About IIIAE (the International Institute of Innovative Acoustic Emission)
From discussion of the three Chairs of AEWG, JCAE and EWGAE and others, a mechanism of cooperation has taken shape with tentative name of The International Institute of Innovative Acoustic Emission, IIIAE. It can be established anywhere, since most business will be conducted among the delegates from the three Working Group Executive Committees (WG/cmt) during one of their international meetings or through emails. Financial transaction is not involved. The objective is to set the basic rules of hosting future ICAE meetings; namely,
- 3-5 years interval,
- the three groups take turn in hosting,
- each group picks venue and host organization and
- hosting group sponsors the meeting financially
These are identical to the past practice, but IIIAE formalizes the practice in writing and legalizes it in a sense by registering IIIAE as a public entity. IIIAE will be governed by the Steering Committee (SC), consisting of nine members sent from the three WG/cmt (three per each group). The SC members select President, Vice-President and Secretary-Treasurer and the President chairs the SC. Members of IIIAE comprise the three groups AEWG, JCAE, EWGAE and shall be open to add affiliate members. No membership due shall be collected. Direct benefit to members may develop from, e.g., the availability of past Proceedings when copyright issues can be resolved.