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List of the IFAN Members' Assemblies

1st The Hague (Netherlands), 11-12 March 1975
2nd Vienna (Austria), 22-23 January 1976
3rd London (UK), 16-17 December 1976
4th Dubrovnik (Yugoslavia), 4-5 October 1977
5th Stockholm (Sweden), 4-5 October 1978
6th Paris (France), 21-22 June 1979
7th Berlin (Germany), 27-28 October 1980
8th Oslo (Norway), 24-25 September 1981
9th Zurich (Switzerland), 30 September-1 October 1982
10th Vienna (Austria), 7-8 June 1983
11th Copenhagen (Denmark), 27-28 September 1984
12th The Hague (Netherlands), 10-11 October 1985
13th Philadelphia (USA), 2 October 1986
14th London (UK), 27-28 October 1987
15th Paris (France), 26-27 September 1988
16th Berlin (Germany), 26-27 September 1989
17th Oslo (Norway), 5-6 September 1990
18th Stockholm (Sweden), 11-12 September 1991
19th Strasbourg (France), 23 September 1992
20th Triesenberg/Liechtenstein, 1-2 September 1993
21st Istanbul (Turkey), 3-4 October 1994
22nd Edinburgh (UK), 11 October 1995
23rd Vienna (Austria), 2-3 September 1996
24th Bled (Slovenia), 15-16 October 1997
25th Orlando (Florida, USA), 18-19 November 1998
26th Oslo (Norway), 7-8 September 1999
27th Tel Aviv (Israel), 12-13 September 2000
28th Berlin (Germany), 26 September 2001
29th Thun (Switzerland), 10-11 October 2002
30th Paris (France), 2-3 October 2003
31st Amsterdam (Netherlands), 10 November 2004
32nd By teleconference, 25 October 2005
33rd Beijing (China), 24 October 2006
34th San Francisco (USA), 22-23 August 2007
35th Geneva (Switzerland), 17-18 September 2008
36th Berlin (Germany), 27-28 October 2009

List of the IFAN International Conferences

1st IFAN International Conference "Wirstchaftlichkeit der Normung"
Paris (France), 28-29 April 1974

2nd IFAN International Conference "Normenpraxis"
Berlin (Germany), 11-13 May 1977

3rd IFAN International Conference "Standards – for what? At what price?"
London (UK), 18-19 June 1980

4th IFAN International Conference on the application of standards
Vienna (Austria), 9-10 June 1983

5th IFAN International Conference "Applying the World's Standards"
Philadelphia (PA, USA), 29September-1 October 1986

6th IFAN International Conference "Normenpraxis"
Berlin (Germany), 28-29 September 1989

7th IFAN International Conference "Standards, quality and world markets"
Strasbourg (France), 24-25 September 1992

8th IFAN International Conference "Management Standards for the Effective Business: the Marketing Edge"
Edinburgh (UK), 12-13 October 1995

9th IFAN International Conference "Standards for Global Markets"
Orlando (FL, USA), 16-17 November 1998

10th IFAN International Conference "World Trade and the Standardization"
Berlin (Germany), 27-28 September 2001

11th IFAN International Conference "Standardization-Awareness-Compliance"
Amsterdam (Netherlands), 11-12 November 2004

12th IFAN International Conference "Standards - The Bridge to Global Markets"
San Francisco (USA), 20-21 August 2007

Georges Garel Award

The Georges Garel Award was instituted by IFAN in 1979 in commemoration of its first president Mr. Georges Garel. The award is bestowed upon persons who in the opinion of the IFAN Board have rendered exceptional service to the international community of standards users.

1978 Georges Garel (France)
1980 Robert Feilden (United Kingdom)
1980 Raymond E. Monahan (USA)
1983 Pierre Ailleret (France)
1985 Olle Sturen (Sweden)
1986 George Orton (United Kingdom)
1986 Donald L. Peyton (USA)
1989 Helmut Reihlen (Germany)
1992 Leendert van Rooij (Netherlands)
1995 J.M.L. Gavin (United Kingdom)
2003 Christian Favre (Switzerland)
2003 Gerhard Senk (Germany)
2004 Veit Ghiladi (Germany)
2007 Ziva Patir (Israel)
2007 Jonathan David (United Kingdom)
2009 Evgueni Patrikeev (Russian Federation, Switzerland)

Past IFAN Presidents

1974 - 1978 Georges Garel (France)
1978 - 1981 George Orton (United Kingdom)
1981 - 1984 A. Hense (Netherlands)
1984 - 1987 H.T. Romstad (Norway)
1987 - 1990 Raymond E. Monahan (USA)
1990 - 1993 Herbert Brauchle (Germany)
1993 - 1997 Robert V. Wright (United Kingdom)
1997 - 1998 Donald R. Mackay (USA)
1998 - 2002 Veit Ghiladi (Germany)
2003 - 2008 Neil Reeve (Netherlands)

Past IFAN Vice-Presidents

1974 - 1978 L. van Rooij (Netherlands)
1976 - 1978 George Orton (United Kingdom)
1978 - 1981 H.T. Romstad (Norway)
1978 - 1982 V. Kurelec (Former Yugoslavia)
1981 - 1985 B. Charpentier (France)
1982 - 1986 F. Skaret (Austria)
1985 - 1987 Raymond E. Monahan (USA)
1986 - 1990 Herbert Brauchle (Germany)
1987 - 1991 K.R. Paramesvar (India)
1991 - 1993 T. Worswick (USA)
1990 - 1994 P.-O. Ryd (Sweden)
1993 - 1998 Emil Guthauser (Switzerland)
1997 - 1998 Veit Ghiladi (Germany)
1994 - 1999 Oddvar Christoffersen (Norway)
1999 - 2000 Michael Morrell (USA)
2001 - 2002 Neil Reeve (Netherlands)
2003 - 2004 Raymond Sieffert (France)
2000 - 2005 Ger Aben (Netherlands)
2006 Karlheinz Rosan (Germany)
2006 - 2007 JoAnne Overman (USA)
2007 - 2008 Ross Wraight (Australia)