Chartered: 1999
Region covered: The country of Poland

Officers:
President – Jan Pilarczyk, Czestochowa University of Technology
First Vice President – Tadeusz Knych, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow
Second Vice President – Sylwia Wiewiórowska, Czestochowa University of Technology

Chapter website:
The WAI Poland Chapter has developed its own website regarding their activities and ways to contact the chapter.

Upcoming programs:
• 7-9 March 2013 - 5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DRAWING in Zakopane, Poland—Modern technologies and modelling of drawing and manufacturing processes of metal products.

In total the conference will include 32 papers which will be presented in four sessions: Steel wires and wires products; Nonferrous wires and wires products; Electrical wires and special products; and a Poster Session.

After a review, the papers will be published in a special issue of Hutnik-Wiadomosci Hutnicze.

The conference will also include the 2013 Schneider Memorial Award ceremony for Prof. Paul Van Houtte from the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering (MTM) KULeuven, and for Prof. Zbigniew Pater from Lublin University of Technology.

There will be also tabletop exhibits, an Opening Reception and Gala Dinner with folk music. Read more.

Recent programs and news:
• 20-22 September 2012 - SCIENTIFIC - TECHNICAL SEMINARY in Zakopane, Poland.
Wires for rope made from high carbon steel - technology and properties. Read more.

• 3-5 March 2011 - 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DRAWING in Zakopane, Poland. Modern technologies and modelling of drawing and manufacturing processes of metal products. Read more.

• 5-8 March 2009 - 3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DRAWING in Zakopane, Poland. Modern technologies and modelling of drawing and manufacturing processes of metal products. Read more.