13 Sep 2021
This year the IOR is holding elections for two new Board Trustees and the next President-Elect. Voting members (Member, Associate, Technician and Fellow) can cast their vote when they receive their unique voting code email from the independent voting organisation Mi-voice this week - check your spam if you have not received your email yet. The deadline for casting your vote is 28th October.
Candidate statements are also available at https://ior.org.uk/about/candidates-2021.
IOR Trustee nominations - Three nominations have been received for the two vacancies:
IOR President-Elect nominations - The IOR Constitution requires that the Board make a recommendation to members of candidates for President-Elect. A Nominating Committee consisting of the current Board Members and Past Presidents considered 13 possible candidates against the role specification. The Board has decided to recommend the following two candidates to the membership from which to select:
The role of the President-Elect is to support the current IOR President in their role as Chairman of the IOR Board of Trustees until they stand down the following year.
If you are interested in reading more about the role of the Trustees see https://ior.org.uk/about/BecomeaTrustee
IOR AGM 4th November 2021
Results of the elections will be announced at the Annual General Meeting of the Institute of Refrigeration. The event will be held in London and also online. Please register to attend and don't forget to return your AGM proxy voting form in advance if you do not plan to attend at https://ior.org.uk/annual-general-meeting
19 Jun 2025
Met Office Science Lead - Food Security, Dr Pete Falloon FRMetS, FRSA has been confirmed as the second keynote at the IIR Conference on Refrigeration Adapting to Rising Temperatures.
11 Jun 2025
The programme outline for the IIR International Conference on Refrigeration Adapting to Rising Temperatures is now available online.
2 Jun 2025
Congratulations to Chloe Jennings and Millie Edwards for winning first and third place in the Women in Cooling European Video Competition.
28 May 2025
Lots to discuss at the "enough" retail workshop on commercial refrigeration and food chain emissions reduction on 27th May
22 May 2025
IOR has published its latest Education Guidance Note in the series, this time focusing on Coaching as a way of employers supporting engineering and technician development. The Guidance Note (16) gives a guide to understanding the benefits of coaching, how this differs from mentoring and includes a useful list of organisations who can offer help with setting up coaching schemes or offer coaching.