Forty-seventh General Assembly
The Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center held a conference in Innsbruck, Austria, from October 15th to 17th 2006, including the Forty-seventh General Assembly of the members.
Technical sessions took place on October 16th and 17th - see abstracts below.
A splendid gala dinner, hosted by Plansee SE and the T.I.C., was held in the Riesensaal of the Imperial Palace of Innsbruck for all the delegates and guests and their ladies. Musical entertainment played by a string quartet was most appropriate to Mozart year and the historic and elegant setting.
The programme was completed by a Reception at the Hilton Hotel, where the meeting sessions took place and the delegates were warmly welcomed and comfortably accommodated, and by sightseeing tours.
General Assembly
Eight companies were elected as new members of the association, bringing the total membership to 96.
Dr Axel Hoppe was elected as President of the T.I.C. for the coming year, succeeding Mr William Millman who had served for two years. Mr Richard Burt and Mr Lawrence Stryker were elected to the Executive Committee, and Mr Jose Isildo de Vargas, Mr He Jilin, Mr Michael Herzfeld, Mr William Millman, Mr David Reynolds and Mr William Young were re-elected to a further term of office.
