Standing International Road Weather Commission

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SIRWEC exits to encourage meteorologists, weather forecasters, highway engineers, road masters and others, who are interested in road weather problems, to exchange ideas to make our roads safer to drive on in all weather conditions.

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SIRWEC News  (hover over news items to pause scrolling (Internet Explorer & Firefox))

19/06/10 - Dates for the next SIRWEC conference confirmed - The next SIRWEC conference will be in Helsinki, Finland, 23-25 May 2012

31/05/10 - Executive Committee page updated

31/03/10 - Announcement - SIRWEC is pleased to announce that the role of SIRWEC Vice President for the current term is to be co-shared between Mr.Yrjo Pilli-Sihvola and Mr Pertti Nurmi

31/03/10 - Announcemnet - SIRWEC is pleased to announce that Finland will be host to the 2012 SIRWEC conference, which will be co-hosted by the Finnish Meteorological Institute and the Finish Transport Agency

02/03/10 - iPhone and iPod Touch shortcut icon added - users of the iPhone or iPod Touch can now add a SIRWEC shortcut icon to their home screens - simply navigate to the SIRWEC homepage using your iPhone/iPod Touch, then tap the + button, select the Add to Home Screen tab, then click the Add button.

26/02/10 - Executive Committee page updated

23/02/10 - Full papers and presentations from the 2010 conference available online via the Previous Conferences page

07/02/10 - 2010 SIRWEC Conference closes - Thank you to all who attended and contributed towards another successful conference

05/02/10 - Executive Committee met at 2010 conference:
    - Miguel Tremblay formally takes over as SIRWEC President
    - Dr Lee Chapman elected as SIRWEC Secretary
    - Location of 2012 SIRWEC conference TBC - possibly Finland
    - Vice President TBC

05/02/10 - 2010 SIRWEC Conference opens in Québec City, Canada
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