World Refrigeration Day 26th June - news and events

Your guide to what is happening around the world...

Follow all the live activities on facebook, you tube and webinars using the twitter hashtag  #wrefd19

8.15 am  (NZ time zone) The World is Cool - You Tube Live New Zealand register here

10am to 1pm- World Refrigeration Day UK Facebook Live event

UK launches World Refrigeration Day from the TCS&D Show at the East of England Arena - talks will be broadcast live via Facebook, Register here  or follow live links on twitter hashtag #wrefd19 .

•  What is refrigeration anyway?   Graeme Fox, The BESA
• Careers in Cooling 
• Cooling in a warming world – Shane Brennan of Food Storage and Distribution Federation
• Refrigeration works for me – Interview with Dean Clackett and Sam Buckell 
• Fantastic Fridges new and updated website for schools - Joe Axelrod, IOR
• Fun Fridge Facts – Russell Beattie, FETA
• Cool for School competition launch - Joe Axelrod

2pm -3.30pm (UK time)  Refrigerants for Life webinar

From ASHRAE and UNEP in the USA.  Speakers include Ray Gluckman, Andy Pearson (Star Refrigeration), Sheila Hayter (ASHRAE President) and Andrea Voigt (EPEE) See full programme of speakers and register .

More events around the globe

• Exhibition at East of England Arena, UK.  A World Refrigeraiton Day Pavillion at the Temperature Controlled Storage and Distribution Exhibition at the East of England Arena will feature live broadcast talks focusing on different aspects of the RACHP industry hosted by ACRIB (www.acrib.org.uk)

• Burnley, UK, Practical Refrigeration Training Centre skills day. The day includes a Skill Fridge Competition and information, advice and breakout area. Full details and booking information can be found here.
• New Zealand EcoChill's uture is Cool videos and events https://www.ecochill.co.nz/the-future-is-cool-streaming-live-from-mit/
• Australia. AIRAH the national institute will be organising tours and open days across the country.. They have a website packed with videos, information about James Harrison and will run an Aussie Inventors Series TV episode in association with the History Channel.

• Madrid, Spain. The professional associations AEFYT (Asociación de Empresas de Frio Y sus Tecnologías), AFAR (Asociaicón de Fabricantes andaluces de Refigeración) and AFEC (Asociación de Fabricantes Españoles de Climatización) are joining together to host an event in Madrid's “Ateneo” the home of important lectures by famous politicians and scientists.   The event will be from 10:30 until 14:30 with a conference, two debates with industry experts and a journalist, and at the end a networking celebration.  http://diamundialdelarefrigeracion.com/ 

• Burkina Faso. Refrigeration for the Socio-Economic Development of Africaat the New Cold System Sarl in Ouagadougou, under the theme of “Refrigeration for the Socio-Economic Development of Africa”: https://www.facebook.com/events/new-cold-system-sarl/journee-mondiale-de-la-refrigeration/2337053479953505/

• Hesse Thuringia, Germany. Open Day: Visit the technical training centres of Bundesfachschule Kälte Klima Technik and discover training and study programmes available - https://english.bfs-kaelte-klima.de/

• Padua, Italy. International Symposium on "Refrigerants: heat transfer and applications" organised by the University of Padua, the National Council of Research (CNR) and the Italian Union for Thermal-fluidynamics (UIT) aims to present advances in heat transfer and applications - https://www.uitconference2019.it/site/symposium 

• Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Conference on national refrigeration issues in collaboration with the National Union of Professional Refrigeration technicians of Ivory Coast (UNTPFCI), the Zeus Expertise Sarl company will organise a debate on key refrigeration issues - http://www.iifiir.org/userfiles/file/events/World_Refrigeration_Day_2019/Abidjan.pdf 

• Mexico. National Association of Refrigeration and Air conditioning Distributors (ANDIRA) will come together with a range of national associations to organise different events - details at  https://www.andira.org.mx/ 

• Ohio, USA Open House and food drive 10am to 4pm at the PRO and Pure Cold at their Avon Lake site where they will also  connect to Shecco for a webinar on Accelerating Energy Efficiency.  www.prohvacr.com   

  NB: Events in local time

   

Launching on World Refrigeration Day

• Fantastic Fridges. Live launch of the new "Cooling Science" and "Cool Careers" sections of this  website for school children, linked to the UK National Curriculum. Refrigeration science made fun with videos, games and technology explainers.  An interactive careers area shows different career paths and opportunities.  See the current site (under redevelopment) www.fantasticfridges.com
• Icy Challenge for schools. The IOR will be launching a competition for schools to produce short videos of practical experiments related to cooling science - loads of prizes including trips, equipment and a first prize of £2000 for the school. Details to be announced soon - schools can register their interest in taking part here.
• Careers in Cooling. Live viewing of the IOR video all about the contribution of refrigeration and air conditioning to modern society. Watch on You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T4AvXogbc8 
• Women in RACHP 100 for 100 campaign is aiming to increase the number of female members in the IOR to 100 by 23rd June, International Women in Engineering day.