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International Rubber Conference Organisation

The International Rubber Conference Organisation (IRCO) is an association of rubber societies around the world which plans the calendar for the main international rubber conferences. By careful selection of conference proposals and monitoring of events, the IRCO ensures that all conferences run by its member societies meet the very demanding requirements dictated by the IRCO and thus provide delegates with first-class conferences. The International Rubber Conference Organisation (IRCO)
comprises of eighteen member countries worldwide with its Secretariat at the Institute of Materials, London, U.K. The current members of IRCO are Australia, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, U.K. and USA. The IRCO organizes a conference every year in different member countries.
As shown below, a main IRCO conference held annually. In 2009 the IRCO Committee decided to re-introduce the RubberCon series, starting in 2011. This series provides for smaller, more specialised events, but still adhering to the high IRCO standards. IRC and RubberCon are being held alternately in Northern and Southern hemisphere every year.

Forthcoming IRC’s
Event Venue Date Contact
IRC 2016 Kitakyushu,
Japan
24-28
October
The Society of Rubber Science and
Technology, Japan
IRC 2017 Cleveland,
Ohio, USA
10-13
October
Rubber Division, American Chemical
Society
IRC 2018 Kuala
Lumpur,
Malaysia
4-6
September
Plastics and Rubber Institute Malaysia
IRC 2019 London, UK 10-12
September
The Institute of Materials, Minerals and
Mining
IRC 2020 India Indian Rubber Institute
IRC 2021 Germany Deutsche Kautschuk-Gesellschaft
IRC 2022 Brazil ABTB
IRC 2023 China Beijing Research and Design Institute of
Rubber Industry, China
IRC 2024 Turkey Kauçuk Dernegi
IRC 2025 Thailand The Polymer Society of Thailand

 

Forthcoming RubberCon’s
Event Venue Date Contact
RubberCon
2015
Chennai,
India
3-5
December
Indian Rubber Institute
RubberCon
2016
Tampere,
Finland
8-9 June Finnish Society of Rubber Technology
RubberCon
2017
Prague,
Czech
Republic
Rubber Division, Czech Society of
Industrial Chemistry and Slovak Rubber
Association
RubberCon
2018
Istanbul,
Turkey
Kauçuk Dernegi
RubberCon
2019
China The Beijing Research & Design Institute of
Rubber Industry, China
RubberCon
2020
France Association Française des Ingénieurs et
Cadres du Caoutchouc et des Polymeres
RubberCon
2021
Malaysia Plastics and Rubber Institute Malaysia
RubberCon
2022
Korea The Rubber Society of Korea
RubberCon
2023
UK The Institute of Materials, Minerals and
Mining
RubberCon
2024
India Indian Rubber Institute

The IRI is a member of IRCO and its two representatives attend the annual conferences and committee meetings held during IRC.