IPIN General Assembly – carried out last October 22nd, in Montevideo city, Uruguay. The IPIN General Assembly approved the Report and the accounts of the Board of Directors, during the period October 2008 – September 2009; It also approved the Statutory Reform which increased to 30 the number of members of the Advisory Council, and it finished with the distinction between effectives and substitutes; it was selected as the venue of the next Assembly and COPINAVAL the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in September 2011; and the new authorities for the two-year period 2010/2011 were elected.

New Authorities – The following persons are the new IPIN Directors and Consulting Board:

IPIN Americas:

President: Berta Assie (Argentina)
1st Vice-president: Julio Cesar Coppola (Uruguay)
2nd Vice-president: José Passariello Verdicchio (Venezuela)
Financial Director: Luiz Alberto de Mattos (Brazil)
Technical Director: Carlos Brañas (Argentina)

National Directors:

Argentina: Gustavo Lucas Toubes
Brazil: VA. César Pinto Correa
Colombia: Alte. Daniel Iriarte Alvira
Chile: CN Gabriel Barros Orrego
Cuba: Dr. José González Cobas
Ecuador: Patrick Townsend Valencia
Mexico: Marvin Gutierrez Morales
Panama: Victor Sánchez Urrutia
Peru: Victor Obregón Pizarro
Uruguay: Ernesto Marta
Venezuela: José Vásquez Salazar

Consulting Board:

Amado Galiano Ortiz (Cuba); Carlos Mojica (Colombia); Eduardo López Iglesias (Argentina); Fernando Maridueña (Ecuador); Fernando Puntigliano (Uruguay);  Germán Aguirrezabala (Uruguay);
Hernán Gerino (Argentina); Jesús Sulbarán (Venezuela); Jessica Ramos San Fiel (Venezuela); Captain Jorge Enrique Carreño (Colombia); Jorge Freiría (Uruguay); José Alberto Rosas Rodríguez (Panama); Juan Antonio Alonso (Argentina); Juan Carlos Muñoz (Argentina); Luis Echevarría (Peru); Captain Luis Niemann Figari (Chile); Admiral Luiz Alberto Ordóñez Rubio (Colombia); Marcelo Ramos Martins (Brazil); Marcelo Santos Neves (Brazil); Marcos Salas Inzunza (Chile); Natasha Águila Valdés (Cuba); Norberto Yarde Buller (Argentina); Oscar Darío Tascón (Colombia); Oscar Noé Vargas (Ecuador); Captain Paul Johnson Huerta (Chile); Captain Raúl Rodríguez (Uruguay); Rubén Saied (Argentina); Salvador Melo Ruíz (Mexico); Sergio Chertkoff (Uruguay); Captain Servando Jordan Jadrievic (Chile); and Victor Acosta Pastor (Peru).

Member emeritus – Considering his many years of outstanding services offered to the Institute, the Assembly approved the indication of Rear Admiral Sergio García Greene to be member emeritus. Admiral Garcia was Director of IPIN Chile, member of the Consulting Board and acted during the last three years as Executive, working closely with de Board of Directors of IPIN Americas.

Tributes – During Copinaval, many tributes were paid, due to their outstanding services for the development of the Naval Engineering in the two-year period: Estaleiro (Astillero) Ilha S.A.-EISA (Brazil); Astilleros Navales Ecuatorianos-ASTINAVE; Arsenal de Marina de Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); Eng. José Passariello Verdicchio (Venezuela); and Varadero Maridueña (Ecuador). It was also paid a tribute in memoriam to Captain Enrique R. A. Carranza (Argentina), recently passed away, who was IPIN President during the period 1971/73, for his brilliant path in the Argentinean naval industry and his outstanding management at the head of the Institute.

XXII COPINAVAL – It will be carried our from September 27th  to 30th, 2011, together with XI SYMMEDUC – Pan-American Symposium about Education, and XXII SYMMISSEL – Pan-American Symposium about Design and Construction of Military Vessels, and the International Maritime Exhibition MARINEXPO 2011.

Minimum Program for the two-year period – The Board of Directors is preparing a Minimum Program for 2010/2011, which will be announced as soon as possible.

Advertising in the IPEN website – A page in the web site of IPEN (www.ipen.org.br) has been created. In this page it is published all information on products and/or services of their Collective Members (MC) and Individuals (MI), without cost. The interested persons should direct their ads through their respective National Directors. In addition, the site offers banners in the different sections of the site, with a small cost. The rates may be consulted at: http://www.ipen.org.br/img/tarifas_eng.pdf .