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2024

October The 17th WCI Executive Committee Meeting was held online. The amended By-laws, establishing a clause of the WCI reserve fund expenditure, were approved.
November The site inspection team for the 12ICI preparation visited Florence, Italy.

2023

The 16th WCI Executive Committee Meeting and the 10th General Meeting were held at the TCU Center, Saskatoon, Canada.
Mr. Paul T. Dickman was elected as the sixth President of the WCI

2022

February The 15th WCI Executive Committee Meeting was held online
The 11th ICI was postponed from June 19-23, 2022, to July 23-27, 2023. The 15th WCI Executive Committee approved the postponement on February 18, 2022.

2021

December The 14th WCI Executive Committee Meeting was held online.
September The 1st WCI President’s Sub-Committee was held at the TCU Center, Saskatoon, Canada, to review the preparation of the 11ICI.

2020

December The 13th WCI Executive Committee Meeting was held online.
February The 12th WCI Executive Committee Meeting and the 9th General Meeting were held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Dr. Jong Kyung Kim was elected as the fifth President of the WCI.

2019

June The 11th WCI Executive Committee Meeting was held online. The Committee approved the amended By-Laws and the enactment of the sponsorship and advertisement program (Article B.8.1: Fund).

2018

December The 9th WCI Executive Committee Meeting was held online to approve the WCI membership for the second half of the year.
June The 10th WCI Executive Committee Meeting was held online to approve the WCI membership for the first half of the year.

2017

November The 8th WCI Executive Committee Meeting and the 8th General Meeting were held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel, City Center, Qatar.
Dr. Nigel Stevenson was elected as the fourth President of the WCI.
September The 7th WCI Executive Committee Meeting was held online.
June The 6th WCI Executive Committee Meeting was held online.

2016

September The 5th WCI Executive Committee Meeting and 7th General Meeting were held at the IAEA Headquarters, Vienna, Austria.
February Research funding was first provided to the WCI Secretariat by the Korean government.

2015

November The 1st WCI Cyclotron Training Course took place in Suwon, Korea, in collaboration with the Sungkyunkwan University.
June A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between WCI and RCARO.
February The renewal of the WCI homepage was completed.

2014

August The 4th WCI Executive Committee Meeting and the 6th General Meeting, along with the 8th ICI, were held in Chicago, USA.
Dr. Van Zyl de Villiers was elected as the third President of the WCI.

2013

September The 3rd WCI Executive Committee Meeting and the 5th General Meeting were held at the IAEA, Vienna, Austria.
June The IAEA recognized the WCI as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO).
May The WCI and the American Nuclear Society signed a Memorandum of Understanding.

2012

September A Progress Report on organizing the 8th ICI (International Conference on Isotopes and Expo) was submitted to the Secretariat of the WCI.
May The WCI World Nuclear University Radiation Technology School was held in Daejeon, Korea.

2011

September The 2nd WCI Executive Committee Meeting, the 4th General Meeting, and the 7th ICI were held at the World Trade Center, Moscow, Russia.
Dr. Myung Chul Lee was elected as the second President of the WCI.

2010

September The 1st WCI Executive Committee Meeting and the 3rd General Meeting were held at the VIC, IAEA, Vienna, Austria. The progress report of the 7th ICI and activities of the Special and Standing Committees was presented and adopted.

2009

June The 2nd WCI Ad-hoc Committee Meeting was held in Chicago, USA. The Standing and Special Committees of the WCI were established.

2008

September The Foundation Meeting of the WCI was held at the IAEA Headquarters, Vienna, Austria. The WCI Chapter and the WCI By-laws were adopted.
June An Ad-hoc Committee for the WCI (Preliminary Executive Committee) was established to enhance the efficiency of its operations.
May The 6th ICI International Monitoring and Steering Committee unanimously approved the formation of the WCI, and the 6th ICI took place in Seoul, Korea.