First announcement EUROCORR 2006 – reliability management of technical systems

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(2005), "First announcement EUROCORR 2006 – reliability management of technical systems", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 52 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/acmm.2005.12852fac.002

First announcement EUROCORR 2006 – reliability management of technical systems

First announcement EUROCORR 2006 – reliability management of technical systems

Keywords: Conferences, Corrosion, Europe

In the year 2006 the NCC celebrates her 50th anniversary. That the NCC has been granted the opportunity to organise EUROCORR 2006 is an excellent opportunity to highlight this special occasion. As all specialists are aware, EUROCORR is by far the most important event in Europe on the subject of corrosion and protection. It is both a meeting place for specialists as well as it is the breeding ground for new research. The NCC will add a new perspective and will also focus on the managerial perspective of corrosion. Therefore, the NCC will broaden the horizon of corrosion specialists in the year 2006 by introducing the multidisciplinary view of corrosion subjects and focussing on the “Reliability management of technical systems”. The hot topic of 2006 will be “Corrosion of Polymer Materials”. The NCC will provide the possibility of participating in short courses. Meetings of the EFC Working Parties will take place in parallel with the sessions of oral and poster presentations. We invite you to come to the Netherlands and celebrate our 50th anniversary with us. And we do hope that you will participate both in the congress and in the technical exhibition.

Scientific topics

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  Degradation of polymer materials.

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  Integrity of industrial sites.

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  Durability of buildings and constructions as a technical system.

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  Materials selection in energy production.

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  Session dedicated to the IOP surface technology.

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  Lightweight constructions, the NCC aims to launch this as a new working party.

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  Risk-based maintenance.

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  Asset management control (as a tool to improve design).

Exhibition

There will be a technical exhibition. This exhibition will ensure contacts and the exchange of information between manufacturers and users of materials, instruments, software and publications. Interested exhibitors should contact the Congress Secretariat for specific information.

Location

Maastricht's vibrant history and its situation at a crossroad of European cultures, languages and trade routes lend it a unique charm and international flavour. Dutch visitors to this most ancient, most European and most southerly city of the Netherlands find Maastricht so “un-Dutch” that they feel as if they are abroad, while foreign visitors tend to feel perfectly at home in its international atmosphere.

The saying that many roads lead to Maastricht is due to the fact that year after year it is one of the top three conference cities in the country. Nestling where the borders of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany meet, Maastricht is an undoubted beneficiary of the European integration process. The Euroregion surrounding Maastricht lies in the centre of North-western Europe and is an area of great scientific, technological and industrial potential, with a modern infrastructure, an internationally oriented multilingual population, a high standard of living and many cultural and recreational facilities.

The congress centre MECC is located on the east side of the river Meuse in the Randwijck district, Maastricht's dynamic new economic centre. Excellent motorway and railway links and close proximity to Maastricht Aachen Airport make it easy to reach.

Social programme

A social programme will be organised for the registered participants and company. The programme will at least include a welcome reception and a congress dinner. And of course the NCC will make sure that a variety of sightseeing tours will be available.

Congress secretariat

EUROCORR 2006

p/a NCC att. Dr. ir. G.H. Nijhof, Chairman International Organising Committee.

Post box 190; 2700 AD Zoetermeer; The Netherlands. Tel: +31-79-3531411; fax: +31-79-3531365; e-mail: ncc@fme.nl; web site: www.corrosiecentrum.nl/eurocorr2006