1. Workshop on RCARO Future Strategies Seoul, Korea July RCA Participation in International Conferences Prinath Dias Senior Project Management Officer and RCA Focal Person

2. Purpose of participation in International Conferences
Mechanism for publicizing RCA activities and for for establishing collaboration with other relevant regional and international organizations

3. Group Participation in Conferences
Participation in international conferences in conjunction with scheduled RCA events
Objectives:
To create awareness of RCA activities among international / regional organizations
To enable participants to acquire knowledge in the relevant project area
Examples:
Conference
RCA Event
No. of participants
The 14th International Meeting on Radiation Processing (IMRP)
RTC on Applications of Nano technology – Feb. 2006 22
The 12th APC NDT Conference
National Coordinators Meeting of the RCA Project on Advanced Industrial Radiography (RCA)
Dec. 2006 16
9th Congress of Nuclear Medicine and Biology
RTC on Oncology Applications- Oct. 2006 23
PEMSEA Conference
Training Course on Combining Contaminant Transport and Ecological Risk Assessment Models for Response to Environmental Emergencies - Dec. 2006 20

4. Individual Participation in International Conferences
Objective:
To create awareness of RCA activities among international / regional organizations by presenting the work carried out by the RCA in certain project areas.
Examples:
Event
Participant
Better Air-Quality Workshop of the Clean-Air Initiative for Asian Cities, Indonesia, Dec 2006
Mr. A. Markwitz, PLCC of the RCA Project on Characterization and Source Identification of Particulate Air Pollution in the Asian Region
Regional Dialogue of Air Quality Management Programme in Asia, Thailand July 2006

5. Issues
Participation in International Conferences should be a part of the strategy for improving visibility and establishment of collaboration – linkage with RCARO efforts
Mechanism for identification of the most appropriate Conferences
Mechanism for identification of the persons who should participate
Follow-up after participation
Action to be taken by the participants
Action to be taken by the RCARO
Action to be taken by the RCA Secretariat
Cost effectiveness

6. Issues (continued) Financial support IAEA Support
- Conformity to IAEA (TC) policies on participation in International Conferences
- Need to allocate funds in advance (should be included in Work Plan and Budget)
Other sources of funding.

7. Pitfalls to be avoided
Requests for participation in international conferences purely for the purpose of presenting scientific papers with no or little benefit to the RCA
Requests from organizers of international conferences for RCA participation simply to improve attendance with no or little benefit to the RCA

8. Thank you for your attention.