CORCON 2013 - Corrosion Conference & Expo, September 30 – October 03, 2013 to be Held at The Lalit, New Delhi

NEW DELHI, September 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

CORCON is the annual series of corrosion conferences organised by NIGIS and the uniqueness is the support it receives from the industry, academia, R&D and defence establishments across the corrosion fraternity. It also provides a unique networking platform for interaction amongst professionals from large PSUs or governmental agencies and the private industries. Besides technical symposia on a wide range of topics, CORCON 2013 will conduct Technical Interactive Forums (TIF) on corrosion-related topics of contemporary interest, during which delegates can seek answers to queries through interactions with a panel of experts.

The chief guest during inaugural function is Hon'ble Minister Dr. M Veerappa Moily, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, GOI, which is scheduled to be held on 30^th September 2013, 18:30 hrs. onwards. Hon'ble Minister of State (I/C) Mr. Srikant Kumar Jena, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, GOI will also be present as a chief guest during the award function for CORCON 2013.

During the technical symposia, a various range of topics will be discussed; Reinforced Concrete, Coatings & Linings, Cathodic & Anodic Protection, Materials & Composites, Microbial Corrosion & Inhibitors, Corrosion Monitoring & Testing, Internal Corrosion in Pipeline, Research in Progress, Marine and Offshore Corrosion, Power Plants and Utilities, Student Session and many more.

National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) was founded by 11 corrosion engineers in Houston, Texas USA in 1943 and renamed as NACE International, The Corrosion Society in 1993. It is recognized around the world as the premier authority for corrosion control solutions. Built upon more than six decades of knowledge and expertise from dedicated members all over the world, NACE International is involved in every industry and area of corrosion prevention and control from chemical processing and water systems to transportation and infrastructure protection. NACE International endeavors to achieve its mission of protecting people, assets, and the environment from corrosion by publication of standards/recommended practices, reports, books, organization of education training programmes and annual conferences.

CORCON 2013 is supported by ONGC Ltd., GAIL (India) Ltd., Corrosion Control Services (B) Pvt. Ltd., Corrtech International Pvt. Ltd., Osnar Paints & Contracts Pvt. Ltd, Vasu Chemicals and many more.

For more information please visit: http://www.corcon.org/

About NIGIS

NACE International Gateway India Section (NIGIS) established in 1992 and has become one of the largest and most active sections of NACE International through its significant efforts for the promotion of corrosion awareness in India. It has done this by organizing annual conferences/seminars as well as education programmes and workshops on regular basis.

About CIMGlobal

CIMGlobal is the professional conference organiser for CORCON 2013. Apart from its services of conference and exhibition management, CIMGlobal aims to bring quality education for the industry professionals and work out beneficial collaborations for the clients and industry.

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