Having duly considered the restrictions associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic, IIW decided to cancel the Annual Assembly and International Conference initially planned in SIngapore in 2020 and to run the first on-line IIW Annual Assembly. In 2021, restrictions to international travel required the cancellation of the event in Genoa and brought to the second online Annual Assembly.

IIW well succeeded in managing its technical and scientific activities through a virtual working environment which allowed all the groups to meet, discuss, recommend and develop deliverables as usual. In 2021, IIW was also able to hold the International Conference as usual and run virtual social events.

In 2022, the event was held in Tokyo in a Hybrid form, as Japan still was not fully open to any international traveller. Thanks to the great efforts of the organisers, the Japanese Welding Engineering Society (JWES), the event was run smoothly with great interaction between live and on-line participants.

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