Workshop on RCARO Future Strategies Seoul, Korea 24-26 July 2007 RCA Participation in International Conferences Prinath Dias Senior Project Management Officer and RCA Focal Person

Purpose of participation in International Conferences Mechanism for publicizing RCA activities and for for establishing collaboration with other relevant regional and international organizations

Group Participation in Conferences Participation in international conferences in conjunction with scheduled RCA events Objectives: To create awareness of RCA activities among international / regional organizations To enable participants to acquire knowledge in the relevant project area Examples: Conference RCA Event No. of participants The 14th International Meeting on Radiation Processing (IMRP) RTC on Applications of Nano technology – Feb. 2006 22 The 12th APC NDT Conference National Coordinators Meeting of the RCA Project on Advanced Industrial Radiography (RCA) Dec. 2006 16 9th Congress of Nuclear Medicine and Biology RTC on Oncology Applications- Oct. 2006 23 PEMSEA Conference Training Course on Combining Contaminant Transport and Ecological Risk Assessment Models for Response to Environmental Emergencies - Dec. 2006 20

Individual Participation in International Conferences Objective: To create awareness of RCA activities among international / regional organizations by presenting the work carried out by the RCA in certain project areas. Examples: Event Participant Better Air-Quality Workshop of the Clean-Air Initiative for Asian Cities, Indonesia, Dec 2006 Mr. A. Markwitz, PLCC of the RCA Project on Characterization and Source Identification of Particulate Air Pollution in the Asian Region Regional Dialogue of Air Quality Management Programme in Asia, Thailand July 2006

Issues Participation in International Conferences should be a part of the strategy for improving visibility and establishment of collaboration – linkage with RCARO efforts Mechanism for identification of the most appropriate Conferences Mechanism for identification of the persons who should participate Follow-up after participation Action to be taken by the participants Action to be taken by the RCARO Action to be taken by the RCA Secretariat Cost effectiveness

Issues (continued) Financial support IAEA Support - Conformity to IAEA (TC) policies on participation in International Conferences - Need to allocate funds in advance (should be included in Work Plan and Budget) Other sources of funding.

Pitfalls to be avoided Requests for participation in international conferences purely for the purpose of presenting scientific papers with no or little benefit to the RCA Requests from organizers of international conferences for RCA participation simply to improve attendance with no or little benefit to the RCA

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