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.
Welding Summit
This Summit is intended to bring the best quality information and construction welding professionals together for a series of interactive presentations on how more value can be brought to welding operations and the best way to execute success welding plans into projects.
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Shipbuilding & Aluminum Conference
Aluminum is one of the most versatile and widely used metals in manufacturing. However, its unique chemical and physical properties can also make it one of the most challenging to weld. The critical importance of welding in the shipbuilding industry will also be addressed by providing current information on emerging technologies being developed for shipbuilding applications.
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Aerospace Joining Conference
Bringing together experts from Research & Development, Manufacturing and Applications in the areas of advanced welding and brazing, adaptive manufacturing, single crystal repair and advanced repair technologies for the aerospace and IGT engine industries.
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RWMA Regional Conference
Save the Date for the American Welding Society’s RWMA Regional Conference in September 2019.
Advanced Coating Symposium – Aerospace
Save the Date for the American Welding Society’s Advanced Coating Symposium in October 2019. The International Thermal Spray Association, a Standing Committee of the American Welding Society, is a professional industrial association dedicated to expanding the use of thermal spray technologies for the benefit of industry and society.
RWMA Resistance Welding School
Start preparing for the upcoming Certified Resistance Welding Technician (CRWT) certification at the Emmett A. Craig RWMA Resistance Welding School. Presented by industry experts, this is an intensive two-day course covering the fundamentals of Resistance Welding.
2020 conferences
Weld Cracking Conference
The 11th Weld Cracking Symposium is a continuation of the long running and very popular AWS conference series. In 2020, this symposium will directly precede the AWS Inspection Conference and focus on the subjects of weldment cracking & inspection techniques/technology. This event will provide the fabrication and construction industry, as well as owner/operators, with leading information on cracking mechanisms, materials of construction, inspection methods and mitigation techniques.
Inspection Conference
Examining Ways to Improve the Inspections Industry
Be among the first to attend the inaugural Inspection Conference, where experts from the American Welding Society (AWS), American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), The American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT), and NACE International (The Corrosion Society), join forces on a comprehensive array of topics common to corrosion engineering, nondestructive testing, steel construction and welding inspectors. Now Accepting Abstracts >
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RWMA Annual Conference
Save the Date for the American Welding Society’s RWMA Annual Conference in February 2020.
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WEMCO Annual Conference
Join us for WEMCO Annual Meeting, it is an intensive three-day forum for the executives and thought leaders, on key issues impacting welding equipment manufacturers. Non-WEMCO members are welcome to attend the annual meeting one time prior to registering for WEMCO membership.
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2021 conferences
Coming soon!
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WEMCO Annual Conference
February 26-28, 2020
Omni LaMansion del Rio Mokara Hotel & Spa
San Antonio, Texas
RWMA Annual Conference
February 26-28, 2020
Omni LaMansion del Rio Mokara Hotel & Spa
San Antonio, Texas
