.se - lars.petren@wacker.com - THAILAND: The Polymer Society of Thailand
www.thaipolymersociety.org - tps@thaipolymersociety.org - TURKEY: Kauçuk Dernegi
www.rubberassociation.org - info@kaucuk.org.tr - UNITED KINGDOM: The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
www.iom3.org/group/elastomer-group.html - j.busfield@qmul.ac.uk - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Rubber Division, American Chemical Society
www.rubber.org - jmlongrc@neo.rr.com - lb@rubber.org
SECRETARIAT OF IRCO
Dr Matthew Thornton - Secretary-General
E-mail: irco@iom3.org
The International Rubber Conference Organisation
c/o The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining,
297 Euston Road
London, NW1 3AQ, United Kingdom