Awards

Written on 24 April 2017.

The fib presents awards to recognize contributions to the association, to the field of structural concrete in general, structures which demonstrate concrete’s versatility, and to recognize young engineers.

Achievement Award for Young Engineers

Entries for the fib Achievement Award for Young Engineers 2027 are now being accepted. The deadline is 9 November 2026.

Since 2001, the AAYE has been awarded every two years at fib symposia. The award includes a €2’000 prize and an invitation to the fib symposium in Dresden, Germany, in June 2027, where the award will be presented during a special session. The award is given in two categories in the field of structural concrete: the Research category and the Design & Construction category. Entries will be judged by an international jury chaired by Prof Giovanni Plizzari from the University of Brescia in Italy.

All candidates must be endorsed by their country’s fib National Delegation. The number of candidates each country may nominate is limited to the number of votes its National Delegation holds in the fib General Assembly.

Please note that some National Delegations select their candidates well in advance of the deadline. Early application is therefore strongly recommended. If you are unsure who the members of your country’s National Delegation are, please contact the fib Secretariat if you have any questions.

The fib Achievement Award for Young Engineers is awarded every two years at an fib symposium to engineers who are younger than 40 years old. The award is given in two categories — the Research category and the Design & Construction category. All candidates have to be endorsed by the fib National Delegation of their country.

Relevant documents:

This award was formerly known as the Diploma to Younger Engineers. Since 2001, The following young engineers have received the Achievement Award:

Years	Research		Design & Construction
2025	Inês Rosa (Portugal)		Sébastien Verger Leboeuf (Canada)
2023	Eline Vereecken (Belgium)		Ysabel Guil-Celada (Spain)
2021	Darko Tasevski (Swizterland)		Anton Kivell (New Zealand)
2019	Jesper Sørensen (Denmark)		Benjamin Kromoser (Austria)
2017	Patrick Huber (Austria)		Miguel Sacristan (Spain)
2015	João Pedro Santos (Portugal)	Yuguang Yang (Netherlands)	Luca Cargnino (Italy)
2013	Kamyab Zandi Hanjari (Sweden)		Bente Skovseth Nyhus (Norway)
2011	Juan Sagaseta (United Kingdom)		Oscar Ramon Ramos Gutierrez (Spain)
2009	Ana M. Ruiz-Teran (Spain)		Chris Hendy (United Kingdom)
2007	Steffen Grunewald (Netherlands)		Gopal Srinivasan (United Kingdom)
2005	Joris Fellinger (Netherlands)	Guido Morgenthal (Germany)
2003	Stefano Pampanin (Italy)	Cees Blom (Netherlands)	Luis Cãncio Martins (Portugal)	Stein Atle Haugerud (Norway)
2001	Tetsuya Ishida (Japan)		Jeanette Bouwmeester (Netherlands)

In addition to the award winners, there may be special mentions given in each category.

Years	Research		Design & Construction
2025	Nicola Gehri (Switzerland)	Thomas Thienpont (Belgium)	Numa Bertola (Switzerland)	Daniel Snodgrass (Canada)
2019	Hezi Y. Grisaro (Israel)	Fernando Acosta Urrea (Colombia/Germany)
2017	Fuyuan Gong (Japan)	Bruno Dal Lago (Italy)	Alvaro Serrano (Spain)	Carlo Segato (Italy)
2015			Kåre Flindt Jørgensen (Denmark)
2011	Gian Paolo Cimellaro(Italy)	Domenico Pennucci (Italy)
2007	Jonathan Shave (UK)	Eva Oller Ibars (Spain)
2005			Frank Kaalberg (Netherlands)	Fabrizio Palmisano (Italy)
2003	Anne Beeldens (Belgium)

Outstanding Concrete Structures (AOS)

The Award for Outstanding Concrete Structures recognises concrete structures that showcase the versatility of concrete as a structural medium. Presented every four years at an fib congress, the award consists of a bronze plaque displayed on the structure itself, along with certificates awarded to the principal contributors.

Nominations are submitted by fib National Delegations, with no limit on the number of submissions, and are evaluated by a jury appointed by the presidium.

The next edition is scheduled for 2030, and the call for entries will be released in 2029. Sign up for the fib newsletter to be among the first to know when it opens.

This award continues the tradition of the former FIP Award for Outstanding Concrete Structures, conferred between 1990 and 1998.

2022 Winners

Buildings

Rever Holdings Ryogoku - Japan
Buildings

The Helsinki Olympic Stadium - Finland
Civil Engineering Structures

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge - Ireland
Photo by © M. Sanchez

2022 Special Mentions

Buildings

FHNW-CAMPUS - Switzerland
Photo by © Martin Stollenwerk
Buildings

Chau Chak Wing Museum - Australia
Buildings

BT Headquarter - Romania
Civil Engineering Structures

New Coastal Road Viaduct - Reunion Island France
Photo by © Sébastien Marchal
Civil Engineering Structures

Bridge over the Rowing Course - Slovakia

2022 Exceptional Recognition

Civil Engineering Structures

Carbolight - Germany
Civil Engineering Structures

Bessodani Bridge - Japan

2018, 2014, 2010, 2006 and 2002 Winners

2018	Buildings	2014	Buildings	2010	Buildings	2006	Buildings	2002	Buildings
	Replacement of the roof structure and main dome over La Laguna cathedral (Spain)		Bella Sky Hotel (Denmark)		National Portrait Gallery Canberra (Australia)		Turning Torso, Malmo (Sweden)		Tower at La Défense, Paris (France)
	R⋅Torso⋅C (Japan)		Centro Ovale (Switzerland)		Island Tower Sky Club (Japan)		Shawnessy Light Rail Transit Station, Calgary (Canada)		The Scienta, University of New South Wales (Australia)
			Park City Musashi Kosugi (Japan)

2018	Civil Engineering Structures	2014	Civil Engineering Structures	2010	Civil Engineering Structures	2006	Civil Engineering Structures	2002	Civil Engineering Structures
	Takubogawa Bridge (Japan)		Egg Graben Bridge (Austria)		Third Millenium Bridge over the Ebro River (Spain)		Rion-Antirion Bridge (Greece)		Bras de la Plaine Bridge, La Réunion (France)
			Térénez Bridge (France)		Svratka River Pedestrian Bridge (Czech Republic)		Floating Breakwater (Monaco)		Vltava River Metro Tunnel, Prague (Czech Republic)
					Wadi Abdoun Bridge (Jordan)		Seiun Bridge, Tokusima (Japan)		Start Canal Bridge (Belgium)

Freyssinet Medal

The Freyssinet Medal recognizes outstanding technical contributions in the field of structural concrete. It is awarded every four years at a fib congress. The Freyssinet Medals are a continuation of the medals of the same name awarded by the FIP.

Since 2002, the following engineers received the fib Freyssinet Medals:

Years	Freyssinet Medalists
2022	Hugo Corres Peiretti (Spain)	Aurelio Muttoni (Switzerland)
2018	Rudy Ricciotti (France)	Jean-François Klein (Switzerland)	Giuseppe Mancini (Italy)
2014	Armando Rito (Portugal)	Joost Walraven (the Netherlands)
2010	Nigel Priestly (New Zealand)	Jiri Strasky (Czech Republic)
2006	Heinz Isler (Switzerland)	Michel Virlogeux (France)
2002	John E. Breen (U.S.)	Gert König (Germany)

Prior Freyssinet Medals were awarded by one of the fib’s predecessor associations, the FIP. The recipients of the FIP Freyssinet Medal can be found in the CEB & FIP tab.

Medal of Merit

The fib Medal of Merit is awarded to one or two recipients at fib symposia in recognition of their outstanding contributions to structural concrete and to the fib.

Since 1999, the following engineers received the fib Medal of Merit:

Years	Medalists
2025	Konrad Bergmeister (Austria)	Walter Kaufmann (Switzerland)
2024	Carmen Andrade (Spain)	Giovanni Plizzari (Italy)
2023	Manfred Curbach (Germany)	Milan Kalný (Czech Republic)
2021	Lucie Vandewalle (Belgium)	Johann Kollegger (Austria)
2020	Petr Hájek (Czech Republic)
2019	Peter Marti (Switzerland)
2017	Aad van der Horst (Netherlands)
2016	Stuart Matthews (Uk)	Michel Moussard (France)
2015	Mikael Bræstrup (Denmark)	Koji Sakai (Japan)	Tamon Ueda (Japan)
2013	Jean-François Klein (Switzerland)
2012	João Almeida (Portugal)	Jean-Marie Crémer (Belgium)
2011	Vladimir Cervenka (Czech Republic)
2009	Eduardo C. Carvalho (Portugal)	Marco Menegotto (Italy)
2008	Peter Schiessl (Germany)
2007	Tsutomu Kadotani (Japan)	Petro I. Kryvosheyev (Ukraine)
2005	Rolf Eligehausen (Germany)	Peter Lenkei (Hungary)
2004	Jacques Combault (France)	Josef Eibl (Germany)
2003	Paolo E. Pinto (Italy)	Steen Rostam (Denmark)
2001	Jean-Philippe Fuzier (France)	Dieter Jungwirth (Germany)
2000	Júlio Appleton (Portugal)	Walter Podolny (U.S.)
1999	José Calavera (Spain)	Jiri Strásky (Czech Republic)

Prior Medals of Merit were awarded by one of the fib’s predecessor associations, the FIP. The recipients of the FIP Medal of Merit can be found in the CEB & FIP tab.

Honorary Life Members

Honorary Life Members are recognized for their significant personal contributions to the work of the fib. Honorary membership continues a tradition that existed in both the CEB and FIP.

The following members have been awarded Honorary Life Membership in the fib:

Years	Honorary Life Members
2025	Avraham Dancygier (Israel)
2024	Antonio Caballero (Switzerland)	Alper Ilki (Turkey)
2023	Rolf Eligehausen (Germany)	Johan Silfwerbrand (Sweden)
2022	Tor Arne Hammer (Norway)	Terje Kanstad (Norway)	Tamon Ueda (Japan)
2021	Jan Vítek (Czech Republic)	Eduardo Julio (Portugal)
2020	Xilin Lu (China)
2019	Milan Chandoga (Slovakia)
2018	Ulf Nürnberger (Germany)	Stephen Foster (Australia)
2017	Ferdinand S. Rostásy (Germany)	Vyatcheslav R. Falikman (Russia)
2016	John Cairns (UK)
2015	Steiner Helland (Norway)	Luc Taerwe (Belgium)
2014	Fernando Stucchi (Brazil)	Arnold van Acker (Belgium)
2013	James G. Toscas (U.S.)
2012	Andrzej Ajdukiewicz (Poland)
2010	Hans Ulrich Litzner (Germany)	Jun Yamazaki (Japan)
2009	Hans Rüdiger Tewes (Germany)
2008	Álvaro García Meseguer (Spain)
2007	Hubert K. Hilsdorf (Germany)	Paul Regan (U.K.)
2006	Luis J. Lima (Argentina)	Manfred Miehlbradt (Germany)	Zivota Perisc (Serbia)
2004	Andrew Beeby (U.K.)	Jean Perchat (France)
2002	Renaud Favre (Switzerland)	Ralejs Tepfers (Sweden)	Yoshio Ozaka (Japan)

Honorary Life Members for the fib’s predecessor associations, can be found in the CEB & FIP Tab.

Honorary Presidents

Honorary presidents are elected by the General Assembly in the year following their presidency, in recognition of significant personal contribution to the fib.

This honour has been conferred on the following contributors:

Presidency	Honorary Presidents
2023-2024	Stephen Foster (Australia)
2021-2022	Akio Kasuga (Japan)
2019-2020	Tor Ole Olsen (Norway)
2017-2018	Hugo Corres Peiretti (Spain)
2015-2016	Harald S. Müller (Germany)
2013-2014	Gordon Clark (U.K.)
2011-2012	György Balázs (Hungary)
2009-2010	Michael Fardis (Greece)
2007-2008	Hans Rudolf Ganz (Switzerland)
2005-2006	Giuseppe Mancini (Italy)
2003-2004	Jim Forbes (Australia)
2001-2002	Joost Walraven (the Netherlands)
1998-2000	Michel Virlogeux (France)

Honorary Presidents for the fib’s predecessor associations can be found in the CEB & FIP tab.

Fellows

The fib considers that it is important to recognise fib members that have been active for many years and that have contributed to the goals of the fib.

The fib fellows are elected on the basis of the following criteria:

They are current fib members and have been for the last 10 years
They have embraced the values of the federation,
They have provided continuous outstanding contributions to the development of concrete and concrete structures or to the development of the fib through the participation in Task Groups and Commissions or other means.

The contributions for concrete structures can be in the areas of education, research, design and construction.

The fib fellows will have the following benefits:

Being recognised at the fib Symposium or Congress of the year of selection
Being listed on the fib website
Being invited to incorporate the fib Fellow to his/her signature. The signature designation which will help branding and recognition for a fellow is:
"Name Lastname Ffib", to designate a person bestowed with the fib fellow.

For more information, please download the detailed fib Fellows Conditions.

Since the fib does not have, at the time of creation of the program, any fellows the Presidium has decided to designate all past fib Honorary members, fib medalists, Freyssinet medalists and fib Honorary Presidents as fellows of the fib.

Years	Fellows
2025	Oguzhan Bayrak (United States)	Beatrice Belletti (Italy)	Joan Casas Rius (Spain)	Akio Kasuga (Japan)	Walter Kaufmann (Switzerland)	Ronald Klein-Holte (Netherlands)	Renata Kotynia (Poland)	Stef Maas (Belgium)
	Alfred Strauss (Austria)
2024	Konrad Bergmeister (Austria)	Agnieszka Bigaj van Vliet (Netherlands)	Robby Caspeele (Belgium)	Albert de la Fuente (Spain)	Gerrie Dieteren (Netherlands)	Ekkehard Fehling (Germany)	Larbi Sennour (USA)	Teddy Theryo (USA)
	Roberto Torrent (Switzerland)
2023	Carola Edvardsen (The Netherlands)	Venkataramana Heggade (India)	Larry Krauser (United States)	Antonio Mari Bernat (Spain)	Stijn Matthys (Belgium)	Frank Papworth (Australia)	Mike Schlaich (Germany)	Jean-Michel Torrenti (France)
	Thanasis Triantafillou (Greece)
2022	Edoardo Cosenza (Italy)	Manfred Curbach (Germany)	Avraham Dancygier (Israel)	Wit Derkowski (Poland)	Marco di Prisco (Italy)	Iria Doniak (Brazil)	Stein Atle Haugerud (Norway)	Terje Kanstad (Norway)
	Shoji Ikeda (Japan)	Alberto Meda (Italy)	Alejandro Perez Caldentey (Spain)
2021	Carmen Andrade (Spain)	Eduardo Julio (Portugal)	Milan Kalny (Czech Republic)	Johann kollegger (Austria)	Lionel Linger (France)	Tor Arne Martius-Hammer (Norway)	Aurelio Muttoni (Switzerland)	Theodore Neff (United States)
	Tor Ole Olsen (Norway)	Maria Rosaria Pecce (Italy)	Giovanni Plizzari (Italy)	Juan Sobrino (Spain)	Spyros Tsoukantas (Greece)	Lucie Vandewalle (Belgium)	Jan Vítek (Czech Republic)
2020	Petr Hajek (Czech Republic)	Xilin Lu (China)
2019	Milan Chandoga (Slovakia)	Hugo Corres Peiretti (Spain)	Peter Marti (Switzerland)
2018	Stephen Foster (Australia)	Ulf Nürnberger (Germany)	Rudy Ricciotti (France)
2017	Vyatcheslav R. Falikman (Russia)	Ferdinand S. Rostásy (Germany)	Aad van der Horst (Netherlands)
2016	John Cairns (UK)	Stuart Matthews (Uk)	Michel Moussard (France)	Harald S. Müller (Germany)
2015	Mikael Bræstrup (Denmark)	Steiner Helland (Norway)	Koji Sakai (Japan)	Luc Taerwe (Belgium)	Tamon Ueda (Japan)
2014	Gordon Clark (U.K.)	Armando Rito (Portugal)	Fernando Stucchi (Brazil)	Arnold van Acker (Belgium)
2013	Jean-François Klein (Switzerland)	James G. Toscas (U.S.)
2012	Andrzej Ajdukiewicz (Poland)	João Almeida (Portugal)	György Balázs (Hungary)	Jean-Marie Crémer (Belgium)
2011	Vladimir Cervenka (Czech Republic)
2010	Michael Fardis (Greece)	Hans Ulrich Litzner (Germany)	Nigel Priestly (New Zealand)	Jun Yamazaki (Japan)
2009	Eduardo C. Carvalho (Portugal)	Marco Menegotto (Italy)	Hans Rüdiger Tewes (Germany)
2008	Alvaro Carcia Meseguer (Spain)	Hans Rudolf Ganz (Switzerland)	Peter Schiessl (Germany)
2007	Hubert K. Hilsdorf (Germany)	Tsutomu Kadotani (Japan)	Petro I. Kryvosheyev (Ukraine)	Paul Regan (U.K.)
2006	Heinz Isler (Switzerland)	Luis J. Lima (Argentina)	Giuseppe Mancini (Italy)	Manfred Miehlbradt (Germany)	Zivota Perisc (Serbia)
2005	Rolf Eligehausen (Germany)	Peter Lenkei (Hungary)
2004	Andrew Beeby (U.K.)	Jacques Combault (France)	Josef Eibl (Germany)	Jim Forbes (Australia)	Jean Perchat (France)
2003	Paolo E. Pinto (Italy)	Steen Rostam (Denmark)
2002	John E. Breen (U.S.)	Renaud Favre (Switzerland)	Gert König (Germany)	Yoshio Ozaka (Japan)	Ralejs Tepfers (Sweden)	Joost Walraven (the Netherlands)
2001	Jean-Philippe Fuzier (France)	Dieter Jungwirth (Germany)
2000	Júlio Appleton (Portugal)	Walter Podolny (U.S.)	Michel Virlogeux (France)
1999	José Calavera (Spain)	Jiri Strásky (Czech Republic)

History

Written on 24 April 2017.

The fib was formed in 1998 by the merger of the Euro-International Committee for Concrete (the CEB) and the International Federation for Pre-stressing (the FIP). These predecessor organizations existed independently since 1953 and 1952, respectively.

Brief history of the fib's parent associations, CEB and FIP from 1952 to 1998

Years	History
1998	On the 24th May 1998 the CEB Administrative Council, following the resolution taken by the last General Assembly in 1997, dissolved the CEB in favour of the fib with an effective date of 28th May 1998. In a parallel move the same day, the FIP Council, following the resolution taken by the last General Assembly in 1996, dissolved the FIP in favour of the fib with an effective date of 28th May 1998 (the last day of the XIII FIP Congress Amsterdam).
1997	The 31st CEB General Assembly in Stockholm in June 1997, following a suggestion made by a common CEB-FIP Implementation Group, approved the merger with FIP to create fib.
1996	The FIP General Assembly met in London in September 1996 during the FIP Symposium, and following a suggestion made by a common CEB-FIP Implementation Group, approved the merger with the CEB to create the fib.
1991	The Final Draft of the 1990 CEB-FIP Model Code was presented to and endorsed by CEB's 28th Plenary Session in Vienna. Restructuring of CEB's Commissions and Task Groups commenced.
1985	The Model Code for Seismic Design of Concrete Structures was published by CEB. A decision was made to compile a 'Model Code 1990'. The secretariat of FIP moved from C&CA to The Institution of Structural Engineers, with Dr. Ralph Andrew succeeding Barry W. Shacklock as Seretary General.
1983	On invitation of the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), CEB's Lausanne office was opened, which became in 1985 the CEB headquarters after closure of the Paris office.
1980	CEB's legal domicile was transferred to Geneva, Switzerland.
1978	Barry W. Shacklock, who was at the time Director of Administration Services at C&CA, was appointed Secretary-General and Treasurer of the FIP, succeeding Mr. Arthur W. Hill.
1978	The first volumes of the 'International System of Unified Standard Codes of Practice for Structures' were published: Volume I: Common unified rules for different types of construction and material Volume II: CEB-FIP Model Code for Concrete Structures The latter subsequently became the basic reference document for the development of Eurocode 2 by the Commission of the European Communities, and to a large extent influenced the up-dating of design codes in many countries. In the following years numerous accompanying documents, application manuals, trial calculations, etc. were elaborated.
1977	The 19th CEB Plenary Session in Granada approved the final draft of what later became the 'CEB-FIP Model Code 1978'.
1976	CEB's name changed to 'Comité euro-international du béton' (Euro-International Committee for Concrete).
1974	An initiative by CEB – in a concentrated effort and in conjunction with FIP, ECCS, CIB and RILEM – created an 'International System of Unified Standard Codes of Practice for Structures', in which CEB became responsible for the common unified rules for different types of construction and material and the model code for concrete structures.
1970	The second edition of what later became the "CEB-FIP International Recommendations” were ratified by the two associations, covering structures in plain, reinforced and prestressed concrete. In the following years elaboration of numerous accompanying manuals.
1970	The second edition of what later became the "CEB-FIP International Recommendations” were ratified by the two associations, covering structures in plain, reinforced and prestressed concrete. In the following years elaboration of numerous accompanying manuals.
1968	The importance of the results achieved by CEB was officially recognised by the United Nations in the publishing of the UNESCO 'Code et manuel d'application pour le calcul et l'exécution du béton armé', conceived especially for the developing countries, based on the 1964 CEB International Recommendations and elaborated by a commission of CEB experts.
1967	FIP-Notes created as a means of dissemination of news among members, continued until 1998.
1964	The First CEB International Recommendations (covering reinforced concrete structures), was published successively in fifteen languages as 'a tentative draft for a complete set of provisional practical recommendations relating to all aspects of design and construction', and contributed very efficiently to the progress of drafting of national codes in about twenty countries.
1962	A common initiative by FIP and CEB created a 'Mixed CEB-FIP Committee for Drafting of Recommendations for Prestressed Concrete'.
1961	On the initiative of CEB the 'Liaison Committee for the International Civil Engineering Associations', was created (comprising still today the CIB, ECCS, fib, IABSE and RILEM), with the aim to define the areas of activity and to harmonize the endeavours. Under the auspices of the Liaison Committee, several joint undertakings with other associations could be initiated, among them the creation of a joint CEB-CIB-RILEM Commission on Statistical Quality Control (see CEB Bulletin 110) and in 1971 of the still existing Joint Committee on Structural Safety (JCSS).
1959	In CEB the priority of future work was given to ‘the elaboration of easily usable (international) practical rules (recommendations), with possibly limited initial application or selection of a sufficient security, followed by improvement of the rules when research results permit’. By this decision, the objectives of CEB had to be re-defined as: coordinating and synthesizing research for all problems related to technology and innovation in structural concrete; creating and orchestrating the international principles and rules for the conception, calculation, construction and maintenance of concrete structures; and establishing codes, standards or other regulatory documents on a unified international basis progressively, through successive stages. For these purposes the first 'Working Commissions' were created.
1957	Beginning of CEB's technical publication series 'Bulletins d'Information', continued until No. 243 in 1998.
1954	Philip Gooding, Director-General of the Cement & Concrete Association was appointed Secretary General of FIP. Subsequently, C&CA in Wexham Springs, UK, hosted and sponsored the secretariat.
1953	The Comité européen du béton CEB (European Committee for Concrete) was founded, on an initiative of French contractors, by André Balency-Béarn (France), Louis Baes (Belgium), Emile Nennig (Luxembourg), Hubert Rüsch (Germany), Euardo Torroja (Spain) and Georg Wästlund (Sweden). The French National Federation of Building (FNB / SNBATI) in Paris hosted and sponsored the secretariat. Yves Saillard was nominated as Secrétaire Permanent, and later became (1968) Vice-Président Délégué and (1971) Président Délégué.
1952	The Fédération internationale de la précontrainte FIP (International Federation for Prestressing) was inaugurated at an international meeting held in Cambridge, England.

CEB Presidents from 1953 to 1998

Presidency	CEB Presidents
1987-1998	Roy E. Rowe (United Kingdom)
1983-1987	Theodossios P. Tassios (Greece)
1979-1983	Julio Ferry-Borges (Portugal)
1971-1978	Andrew Short (United Kingdom)
1968-1971	Hubert Rüsch (Germany)
1957-1968	Franco Levi (Italy)
1953-1957	André Balency-Béarn (France)

FIP Presidents from 1953 to 1998

Presidency	FIP Presidents
1996-1998	Michel Virlogeux (France)
1992-1996	Jan Moksnes (Norway)
1988-1992	René Walther (Switzerland)
1984-1988	Hans Wittfoht (Germany)
1982-1984	John Derrington (United Kingdom)
1978-1982	Roger Lacroix (France)
1974-1978	Ben C. Gerwick Jr. (USA)
1970-1974	Gerrit F. Janssonius (Netherlands)
1966-1970	Franco Levi (Italy)
1961-1966	Yves Guyon (France)
1958-1961	Eduardo Torroja (Spain)
1953-1958	Eugène Freyssinet (France)

CEB Plenary Sessions

Sessions
Luxembourg (1953), Fontainebleau (1954), Madrid (1956), Rome (1957), Vienna (1959)
Monaco (1961), Luxembourg (1962), Wiesbaden (1963), Ankara (1964), London (1965), Brussels (1966), Lausanne (1968), Delft-Scheveningen (1969)
Copenhagen (1971), Leningrad (1972), London (1973), Lisbon (1975), Athens (1976), Granada (1977), Rome (1979)
Budapest (1980), Munich (1982), Prague (1983), Rotterdam (1985), Treviso (1987), Dubrovnik (1988)
Paris (1990), Vienna (1991), Les Diablerets (1993), Berlin (1995), Stockholm (1997)

FIP Congresses

Congresses
Amsterdam (1998), Washington (1994), Hamburg (1990)
New Delhi (1986), Stockholm (1982)
London (1978), New York (1974), Prague (1970)
Paris (1966), Rome and Naples (1962)
Berlin (1958), Amsterdam (1955), London (1953)

FIP Symposia

Symposia
Beijing (1991), Budapest (1992), Kyoto (1993), Brisbane (1995), London (1996), Johannesburg (1997)
Bucharest (1980), Calgary (1984), Jerusalem (1988)
Tbilisi (1972), Sydney (1976)
Madrid (1968)

FIP Freyssinet Medal

Years	Medalists
1998	Jan Moksnes (Norway)	Jean Muller (France)
1994	Alexander C. Scordelis (USA)	Hans Wittfoht (Germany)	René Walther (Switzerland)
1990	Christian Menn (Switzerland)	Jörg Schlaich (Germany)
1986	Shunji Inomata (Japan)	Roger Lacroix (France)
1982	Max Birkenmeier (Switzerland)	Ben C. Gerwick Jr. (USA)
1978	Paul Abeles (USA)	Alexei A. Gvozdev (USSR)	Franco Levi (Italy)
1974	Fritz Leonhardt (Germany)	T'ung-Yen Lin (USA)	Victor V. Mikhailov (USSR)
1970	Nicolas Esquillan (France)	Ulrich Finsterwalder (Germany)	Ricardo Morandi (Italy)

FIP Medallists

Years	Medallists
1998	Mineo Morimoto (Japan)	Armando Rito (Portugal)	Joost Walraven (The Netherlands)
1997	Charles Liebenberg (South Africa)	Robert Park (New Zealand)
1996	Tom W. Kirkbride (United Kingdom)	Javier Manterola (Spain)
1995	W. G. J. Ryan (Australia)	Steinar Helland (Norway)
1994	Norman C. Scott (USA)	Arnold van Acker (Belgium)
1993	Shoji Ikeda (Japan)	Hans Rudolf Müller (Switzerland)	Hiroshi Muguruma (Japan)
1992	Lajos Garay (Hungary)	Peter Matt (Switzerland)	Géza Tassi (Hungary)
1991	He Guangqian (China)	Henk J. C. Oud (The Netherlands)
1990	Helmut Bomhard (Germany)	John E. Breen (USA)	Michel Placidi (France)
1988	Carlo Cestelli Guidi (Italy)	Lubor Janda (Czech Republic)	Jacob Shimoni (Israel)
1986	C. R. Alimchandani (India)	Helmut F. Cabjolsky (Argentina)	Jacques Mathivat (France)	Tippur N. Subba Rao (India)	J. H. van Loenen (The Netherlands)
1984	Karl G. Bernander (Sweden)	A. S. G. Bruggeling (The Netherlands)	Kai Holbek (USA)	Konstantin V. Mikhailov (USSR)
1982	Gerrit F. Janssonius (The Netherlands)	Michel Kavyrchine (France)	Kyoshi Nakano (Japan)	Sven-Erik Svensson (Sweden)
1980	Constantin Avram (Romania)	Olav Olsen (Norway)
1978	Jan Bobrowski (United Kingdom)	Carlos F. Casado (Spain)	Alexandra B. Druganova (USSR)	Jean Muller (France)	Hans Wittfoht (Germany)	Silvano Zorzi (Italy)
1976	William P. Brown (Australia)	Armand H. Gustaferro (USA)
1974	Arthur A. Anderson (USA)	Shunji Inomata (Japan)	David J. Lee (UK)
1970	Dudley H. New (United Kingdom)	Pierre Xercavins (France)	Branko Zezelj (Yugoslavia)

CEB Honorary Life Members

Years	Medallists
1997	Giorgio Macchi (Italy)	Henri Motteu (Belgium)
1993	Henri Mathieu (France)	Manfred Stiller (Germany)
1988	Yves Saillard (France)
1983	Troels Brøndum-Nielsen (Denmark)
1980	Alexei A. Gvozdev (USSR)
1979	Nicolas Esquillan (France)
1977	Fritz Leonhardt (Germany)

FIP Honorary Life Members

Years	Medallists
1998	Rafael Pineiro Abril (Spain)
1992	Ralph P. Andrew (United Kingdom)
1990	Roy E. Rowe (United Kingdom)	Manfred Stiller (Germany)
1988	Konstantin V. Mikhailov (USSR)
1986	William F. G. Crozier (United Kingdom)	Barry W. Shacklock (United Kingdom)
1978	Karl Kordina (Germany)	Fernand Dumas (France)
1974	Sir Alan Harris (United Kingdom)	Jiri Klimes (Czechoslovakia)
1970	Carlo Cestelli Guidi (Italy)	Hans Minetti (Germany)	Philip Gooding (United Kingdom)	Christian Ostenfeld (Denmark)

FIP Awards for Outstanding Concrete Structures

Years	Buildings			Civil Engineering
1998	The Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Japan	The Belfast Waterfront Hall, Northern Ireland		The Normandy bridge near Le Havre, France	The Great Belt East Bridge, Denmark
1994	The breakwater jetty in Sakai, Japan	The tennis center of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA	The administrative building of the ECC construction group in Chennai, India	The Skarnsundet cable stay bridge, Norway	The footbridge over the Vranov reservoir, Czech Republic
1990	La Grande Arche in Paris, France	The Gullfaks C oil platform, Norway		The Oosterschelde storm surge barrier, The Netherlands	The pedestrian bridge across the Altmahl river at Kelheim, Germany

Secretariat

Written on 24 April 2017.

The fib secretariat is headed by the secretary general and is located in Lausanne, Switzerland on the campus of the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).

The secretary general provides overall guidance on the daily operations of the association and ensures coordination within the association and with partner associations.

The secretariat provides all the administrative support to the association, including membership, bulletin sales, awards and communications to carry out the directives of the presidium.

If you need information from the secretariat, do not hesistate to contact us.

Secretary General

Dr David Fernández-Ordóñez

Account and Administration Specialist

Ms. Daniele Saugy

Communications and Events Specialist

Ms. Marie Reymond

Web Development and Publications Specialist

Ms. Corinne Bottollier Dépois

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General assembly

Written on 24 April 2017.

140710 organizational chart The fib general assembly (GA) consists of the heads of delegation (one per country) and the additional delegates (or their deputies) as appointed by the national groups. The number of delegates, and accordingly, the number of votes, for each national group is determined by the chosen subscription level.

fib members can find the current list of national groups and their respective delegates and deputies if they logged in the fib members' section of the website.

The GA meets at least once every two years and is the overriding authority of the association. It is therefore responsible for approving:

amendments to the statutes;
resolutions and technical conclusions, including the fib Model Code;
voting rights of national groups;
operating budget, accounting, membership subscriptions and other financial matters; and
honorary members and honorary presidents

In addition, the GA elects the following members of the presidium:

President and Deputy-President
Honorary Treasurer
Four elected presidium members (for a four-year term)

First name	Last name	Country	Affiliation
Milan	Kalny	Czech Republic	Pontex Ltd.
Andrew	Truby	United Kingdom	Truby Stevenson Ltd
Roland	Fox	Luxembourg	Admin. Ponts et Chaussées
Julio	Timerman	Brazil	IBRACON /ENGETI
Avraham	Dancygier	Israel	Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Congzhen	Xiao	China	China Acad. Building Res.
Gennadiy G.	Farenyuk	Ukraine	NIISK - Research Inst. Building Constr.
Jiri	Kolisko	Czech Republic	Czech Technical University in Prague
Kyoji	Niitani	Japan	Oriental Shiraishi Corporation
Alejandro	Pérez Caldentey	Spain	FHECOR Ingenieros Consultores/Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Hasan Ali	Karahan	Turkey	ITU - Istanbul Technical University, Rectorate
Stathis	Bousias	Greece	-
David	Fernández-Ordóñez	Switzerland	fib
Jan	Vítek	Czech Republic	Metrostav a. s.
Elisabeth	Hierlein	Germany	FDB - Fachvereinigung Deutscher Betonfertigteilbau e.V.
Udo	Wiens	Germany	DAfStb - Deutscher Ausschuss für
Hans Rudolf	Ganz	Switzerland	Ganz Consulting
Stef	Maas	Belgium	FEBE
György L.	Balázs	Hungary	Budapest Univ. of Techn. & Economics
Konrad	Bergmeister	Austria	Univ. Bodenkultur
Christis	Chrysostomou	Cyprus	Cyprus University of Technology
Wit	Derkowski	Poland	Cracow Technical University
Iria	Doniak	Brazil	ABCIC
Brett	Pielstick	United States	Eisman & Russo
Alper	Ilki	Turkey	ITU - Istanbul Technical University
Akio	Kasuga	Japan	School of Engineering
Yurii	Kalyukh	Ukraine	NIISK - Research Inst of Building Constr.
Jože	Lopatič	Slovenia	University of Ljubljana
Giuseppe	Mancini	Italy	Politecnico Torino
Marco	Menegotto	Italy	Private
Frank	Papworth	Australia	BCRC
Larbi	Sennour	United States	The Consulting Engineers Gr., Inc.
Dabin	Feng	China	China Acad. Building Res.
Thanasis	Triantafillou	Greece	University of Patras
Christian	Cremona	France	Bouygues Construction
Sherif	Yehia	United Arab Emirates	Prof.
Owen	Brooker	United Kingdom	Structronix Ltd
Jean-François	Cap	Belgium	SECO Bureau de contrôle tech. pour la constr.
Edoardo	Cosenza	Italy	Univ. of Napoli Federico II
George	Cremasco	Australia	Westkon Precast Concrete Pty. Ltd
Carola K.	Edvardsen	Denmark	Cowi AS
Paul	Gauvreau	Canada	University of Toronto
Johan	Silfwerbrand	Sweden	KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Kim	Johansson	Finland	Concrete Assoc. of Finland
Walter	Kaufmann	Switzerland	ETH Zürich
Josef	Knitl	Germany	Max Bögl GmbH
Tamás	Kovacs	Hungary	Budapest Univ. Technology
Itai	Leviathan	Israel	Leviathan Engineers
János	Magyar	Hungary	A-HID Epito Zartköruen Mukodo Reszvénytarsasag
Viktor	Markelj	Slovenia	Ponting d.o.o.
Lars	Meyer	Germany	Deutscher Beton- und Bautechnik-Verein
Michael	Pauser	Austria	ÖBV
Andrea	Prota	Italy	Universita di Napoli Federico II
Robert	Vollum	United Kingdom	Imperial College London
Johan Paul	Vyncke	Belgium	CSTC Limelette
Anna	Saetta	Italy	Università Iuav di Venezia
Dan	Georgescu	Romania	Techn. Univ. of Civil Engineering
Nadarajah	Surendran	United Kingdom	PRAETER Engineering Ltd
Kjell	Fosså	Norway	Kvaerner Concrete Solutions
Christian	Schang	France	SNCF RESEAU
Anna	Halicka	Poland	Lublin University of Technology
Antonio	Occhiuzzi	Italy	Istituto per le tecnologie della costruzione consiglio nazionale delle
Larry	Krauser	United States	General Technologies, Inc.
Minehiro	Nishiyama	Japan	Kyoto University
Susumu	Inoue	Japan	Osaka Institute of Technology
Rayed	Al Arashi	United Arab Emirates	Goverment of Dubai
Harald	Müller	Germany	SMP Ingenieure im Bauwesen GmbH
Petr	Hajek	Czech Republic	Czech Technical University in Prague
Fernando	Stucchi	Brazil	ABECE/EGT
Giovanni	Plizzari	Italy	University of Brescia
Stephen	Foster	Australia	UNSW Sydney
Johann	Kollegger	Austria	Vienna University of Technology
Sung-Gul	Hong	Korea, Republic of	Seoul National University
Linh	Hoang	Denmark	Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
Xilin	Lu	China	Tongji University
Gregg A.	Freeby	United States	ASBI (American Segmental Bridge Institute)
Janne	Kihula	Finland	Finnish Concrete Industry Association
Denis	Mitchell	Canada	McGill Univ. Montreal
Robby	Caspeele	Belgium	Ghent University
Odinir	Klein Júnior	Brazil	França e Associados
Dmitry	Kuzevanov	Russian Federation	NIIZHB
Mikael	Hallgren	Sweden	Tyréns Sverige AB
Peter	Paulik	Slovakia	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
Eduardo	Julio	Portugal	Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa
Marco	di Prisco	Italy	Politecnico di Milano
Chris	Hendy	United Kingdom	Atkins
Vyatcheslav	Falikman	Russian Federation	Russian Structural Concrete Association
Tor	Martius-Hammer	Norway	SINTEF AS
Alejandro	Mateos	Argentina	National University of Northwest of Buenos Aires - UNNOBA
Wayne	Kassian	Canada	Kassian Dyck Associates
Takumi	Shimomura	Japan	Nagaoka Univ. of Technology
Agnieszka	Bigaj-van Vliet	Netherlands	TNO - Buildings, Infrastructures and Maritime
Mario	Pimentel	Portugal	Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto
Martin	Moravcik	Slovakia	SNK fib
Luc	Taerwe	Belgium	Ghent University
Wim	Jansze	Netherlands	Consolis
Renata	Kotynia	Poland	Lodz University of Technology
Thierry	Delemont	Switzerland	T-ingenierie SA
Andreas	Sjaastad	Norway	Veidekke Entreprenør AS
Arianna	Minoretti	Norway	Statens vegvesen
Moustafa	Al-Ani	New Zealand	-
Sándor	Sólyom	Hungary	Budapest Univ. of Techn. & Economics
Jean Michel	Torrenti	France	Univ Gustave Eiffel
Sylvia	Kessler	Germany	Helmut-Schmidt-University/ University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg
Jongkwon	Choi	Korea, Republic of	Hongik University
Reggie H.	Holt	United States	Federal Highway Administration
Benjamin	Graybeal	United States	Federal Highway Administration
Tetsuya	Ishida	Japan	Department of Civil Engineering
Lionel	Linger	France	Vinci Construction Grand Projets
Tim	Christle	United States	PTI - Post-Tensioning Institute
Ólafur	Haraldsson	Iceland	Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration
Alok	Bhowmick	India	B&S Engineering Consultants PVT.Ltd
Anssi	Laaksonen	Finland	Tampere University of Technology
Auli	Lastunen	Finland	-
Fatma	Mohamed	Tanzania, United Republic of	University of Dar Es Salaam
Lwitiko	Kalenga	Tanzania, United Republic of	University of Dar es Salaam
Sisir	Banerjee	India	The Institution of Engineers
Marcin	Górski	Poland	Silesian University of Technology
Alberto	Meda	Italy	University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Steve	Denton	United Kingdom	WSP
Alfred	Strauss	Austria	BOKU University
Giuseppe	Loporcaro	New Zealand	University of Canterbury
Chikako	Fujiyama	Japan	Yokohama National University
Corin	Walford	United Kingdom	-
Takafumi	Noguchi	Japan	The University of Tokyo
Sarah	Skorpen	South Africa	University of Pretoria
Josée	Bastien	Canada	University Laval
Véronique	Bouteiller	France	University Gustave Eiffel
Jonathan	Mai-Nhu	France	CERIB
José Manuel	de Sena Cruz	Portugal	University of Minho
Ana Sofia	Louro	Portugal	LNEC
Hans-Dieter	Beushausen	South Africa	University of Cape Town
Henrik Brøner	Jørgensen	Denmark	University of Southern Denmark
Alireza	Khaloo	Iran, Islamic Republic of	Sharif University of Technology
Arash	Zolfagharnasab	Iran, Islamic Republic of	Paya Concrete and Cement Research Center
Patrick	Huber	Austria	Vienna University of Technology
Steffen	Marx	Germany	Technische Universität Dresden
Peter	Mark	Germany	Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Nicholas	Kyriakides	Cyprus	Cyprus University of Technology
Bin	Zhao	China	Tongji University
Venkataramana	Heggade	India	Indian National Academy of Engineers
Þorbjörg	Hólmgeirsdóttir	Iceland	The Icelandic Concrete Association
Manish Mahendra	Kothari	India	The Institution of Engineers (India)
José Manuel	Simon-Talero Munoz	Spain	Torroja Ingenieria
Héctor	Bernardo Gutiérrez	Spain	Pontem Engineering Services
Pilar	Crespo	Spain	Ministerio de Transportes y Movilidad Sostenible
Julio	Sánchez Delgado	Spain	fhecor
Albert	De la Fuente	Spain	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Amy	Trygestad	United States	Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
Frederik	Autrup	Denmark	-
Valeriu	Stoian	Romania	-
Aurelio	Muttoni	Switzerland	École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPF Lausanne)
Gerrie	Dieteren	Netherlands	TNO
Yuguang	Yang	Netherlands	TU Delft
Rob	Vergoossen	Netherlands	Haskoning

Technical council

Written on 24 April 2017.

The fib technical council (TC) consists of the heads of delegation of the national groups, commission chairs, presidium members, honorary presidents, the secretary general and additional members appointed by the presidium for a four-year term.

fib members can find the current list of TC members in when they are logged in the fib members section of the website.

The TC meets at least once per year and is responsible for initiating commissions and task groups, approving their terms of reference and appointing their chairs and conveners, respectively. The TC monitors the work of all the commissions and approves all recommendations, guides and manuals for publication.

The TC also makes recommendations to the presidium regarding:

the dissemination of the results (in the form of bulletins, for example); and
the need to put forth technical resolutions to be approved by the GA.

First name	Last name	Country	Affiliation
Iria	Doniak	Brazil	ABCIC
Hans Rudolf	Ganz	Switzerland	Ganz Consulting
Jim	Forbes	Australia	Arcadis
Gordon	Clark	United Kingdom	Consultant
Larbi	Sennour	United States	The Consulting Engineers Gr., Inc.
Avraham	Dancygier	Israel	Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Roland	Fox	Luxembourg	Admin. Ponts et Chaussées
David	Fernández-Ordóñez	Switzerland	fib
Steinar	Helland	Norway	S Helland Konsult
Johan	Silfwerbrand	Sweden	KTH Royal Institute of Technology
György L.	Balázs	Hungary	Budapest Univ. of Techn. & Economics
Jean Michel	Torrenti	France	Univ Gustave Eiffel
Konrad	Bergmeister	Austria	Univ. Bodenkultur
Christis	Chrysostomou	Cyprus	Cyprus University of Technology
Wit	Derkowski	Poland	Cracow Technical University
Alper	Ilki	Turkey	ITU - Istanbul Technical University
Akio	Kasuga	Japan	School of Engineering
Gennadiy G.	Farenyuk	Ukraine	NIISK - Research Inst. Building Constr.
Jože	Lopatič	Slovenia	University of Ljubljana
Giuseppe	Mancini	Italy	Politecnico Torino
Marco	Menegotto	Italy	Private
Maria Rosaria	Pecce	Italy	University of Naples Federico II
Thanasis	Triantafillou	Greece	University of Patras
Rayed	Al Arashi	United Arab Emirates	Goverment of Dubai
Harald	Müller	Germany	SMP Ingenieure im Bauwesen GmbH
Michel	Virlogeux	France	Virlogeux Consulting
Tamon	Ueda	China	Shenzhen University
Fernando	Stucchi	Brazil	ABECE/EGT
Stephen	Foster	Australia	UNSW Sydney
Sung-Gul	Hong	Korea, Republic of	Seoul National University
Rolf	Eligehausen	Germany	IWB, Universität Stuttgart
Robby	Caspeele	Belgium	Ghent University
Peter	Paulik	Slovakia	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
Eduardo	Julio	Portugal	Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa
Marco	di Prisco	Italy	Politecnico di Milano
Chris	Hendy	United Kingdom	Atkins
Vyatcheslav	Falikman	Russian Federation	Russian Structural Concrete Association
Tor	Martius-Hammer	Norway	SINTEF AS
Michael	Fardis	Greece	University of Patras
Alberto	Meda	Italy	University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Alfred	Strauss	Austria	BOKU University
Luc	Taerwe	Belgium	Ghent University
Xilin	Lu	China	Tongji University
Antonio	Caballero	Switzerland	Consultant
Wayne	Kassian	Canada	Kassian Dyck Associates
José	Campos e Matos	Portugal	University of Minho
Thierry	Delemont	Switzerland	T-ingenierie SA
Hugo	Corres	Spain	FHECOR Ingenieros Consultores
Domenico	Asprone	Italy	University of Naples Federico II
Linh	Hoang	Denmark	Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
Sylvia	Kessler	Germany	Helmut-Schmidt-University/ University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg
Tetsuya	Ishida	Japan	Department of Civil Engineering
Tor Ole	Olsen	Norway	T.O.Olsen AS
Ólafur	Haraldsson	Iceland	Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration
Alok	Bhowmick	India	B&S Engineering Consultants PVT.Ltd
Moustafa	Al-Ani	New Zealand	-
Auli	Lastunen	Finland	-
Marcelo	Melo	Brazil	Casagrande Engenharia
Fatma	Mohamed	Tanzania, United Republic of	University of Dar Es Salaam
Alejandro	Mateos	Argentina	National University of Northwest of Buenos Aires - UNNOBA
Dan	Georgescu	Romania	Techn. Univ. of Civil Engineering
Steve	Denton	United Kingdom	WSP
Sarah	Skorpen	South Africa	University of Pretoria
Josée	Bastien	Canada	University Laval
Véronique	Bouteiller	France	University Gustave Eiffel
Jan	Vítek	Czech Republic	Metrostav a. s.
Alireza	Khaloo	Iran, Islamic Republic of	Sharif University of Technology
Oguzhan	Bayrak	United States	Univ. of Texas at Austin
Manish Mahendra	Kothari	India	The Institution of Engineers (India)
Petr	Hajek	Czech Republic	Czech Technical University in Prague
José Manuel	Simon-Talero Munoz	Spain	Torroja Ingenieria
Dabin	Feng	China	China Acad. Building Res.
Bin	Zhao	China	Tongji University
Gerrie	Dieteren	Netherlands	TNO
Joost	Walraven	Netherlands	Dutch fib Delegation
Aad	van der Horst	Netherlands	-
Agnieszka	Bigaj-van Vliet	Netherlands	TNO - Buildings, Infrastructures and Maritime

Presidium

Written on 24 April 2017.

The presidium consists of the president, the deputy president, the immediate past president, four elected members, two elected deputy chairs of the technical council, the secretary general (ex officio) and up to two co-opted members. The co-opted members are elected by the presidium on the recommendation of the president for the duration of his or her time in office.

The presidium meets several times per year and acts as the association’s executive committee. It is responsible for the technical promotion of structural concrete through the association’s governing bodies. In order to achieve its objectives, the presidium may delegate special tasks to ad hoc committees. The presidium is also charged with:

selecting the venue and date of fib events (congresses, symposia, etc.);
approving support of non-fib events;
sets the conditions for membership and approves new members;
grants awards, honorary memberships and medals of merit;
appoints the secretary general and the editor-in-chief of the fib’s Structural Concrete journal; and
issues directives and/or detailed regulations for all aspects not covered by the statutes.

President

The president is elected by the GA for two years and should already have served as deputy president for the preceding two years. Following his or her term as president, he or she will serve as the immediate past president for a further two years.