IRPA International Congress

Executive Council
The Association shall hold an IRPA Congress at intervals of about three years at such time and place as may be designated by the General Assembly. The primary purpose of the IRPA Congress is to provide a means whereby the members may discuss their professional experiences, exchange ideas, and acquaint themselves with the scientific and technical problems of their international colleagues.

An IRPA Congress may be held in any country, and one Society alone, or two or more together, may assume responsibility for hosting the Congress. Offers extended to the General Assembly to host the next IRPA Congress shall fullfil the Guidelines on the organization of an International IRPA Congress.

International Congress Programme Committee
This Committee is responsible for the scientific and technical programme of an IRPA Congress within the framework formulated by the International Congress Organising Committee, but is directly responsible in its work to the Executive Council. The chairman shall have both a high international reputation for scientific ability in radiation protection and organisational ability; he shall not be a member of the host society or societies, but shall be appointed by the President from a list of nominees proposed by the host society or societies.

The members of the committee shall include a secretary who is a member of the host society or societies, and after the names of the members have been agreed with the President and the chairman of the committee, they shall be appointed by the Vice-President for Congress Affairs. The Vice- President for Congress Affairs shall be an ex officio member of this Committee.

International Congress Programme Committee IRPA 11
Chairperson Annie Sugier France
Scientific Secretary Eduardo Gallego Spain
Chairperson Assistant Jacques Lombard France
IRPA Vice President for Congress Affairs Leopoldo Arranz Spain
Members Rudolf Alexakhin Russia
André Bouville USA
Elisabeth Cardis France
Robert Corbett United Kingdom
Renate Czarwinski Germany
Antonio Delgado Spain
Frances Fry United Kingdom
Norman Gentner Austria
Abel Gonzalez Austria
Lars-Erik Holm Sweden
Jun-Ichiro Ishida Japan
Rick Jones USA
Stephen Kaiser Luxembourg
Ken Kase USA
Ted Lazo France
Jocelyne Leal Spain
Ignacio Lequerica Spain
couleur Sigurdur Magnusson Iceland
Ches Mason Australia
Alastair McKinlay United Kingdom
Shengli Niu Switzerland
Antonio Oliveira Argentina
Xavier Ortega Spain
Herwig G. Paretzke Germany
Geetha Sadagopan Austria
Diederik Teunen Belgium
Eliseo Vano Spain
Bert Winkler South Africa

International Congress Organizing Committee
This committee, in consultation with the President, is responsible for making arrangements for an IRPA Congress, and its chairman shall be the Vice -President for Congress Affairs, who shall seek nominations for membership of this committee from the host society or societies, shall consult the President, and when agreement is reached on the membership shall appoint the members of the committee. Decisions of the committee shall be by simple majority of the members present and voting unless the committee itself determines otherwise. It is the responsibility of the Vice-President for Congress Affairs to review the Committee's work periodically and to report on it to the Executive Council.

International Congress Organizing Committee - IRPA 11
Chairperson Leopoldo Arranz Spanish Society of Radiological Protection
General Secretary David Cancio Spanish Society of Radiological Protection
Treasurer Maria Teresa Ortiz Spanish Society of Radiological Protection
ICPC Scientific Secretary Eduardo Gallego Spanish Society of Radiological Protection
Support Programme Secretary Patricio O'Donnell Spanish Society of Radiological Protection
Institutional Relations Pedro Carboneras Spanish Society of Radiological Protection
Financial Adviser Pío Carmena Spanish Society of Radiological Protection
Web Page Co-ordinator Antonio Delgado Spanish Society of Radiological Protection
Technical Exhibition Marisa España Spanish Society of Radiological Protection
Institutional Relations Eugenio Gil Spanish Society of Radiological Protection
Scientific Societies Relations Rafael Ruiz Spanish Society of Radiological Protection

Last update: Tuesday, February 4, 2003