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IMRP 2024 Date and Location Confirmed

IMRP2024 is now confirmed as 4-8 November 2024 in Costa Rica. The iia will provide further details shortly, in the meantime please save the date....

The iia is pleased to announce the formation of its Technical Advisory Group! The iia Technical Advisory Group (TAG) has been formed by the iia to strengthen the connection between the iia and its membership. The primary roles of TAG will be to provide guidance and...

The IAEA initiated a technical cooperation project for Latin America and the Caribbean (RLA1021) in 2022. The main objective of this project is to strengthen the competitiveness of regional agro-industrial economies. It is believed that irradiation technologies for phytosanitary purposes, can be used to minimize...

The iia is pleased to announce that Riaz Bandali has been appointed to the board of the International Irradiation Association.  Riaz is currently the President of Nordion (Canada) Inc. and member of the Sotera Health Executive Committee.  Prior to joining Nordion, Riaz served as the President &...

The iia is evolving as senior members of the management team retire and new members join iia. This communication explains the changes that are taking place and how iia is expanding and strengthening its operational capabilities and focus. These changes will ensure that iia will...

On 27th June 2023 Nordion (a Sotera Health company) held their webinar ‘Cobalt-60: Investing for the Future of Gamma Sterilization’.  Nordion's Richard Wiens, Director of Business Development & Strategic Supply, discussed the global supply chain and efforts to expand Cobalt-60 production. The webinar opened with an introduction to...

The first stage of the Program was 5 webinars broadcast in March and April on the science, technology and applications of the irradiation industry. These were given by leading experts in the field, Dagmara Chmielewska-Śmietanko  Xavier Coqueret, Samuel Dorey and Yves Henon. Typically, these webinars...

The 4th edition of the Scientific Platforms Day (Journée des Plateformes Scientifiques - JPSI) organized by our member the Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN) will focus on the Irradiation Platforms of the Gamma Community. The event will be held in November 2023...

The iia is pleased to announce the publication of its review of the 20thInternational Meeting on Radiation Processing (IMRP20).  The highly successful IMRP20 was hosted by iia in Bangkok during November 2022 and included an innovative program of presentations and panel discussions, Laureate and poster...

The iia is looking to appoint a home-based General Manager who can co-ordinate and lead the varied initiatives of the Association. The International Irradiation Association is an international not-for-profit trade association that supports the interests of the irradiation community and its key markets that include healthcare, phytosanitary treatments, polymer...

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