EFC Newsletter

Issue 2/2024, December 2024

Dear readers,

Welcome to the latest edition of your EFC Newsletter.

What a year it’s been and what a year 2025 promises to be. The last EFC Newsletter of 2024 is in celebratory mood as we look ahead to the next EUROCORR in Stavanger, Norway and reflect on the success of the most recent event in Paris, which attracted a record number of 1,244 participants from over 50 countries. From a host of EFC prize winners to the Young EFC presenting the future of corrosion, the conference welcomed a full schedule of events that will be repeated in Norway next year.

And that’s not all, as the new EFC International Branch was launched at EUROCORR, while the Working Party sessions provided a diverse range of corrosion education. This time of year is also a period of reflection and we pay tribute to the greatly admired Renate Kilian, who is remembered fondly for her great generosity, wisdom and compassion.

Reflection is also on the mind of EFC President, Tomáš Prošek, who ponders on the wider challenges in the fight against corrosion in his opening editorial. "The paradigm is slowly changing. Society is not only requesting rapid and immediate solutions, but also sustainable ones," he explains, and he features again in the Newsletter discussing the EFC Approved Courses and the contribution of member societies like IOM3.

There’s also room for articles on the EFC Summer School and CIDETEC Surface Engineering’s RESINSURF project, alongside news from AIM, APCE, the return of the Australasian Corrosion Association’s magazine, and all the latest dates for your corrosion calendar.

All the best 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