Dirk Laibach appointed to the IWMA Board

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As of now, Dirk Laibach is a new member of the IWMA board of directors. IWMA general manager Bettina McDowell says: “Mr. Laibach, who will have to be confirmed in office during the IWMA member meeting in October, replaces Peter Clauss, who became a member of the board in April 2020.”

Dirk Laibach boasts over 30 years of varied global experiences in the fire suppression/detection industry, including 23 years related to water mist. He has held positions of ever-increasing responsibility with Siemens, KIDDE, FOGTEC Fire Protection, Marioff and currently is Senior Product Manager for water mist at Johnsons Control.

Through his involvement and membership in a number of trade associations, codes and standards organizations (CEN) and approval authorities (like VdS, FM) in Europe and the USA, he has extensive relationships within the industry and AHJ bodies.

Dirk Laibach holds a degree in electrical engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) from the University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf, Germany, and is a VdS-certified engineer for water mist fire suppression systems.

The IWMA board of directors would like to thank Peter for his contributions and good work.

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IWMA announces tabletop booking has now started for IWMC 2021

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The 20th International Water Mist Conference will take place in Warsaw, Poland, on 21st and 22nd April 2021. Organiser is the International Water Mist Association (IWMA) and the venue is the Regent Warsaw Hotel. The tabletop booking for the exhibition, which will run alongside the conference, has now started.

Bettina McDowell, IWMA General Manager, explains: “We want all attendees to get the most of this event and therefore offer a knowledge exchange platform, the opportunity to network and an exhibition to actually look at and ask questions about water mist components.”

Applications for speaker slots will be accepted until 30th October 2020. Another important deadline is 30th December 2020. Until that day, young researchers who have dedicated their master thesis to water mist can submit a summary to the IWMA Scientific Council.

Bettina McDowell, IWMA General Manager, says: “The Call for Papers, the abstract template as well as the sponsorship application forms (tabletop booking forms) can all be downloaded from the IWMA webpage or obtained from the IWMA head office in Hamburg”.

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