| International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science | |
| Size: | 186px |
| Map: | Map highlighting IFToMM Member Organizations.svg |
| Mcaption: | List of members |
| Abbreviation: | IFToMM |
| Formation: | September 29, 1969 |
| Founding Location: | Zakopane |
| Founders: | I. Artobolevski, E. Crossley, and others. |
| Type: | NGO |
| Status: | International Federation |
| Purpose: | Professional Cooperation |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Andrés Kecskeméthy |
| Leader Title2: | Vice-President |
| Leader Name2: | Fernando Viadero |
| Sec Gen: | Erwin Christian Lovasz |
| Region Served: | World |
| Membership: | 44 member organizations |
International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM) is an organization that supports international exchange of researchers and engineers from the wide range of discipline related to Mechanical Engineering.
To promote research and development in the field of Machines and Mechanisms by theoretical and experimental methods, along with their practical application.
It was on September 29, 1969m at the Second World Congress on Theory of Mechanisms and Machines which took place in Zakopane (Poland), that two scientists, Ivan Artobolevski (USSR) and Erskine Crossley (USA), proposed to establish an International Federation of scientists and engineers to facilitate worldwide collaboration.[1] [2] Representatives of 13 countries signed the foundation act and the International Federation for the Theory of Machines (IFToMM) came into existence.[3] The initial Member Organizations were represented by:
Given the expansion of the topics within the IFToMM umbrella,[4] [5] [6] [7] in 1999, the Executive Council decided to recognize the changing role of the organization in international collaboration and approved a new name: "The International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science". However, the Executive Council considered that the abbreviation IFToMM was already widely used, and therefore suggested to keep it (along with the logo) as a short version of the organization's name.[8]
IFToMM officers are the Chairs of IFToMM Member Organizations, the Chairs of Permanent Commissions and Technical Committees, as well as the members of the Executive Council. A complete historical list of IFToMM officers was published in the Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms HMM2004.[9]
The Presidents were:
The Secretaries General were:
List of all IFToMM World congresses:
| World Congress | Host Institution(s) | Host Country (City) | Dates | No. of papers | data-sort-type="number" | No. of countries represented | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-value="001" | 1st IFToMM World Congress | Bulgaria (Varna) | data-sort-value="1965" | September 27–30, 1965 | data-sort-value="0064" | 64 (4 volumes) | 14 | |
| data-sort-value="002" | 2nd IFToMM World Congress | Poland (Zakopane) | data-sort-value="1969" | September 23–27, 1969 | data-sort-value="0066" | 66 (3 volumes) | 12 | |
| data-sort-value="003" | 3rd IFToMM World Congress | Yugoslavia (Kupari) | data-sort-value="1971" | September 1971 | data-sort-value="0198" | 198 (8 volumes) | 22 | |
| data-sort-value="004" | 4th IFToMM World Congress | United Kingdom (Newcastle upon Tyne) | data-sort-value="1975" | September 8–12, 1975 | data-sort-value="0230" | 230 (5 volumes) | 28 | |
| data-sort-value="005" | 5th IFToMM World Congress | Canada (Montreal) | data-sort-value="1979" | July 8–13, 1979 | data-sort-value="0350" | 350 (2 volumes) | 34 | |
| data-sort-value="006" | 6th IFToMM World Congress | India (New Delhi) | data-sort-value="1983" | December 15–20, 1983 | data-sort-value="0338" | 338 (2 volumes) | 35 | |
| data-sort-value="007" | 7th IFToMM World Congress | Spain (Seville) | data-sort-value="1987" | September 17–22, 1987 | data-sort-value="0417" | 417 (3 volumes) | 38 | |
| data-sort-value="008" | 8th IFToMM World Congress | Czechoslovakia (Prague) | data-sort-value="1991" | August 26–31, 1991 | data-sort-value="0359" | 359 (6 volumes) | 40 | |
| data-sort-value="009" | 9th IFToMM World Congress | Italy (Milan) | data-sort-value="1995" | August 29 – September 5, 1995 | data-sort-value="0665" | 665 (3 volumes) | 51 | |
| data-sort-value="010" | 10th IFToMM World Congress | Finland (Oulu) | data-sort-value="1999" | June 20–24, 1999 | data-sort-value="0628" | 628 (7 volumes) | 50 | |
| data-sort-value="011" | 11th IFToMM World Congress | China (Tianjin) | data-sort-value="2004" | April 1–4, 2004 | 491 (5 volumes) | 43 | ||
| data-sort-value="012" | 12th IFToMM World Congress | France (Besançon) | data-sort-value="2007" | June 17–20, 2007 | data-sort-value="0535" | 535 (digital proceedings) | 52 | |
| data-sort-value="013" | 13th IFToMM World Congress | Mexico (Guanajuato) | data-sort-value="2011" | June 19–25, 2011 | data-sort-value="0309" | 309 (digital proceedings) | 43 | |
| data-sort-value="014" | 14th IFToMM World Congress | National Taiwan University[10] [11] | Taiwan (Taipei) | data-sort-value="2015" | October 25–30, 2015 | data-sort-value="0559" | 559 (digital proceedings) | 47 |
| data-sort-value="015" | 15th IFToMM World Congress | Poland (Kraków) | data-sort-value="2019" | June 30–July 4, 2019[12] [13] | 457 (digital proceedings) | 66 | ||
| data-sort-value="016" | 16th IFToMM World Congress | Japanese council of IFToMM | Tokyo (Japan) | data-sort-value="2023" | November 5–10, 2023 |
Postponed from August 18–21, 2003, due to SARS.
Decided at the IFToMM General Assembly on July 3, 2019 (Krakow, Poland).
Membership in IFToMM is not individual. Instead, it is by Member Organization (MO) which are akin to national or territorial organizations. A full list of Member Organizations available on the IFToMM web site. Each MO has its own individual or group membership rules.
As of the 2015 General Assembly held in Taipei (Taiwan), IFToMM had 47 MOs. In 2018, the membership went down to 45 MOs.
| Current MOs in IFToMM | |
|---|---|
 Armenia | |
 Australia | |
 Austria | |
 Azerbaijan | |
 Belarus | |
 Brazil (ABCM) | |
 Bulgaria | |
 Canada (CCToMM) | |
 China [China-Beijing] | |
| [China-Taipei] | |
 Croatia | |
 Czech Republic | |
 Denmark | |
 Finland | |
 France (CFToMM) | |
 Georgia | |
 Germany | |
 Greece | |
 Hungary | |
 India (AMM India) | |
 Israel | |
 Italy (ItaMMMS) | |
 Japan (Jc-IFToMM) | |
 Kazakhstan | |
 Lithuania | |
 Mexico | |
 Netherlands | |
 Peru | |
 Poland (PK TMM) | |
 Romania | |
 Serbia | |
 Singapore | |
 Slovenia | |
 Spain | |
 Switzerland | |
 Tunisia (ATM) | |
| Former MOs in IFToMM | |
|---|---|
 Belgium | |
 Ghana | |
 Egypt | |
 Latvia | |
 Mongolia | |
 New Zealand | |
 Norway | |
 Pakistan | |
 Sweden | |
 United Kingdom | |
 Ukraine | |
The organizational structure of IFToMM includes following bodies
The General Assembly is the supreme body of the Federation that determines policy. It is composed of the Chief Delegates of IFToMM Members and members of the Executive Council.
The Executive Council is responsible for managing the affairs of the Federation between the sessions of the General Assembly. The Executive Council includes the President, Vice-President, Secretary-General, Treasurer, and six ordinary members.
There are four Permanent Commissions (PCs) and 14 Technical Committees (TCs) established under IFToMM supervision. Each Permanent Commission and Technical Committee is composed of a Chairperson, appointed by the Executive Council, and a Secretary and members, nominated by the Chairperson and appointed by the Executive Council. The general goals for the work of the Commissions and Committees are aimed at promoting their fields of interest by attracting researchers and practitioners, including young individuals.The four PCs are:
While the 14 TCs are:
The new official website https://iftomm-world.org/ replaced the old legacy website http://www.iftomm.net/ in early 2021. The legacy website is kept online for now to insure information availability.