www.qirtasia2015.com Final Announcement

Organised by Indian Society for Non Destructive Testing (ISNT Kalpakkam Chapter)

Supported by Indian Association for Radiation Protection (IARP Kalpakkam Chapter)

and

Asia pacific federation of non destructive testing

Principal Platinum Sponsor

The First QIRT-ASIA Conferenceon Quantitative Infrared Thermography

6 - 10 July, 2015, Mahabalipuram

Who Should Attend

Introduction

In addition to the main technicalprogram, the conference will includeone-day short courses (Monday, July 6).It will include a general introduction tothermography in the morning andspecialized courses on variousapplication fields given in parallelsessions during the afternoon (predictivecondition management, evaluation ofcomposites, ...)material characterization

Striving to stimulate youngresearchers, the organizingcommittee will award the bestconference contributionpresented and authored only bystudents.

Striving to stimulate youngresearchers, the organizingcommittee will award the bestoral and poster papersauthored and presented byyoung researchers below theage of 35 years.

Apart from the above, therewould also be a best oral andposter presentation Award.

The first Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Asian Conference, (QIRT-Asia 2015) will takeplace during July 6-10, 2015, Radisson Blu Hotel, Mahabalipuram, (near Chennai) India.Since 1992, the Quantitative Infrared Thermography (QIRT) conference is a biannualinternational forum which brings together specialists from industry and academia, whoshare an active interest in the latest developments of science, experimental practices andinstrumentation, related to IR thermography. Previously QIRT conferences have been heldin Paris (1992), Sorrento (1994), Stuttgart (1996), Lodz (1998), Reims (2000), Dubrovnik(2002), Brussels (2004), Padova (2006), Krakow (2008), Québec City (2010), Naples (2012)and Bordeaux (2014). With the growing interest in this field and the growing number ofattendees particularly coming from Asian countries, the QIRT Council has started a sisterconference series called QIRT Asia. The first Quantitative InfraRed ThermographyAsian Conference, (QIRT-Asia 2015) will take place during July 6-10, 2015,Mahabalipuram, (near Chennai) India.

Student Award Young Researcher Award QIRT short courses

People:

Industries:

Engineers, Scientists, Researchers, Academicians, Operation and MaintenancePersonnel, Inspection Personnel, Failure Analysts, NDE practitioners, NDE serviceproviders, Medical Doctors, Ophthalmologist, Physician, Radiologist, Material scientist,Mechanical, Metallurgical, Aerospace, Biomedical, Biotechnology, Electronics students andFaculty

Nuclear, Aerospace, Oil and Gas, Petrochemical, Power Generation, ElectricUtilities, Steel, Material Processing, Non Destructive Testing, Biomedical, Food &Processing, Paper, Educational and R&D Organization and Manufacturing.

About Infrared ThermographyInfrared Thermography (IRT) is an advanced Non Destructive Evaluation method, where thesurface temperature of the object is mapped by detecting the IR radiation emitted by them.IRT started as a qualitative tool in electrical and process industry for condition monitoring.Advances in sensors, electronics, instrumentation including signal and image processingsaw the transformation of this method to a quantitative one. Today IR imaging is one ofthose few NDE methods that has applications cutting across all industries, research andsociety, ranging from astronomy, military, medical, energy audit, surveillance, conditionmonitoring, materials characterization.

The participants are invited to submit abstracts of about 250 word to the QIRT-Asia 2015 through WebSite by April 20, 2015, either for oral or poster presentation. The abstract should clearly indicate theobjective and outcome of the study and authors are requested to propose the thematic section inwhich the paper should be included. A book of abstracts will be distributed at the conference.

Following acceptance notification, camera ready, full paper of 6-10 pages including color figuresshould be submitted to the QIRT-Asia 2015 web site by May 30th, 2015.

All submissions for oral or poster presentation will be handled electronically via the conferencewebsite.

Authors are requested to propose the thematic section in which the paper should be included.

Presented papers (oral and posters) will be published online in the QIRT Open-Archives which can befound at the website: www.qirt.org A USB flash drive with all conference papers will be also distributedto the conference participants.

After the conference, the Scientific Committee will carry out a pre-selection of the most prominentpresented papers for a possible publication in Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Journal after asubsequent review by two experts.

Web-based Proceedings and possible publication in QIRT Journal

Abstracts Submission

Technical visit to Centre for NDE, Indian Institute of TechnologyMadras, is planned.

Technical Visits

Fee CoversBook of abstracts, Conference USB Proceedings, Welcomereception, Conference dinner, lunches and coffee breaks on allconference days. Accommodation is not included. Forparticipants only who would like to subscribe for QIRT Journalfor 2 years additional 100 € will be charged. (standard personalsubscription rate 100 € / year)

Conference Fee

QIRT-ASIA Short CoursesIn addition to the main technical program, the conference willinclude one-day short courses in the areas of principles andtechniques in thermography, predictive conditionmanagement, Evaluation of composites, materialcharacterization.

Short Course FeesInternational(inclusive of

all taxes)

Indian(+12.36%

Service Tax)

Per Person Rate (deadline: June26, 2015

100 € ` 5000

DelegatesInternational(inclusive of

all taxes)

Indian(+12.36%

Service Tax)

Early rate (deadline: May 30, 2015) 250 € ` 12000Late rate (deadline: June 26, 2015) 300 € ` 15000

Desk registration rate 350 € ` 16000

StudentsInternational(inclusive of

all taxes)

Indian(+12.36%

Service Tax)

Early rate (deadline: May 30, 2015) 150 € ` 6000

Late rate (deadline: June 26, 2015) 200 € ` 7000

Accompanying PersonsInternational(inclusive of

all taxes)

Indian

Service Tax)

Per Person Rate (deadline: June26, 2015

100 € ` 5000

Hotel Radisson Blu Resort Temple BayMamallapuram, which is located on theshores of Bay of Bengal, offers an excellentambience for stay. Mamallapuram is anancient historic town and was a bustling seaport city of south Indian dynasty of thePallavas. It has a group of temples and caves,which were carved out of monolithic rockschiseled from top to bottom during 7th and8th centuries. The group of monuments atMamallapuram has been classified asUNESCO World Heritage Site.

VenueHotel Radisson Blu

For low cost accommodation contactinfo@qirtasia2015.com

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QIRT-Asia 2015 is the 1st of its kind conference being organized in anAsian country. The conference is likely to attract 300 delegates from Indiaand abroad and it brings the engineers, scientists, industrialist andacademicians under one umbrella. This is an excellent opportunity forexhibitors and sponsors to display their state of art product and servicesand topromotea meaningful industryand research interaction.

Size of the stall will be 3 x 3 metres. The fee for an exhibition stall is1 Lakh + 12.36% ServiceTax.

The stall contains standard power supply (5 A), lighting, table, chairs anddisplay boards for displaying pamphlets and charts. Free registration forone delegates is permitted. Any additional badge will be invoiced 50% oftheregistration fee.

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SPONSORS

Sponsorshiptype

Amount inRs.

Privileges

Diamond4 free

delegates1 page colour

advertisement

Logo indias andwebsite

Gold2 free

delegates1 page colour

advertisement

Logo indias andwebsite

Silver1 free

delegate1 page colour

advertisementLogo inwebsite

The conference will provide a unique opportunity for the sponsors topresent and promote their products and services to the focusedinternational and national delegatesunderoneumbrella.

The detailed information on the various categories of sponsors andtariff foradvertisement in thesouveniraregiven below.

Sponsor support details of various segments

TypeAmount

in RupeesPrivileges

Lunch 1,50,0002 Free

delegatesBanner during

Lunch1 page advertisement

in souvenir

Dinner 2,00,0003 Free

delegatesBanner during

Dinner1 page advertisement

in souvenir

High Tea 1,00,0001 Free

delegateBanner during

break

TechnicalSessions

50,0001 Free

delegateBanner during

Session

CulturalProgram

1,00,0001 Free

delegateBanner during

event

Logo in culturalprogram invitation

card

DelegateKit

1,50,0002 free

delegates-

Logo in Kit & 1 pageadvertisement

in Souvenir

Exhibition

QIRT Steering Committee

A Souvenir with abstracts of the papers, messages from dignitaries andadvertisements will be published and will be part of the kit to thedelegates.

Front inner cover : 50,000/- + 12.36% Service TaxBack inner cover : 60,000/- + 12.36% Service TaxBack outer cover : 60,000/- + 12.36% Service TaxFull Page color : 20,000/- + 12.36% Service Tax

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Chairman: X. Maldague(Canada)

P. Bison (Italy)

J. Dumoulin (France)

J. C. Batsale (France)

J. M. Buchlin (Belgium)

G. Cardone (Italy)

C. Maierhofer (Germany)

A. Nowakowski (Poland)

A. Salazar (Spain)

International Scientific Committee

QIRT-Asia 2015 Steering Committee

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D. Balageas (France)

J.C. Batsale (France)

P. Bison (Italy)

J.M. Buchlin (Belgium)

G. Busse (Germany)

G. Cardone (Italy)

C. Carlomagno (Italy)

J. Dumoulin (France)

C. Maierhofer (Germany)

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B. Venkatraman (India)

Manyong Choi (S. Korea)

WonTae Kim (S. Korea)

Guohua Li (China)

Nik Rajic (Australia)

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X. Maldague (Canada)

A. Nowakowski (Poland)

A. Rozlosnik (Argentina)

A. Salazar (Spain)

T. Schrijer (The Nederlands)

S. Svaic (Croatia)

B. Wiecek (Poland)

V. Vavilov (Russia)

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Ilham Mukriz B.ZainalAbidin (Malaysia)

Cunlin Zhang (China)

M. Menaka (India)

X. Maldague (Canada),QIRT Council representative

National Organising Committee

6 lakhs +

Service Tax12.36%

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2 lakhs +

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3stalls

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Prof. Suneet Tuli (Chairman)

Prof. Krishnan Balasubramanian

Dr. S. S. Negi

Dr. S. Kalayansundaram

Dr. C. Muralidhar

Shri. B.V.S.R. Murthy

Dr. M. Anburajan

Dr. Bikash Ghose

Dr. Sarmishtha Palit Sagar

Shri P. P. Nanekar

Shri S. C. Marimuthu

Dr. R. Chidambaram

Shri C. K. Soman

Shri V. Ranganathan

IIT-Delhi

IIT-Madras

IRDE, Deharadun

NAL, Bengaluru

DRDL, Hyderabad

ASL, Hyderabad

SRM University, Chennai

HEMRL, Pune

NML, Jamshedpur

BARC, Mumbai

NPCIL, Chennai

SLIMS, Pudducherry

BPCL, Kochi

SHAR, Sriharikota

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S. Svaic (Croatia)

B. Wiecek (Poland)

V. Vavilov (Russia)

B. Venkatraman(India) QIRT Asiarepresentative

D. Balageas (France)G. Busse (Germany)G.M. Carlomagno

(Italy)

Honorary Members

Shri Krishna Mohan Reddy

Shri S. Saratchandran

Dr. S. Swaminathan

Dr. Mohini Gupta

Shri Pillai Ramachandran

Dr. N. P. Rajesh

Dr. Sarukesi

Dr. M. Rajkumar

Dr. S. Balasubramanian

Shri G. Ramachandran

Dr. P. Kalyanasundaram

Lucid Software Ltd., Chennai

VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram

SASTRA University, Thanjavur

Manipal University, Manipal

Tata Power, Mumbai

SSN College of Engineering,Kalavakkam

Kamaraj College of Engineeringand Technology, Virudhnagar

Vijaya Hospital, Chennai

Kalasalingam University,Krishnankoil

QUNEST, Chennai

Kamaraj College of Engineeringand Technology, Virudhunagar

Dr. Manish RajJindal Steel & Power Ltd.,Raigarh

Patron� Dr. Baldev Raj, Director, NIAS

Contact

Chairman, QIRT-Asia Steering CommitteeAssociate Director

Radiological Safety and Enviromental GroupIndira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu 603 102Email: info@qirtasia2015.com

Tel: 044-27480352 ; Fax:044-27480235

Dr. B. Venkatraman