EFC Newsletter

Issue 1/2025, April 2025

Dear readers,

Welcome to the latest edition of your EFC Newsletter.

With spring nearly upon us, it’s a time of great change – and it’s the same at the EFC. So, in the first Newsletter of the year we celebrate that change in an interview with new EFC President, Gareth Hinds, who discusses his presidential desire to maintain EUROCORR as EFC's flagship event, improve financial sustainability, and build a stronger sense of community. “One thing that I've learned about myself throughout my life,” explains Gareth, “is that if I get involved in something, then I go all in.”

Inside this April edition, we also look ahead to EUROCORR 2025 and meet the plenary speakers who will be discussing every aspect of the challenges facing the field of corrosion in Stavanger this year. The congress follows the record-breaking EUROCORR 2024 in Paris and you can explore the numbers behind its unprecedented success inside.

There’s information on The Polish Corrosion Society, which is set to host PractiCORR 2025 in Warsaw, news from Working Party 4 and 15, as well as all the latest news from the perpetually active Young EFC and where you can find them in Stavanger. Keep an eye out for details of the YEFC Corrosion Photo competition too.

And there’s also details of EFC’s newest Affiliate Member, information about the EUROCORR Summer School and an EFC webinar on the role of AI, as well as a fitting tribute to research leader at the Swedish Corrosion Institute in Stockholm, Vladimir Kucera. “A truly remarkable person has left us. In today’s polarised world, we need many more like Vladimir.” And as usual, the EFC Newsletter features news from Member Societies, Affiliate Members, and all the important dates for your corrosion calendar.

Thank you for reading and please feel free to get in touch if you have anything that you would like to feature in the next edition,

Dan Mobbs, London
Newsletter Editor