Ragnar Wighus, President of the International Water Mist Association (IWMA), has announced that the 17th International Water Mist Conference (IWMC) will take place in Rome, Italy, on 20th and 21st September 2017.
During the previous two days, 100 attendees from as far as Australia, Japan and the United States attended IWMC2016 in Vienna, Austria. Member of the IWMA Board Luciano Nigro conducted a panel discussion on the quality of the systems. Conclusion: “Water mist systems are ready for the market, although some optimization is still necessary.”
In all, 20 speakers from ten countries updated the audience. Joachim Böke, MinimaxViking and chairman of CEN/TC 191/ WG10, elaborated on the European standardization work and the progress of EN 14972.
Angel Abbud-Madrid (Colorado School of Mines) talked about the water mist portable fire extinguishers which his team had developed together with ADA technologies for the International Space Station (ISS).
On day two, IWMA president Ragnar Wighus presented Daniel A. Martin with the “IWMA Award for Young Talents / Master”.
“This year’s event was really packed with many, many highlights”, concludes Bettina McDowell, IWMA general manager.
For more information, go to www.iwma.net
