1. The role of Industry Associations
Paul Wynne
International Irradiation Association

2. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
1966 Italian spaghetti western starting Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach
Some Associations excellent, Some are pretty bad

3. Types of Association Formal v Informal Professional v Self Help
Large v Small
International v Local
Members v 3rd Party Funding
Formal
Professional
Large
International
Informal
Self Help
Small
Local
Other - Well financed v poorly financed and long term or short term

4. Role of Associations Providing Leadership Influence or advocacy
Communication
Education

5. Membership Large Companies Small Companies Individuals Regulators
Academia
Area of interest

6. Resources Full time staff Part time staff Voluntary staff
Administration v output orientated activities
Area of interest

7. The Best Associations Clear purpose
Change to reflect changing environment
Professional with member engagement
Where size and finance is appropriate to meet the stated purpose
Achieve respect
Area of interest

8. The Way Forward
Irradiation community needs to engage more effectively with existing Associations
Associations need to be prepared to change
Associations need to work together to achieve objectives
All professional business sectors require a means of working together. A business sector without Associations or Newsletters either has no sense of common purpose, no unifying concept or is very young. Like a business an Association will only exist so long as it meets the needs of its members (customers). The industries that are served by Irradiation Technology are well established and diverse. As we have heard during this conference our industry is also international. We need to work together and to engage, to support and to influence our Associations. This afternoon members of the International Irradiation Association will meet. I look forward to hearing their thoughts the changes that we need to make to improve the services that we offer.

9. The Way Forward
All professional business sectors require a means of working together. A business sector without Associations or Newsletters either has no sense of common purpose, no unifying concept or is very young. Like a business an Association will only exist so long as it meets the needs of its members (customers). The industries that are served by Irradiation Technology are well established and diverse. As we have heard during this conference our industry is also international. We need to work together and to engage, to support and to influence our Associations. This afternoon members of the International Irradiation Association will meet. I look forward to hearing their thoughts the changes that we need to make to improve the services that we offer.