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Dear Colleagues,

It is our great honour and pleasure to invite you to the 22nd IGWT Symposium, titled ”From Commodity to Quality: Shaping a Sustainable Future”, held in conjunction with the 3rd International Conference on Quality and Management Sciences. The event will take place from 9 to 11 September 2026 in Poznań, Poland.

After a long hiatus, the IGWT conferences are being resumed, offering a unique opportunity for international scholars and professionals in the fields of commodity science, quality, and management to reconnect and exchange ideas. This joint event will also feature the 3rd ICQMSc, conference traditionally organized in Poznań.

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The General Assembly elected PhD eng., DSc, Associate Professor Renata Salerno-Kochan as President of IGWT.

PhD eng., DSc, Associate Professor Renata Salerno-Kochan was affiliated with Krakow University of Economics – Krakow, Poland. Her scientific work focused on commodity science, materials testings, consumer behavior and consumer product safety.

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Circulare No. 47 contains the minutes of the IGWT General Assembly held at the Cracow University of Economics in September 2014 during the 19th IGWT Symposium.

It also includes important information concerning the activities and development of the Society.

Open Circulare No. 47

Circulare No. 48 contains the minutes of the IGWT General Assembly held at the University Tre in September 2018 during the 21st IGWT Symposium.

Open Circulare No. 48

We are pleased to invite you to the 21st IGWT Symposium, organised by the Department of Business Studies at Roma Tre University.

The scientific and cultural programme took place in Rome and Gaeta from 20 to 25 September 2018. The symposium focused on sustainability, quality and technological innovation as key drivers of competitiveness and value creation in products and services.

The programme reflected the multidisciplinary character of commodity science and offered an international platform for research on economic, environmental and social aspects of sustainability.

The official language of the symposium was English.

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The 20th IGWT Symposium, entitled Commodity Science in a Changing World, took place in Varna, Bulgaria, from 12 to 16 September 2016.

The symposium was hosted by the University of Economics – Varna and continued IGWT’s tradition of international scientific exchange in commodity science and technology.

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The Italian Academy of Commodity Science announced that Professor Bruno Notarnicola of the University of Bari Aldo Moro became its new President in March 2016.

This update formed part of the international exchange of information among IGWT member societies.