The 19th General Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Refrigeration

Abstract
On 24 April 2012, the International Academy of Refrigeration (IAR) held its 19th General Annual Meeting in the assembly hall of the Institute of Refrigeration and Biotechnologies, St Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO). Academic presentations were made by the IAR members V.N. Vasilyev, Rector of the ITMO, corr. member of the RAS; Didier Coulomb, Director of the IIR, Paris; A.M. Arkharov, Prof of Bauman MSTU, hon. member of the IIR; A.G. Grechko, GAZPROM, Moscow; and A.M. Grimitlin, President of AVOK North West, St Petersburg.