Rely on AWS to bring you the highest quality conferences in the welding industry.
Quality educational materials – and welding conferences in particular – are just one way your membership serves you. By presenting the latest technology, cutting-edge topics, and industry experts, AWS puts the key to industry expertise and advancement in its members’ hands.
2021 conferences
Qualification of Welding Procedures
February 17 – 18
A Welding Procedure Specification (WPS) is a guiding document in any welding quality management program. This workshop will explore that role and guide the participants through the process of writing and qualifying a WPS that is ASME Section IX compliant, metallurgically sound, and meaningful to the welder.
Women in Welding Virtual Conference
March 25
Join us for the 1st Women in Welding Mini Virtual Conference hosted by the American Welding Society. We have invited (4) women who have succeeded in this industry to kick-off what we hope will be a series of these virtual events geared towards topics faced by women in this industry.
RWMA Resistance Welding Spring School
June 22-23
Each Spring, AWS and RWMA team up to offer a 2-day school, taught by resistance welding industry heavyweights, that explores concepts and materials outside the scope of the CRWT exam.
Advances in Welding and Additive Manufacturing Research
August 8 – 13
This five-day, technically intensive conference will focus on cutting-edge developments in the science of welding, joining and additive manufacturing research. Plan now to join other leading researchers, scientists and engineers from all over the world.
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* Abstract Submission Deadline: May 1, 2021
International Brazing and Soldering Conference
October 3 – 6
Save the Date for the American Welding Society’s International Brazing & Soldering Conference in October 2021.
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* Abstract Submission Deadline: March 15, 2021
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RWMA Resistance Welding Fall School
October 13-14
Each Fall, AWS and RWMA team up to offer a 2-day school, taught by resistance welding industry heavyweights, that explores concepts and materials outside the scope of the CRWT exam.
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