1. Board membership
The Iron and Steel Society Board has undergone a major restructuring during 2010. The Iron and Steel Society Board now consists of the following members:

Dr Richard Thackray (Chair) University of Sheffield
Mr Tony Jones   Corus
Dr Peter Morris   Corus RD&T
Dr Mike Pettifor   Consultant
Dr Ken Ridal   Consultant
Mr Mick Steeper  Siemens VAI
Dr David Price   Consultant
Mr Ian Christmas  Worldsteel Association
Dr Richard Cinderey  NAMTEC
Prof Claire Davis  University of Birmingham
Mr Christopher McDonald Corus RD&T
Mr Bob Ruddlestone  UK Steel
 
Mrs Jackie Butterfield  IOM3
Mrs Melanie Boyce  IOM3

All other previous members of the Iron and Steel Society Board and Technical Committee now form the wider Advisory Group who receive copies of all minutes of meetings and are invited to contribute as they see fit.
A satellite South Wales group has also been established under the chairmanship of Mr Jones – the remit of this group is to promote the activities of the Society in the region and has so far proved to be very successful.

2. Board meetings
As part of the restructuring process, The Board meets on a more frequent basis in order to maintain the momentum of activities. Therefore the following board meetings were held during 2010:

1st February 2010 (This was the last board meeting of the old structure), 6 out of 8 board members attended.
15th March 2010, (First meeting of the new structure)12 out of 14 board members attended.
14th May 2010, 12 out of 14 board members attended.
8th July 2010, 8 out of 14 board members attended.
8th October 2010, 11 out of 14 board members attended.

3.  Opportunities for growth of Division Community or constraints
2010 saw the Iron and Steel Society implement its plans for reform in line with the recommendations put forward by the working group. The Board now meets every 8 weeks in order to maintain momentum of activities.

The situation for delegates traveling and attending conferences seems to have eased slightly during 2010 although delegate numbers for conferences are still lower than before. A number of international conferences due to be held in 2010 were either cancelled or postponed.

4    Technical programme

Events Held

7  October 2010 Sir Henry Bessemer Master Class, Lecture and Dinner
Organised by the Iron and Steel Society.
The Master Class session attracted 14 delegates for the three master class sessions. The Sir Henry Bessemer Lecture was presented by Professor Mike Sellars. 66 people attended the dinner which was held in the Council Room at the Institute.

10 – 11 Nov 2010 Innovation Towards Sustainable Materials
The event is being organised by the Sustainable Development Group in conjunction with all divisions and societies of the Institute.

13 – 14 Dec 2010 Waste Recovery in Iron and Steelmaking Processes
Organised by the Iron and Steel Society.
The event attracted 75 delegates and was very well received.

Events Planned

Date to be confirmed Sir Henry Bessemer Master Class, Lecture and Dinner
 

5 Foresight / Innovation and Growth
Nothing to Report

6 Professional membership developments
Nothing to Report

7 National and international linkages with other Societies /Institutes
Local Societies
The Board recognise the need to engage more with the Institute’s local societies. Sarah Boad was invited to attend a meeting of the Board in July to discuss how the Society can interact more effectively with the local societies.

International
The Institute still holds the secretariat for ESIC, the European Steel Institute’s Confederation. The Chairman and Mrs Butterfield attended the Annual ESIC meeting in November and Dr Thackray attended the celebrations for the 150th Anniversary of VDEH. The Institute will be organizing four ESIC coordinated events in the next few years: the Thermomechanical Processing of Steels Conference in 2012 and the STEELSIM, simulation and modelling conference in 2013 (jointly with Czech Republic) Clean Technologies for the Steel Industry and the European Conference on Energy Efficiency and Carbon Reduction in the Steel Industry in 2014.

Mr Ian Christmas, Secretary General of Worldsteel Association continues to act as a member of the Iron and Steel Society Board.

9 Government interfaces
Nothing to report.

10 Publications
Mr Vince Ludlow has taken up the position of assistant editor in order to give support to Dr David Price. The number of papers submitted to Ironmaking and Steelmaking journal is increasing.
11 Awards/prizes
Bessemer Gold Medal
The medal was awarded to Professor Mike Sellars

Dowding Medal and Prize
The medal was awarded to John Wadsworth, Tata Steel RD&T

Frank Fitzgerald Award
The medal was awarded to Dr Liam Way, Tata Steel

Hadfield Medal and Prize
The medal was awarded to Mr Craig Priday, SMS MEVAC.

Thomas Medal and Prize
The medal was awarded to Haydn Chilcott, Tata Steel.

Colclough Medal and Prize
The medal was awarded to Professor Neville Baker.

Stokowiec Medal and Prize
The medal was awarded to Dr John Martin, BP

On a general matter of medals and prizes. The Board are concerned over the decline in numbers of nominations for medals and prizes, particularly the Frank Fitzgerald Medal and are looking at ways in which medals and prizes can be promoted more widely in order to encourage people to submit nominations.