History of CING-CE

The initiative of starting the sub committee of Chalmes Alumni Association for Continental Europe, CING-CE for short, came in the late 1990's. Reacting to the growing number of Chalmers alumni spreading all over Europe, the board of Chalmers Alumni Association (CING for short) asked one of the originators of the Chalmers Spex, Tore "Fredde" Fredriksson, which had moved to Breisach in southern Germany after retiring as an engineer, if he could help them to start a sub committee of CING for alumni located in continental Europe. He was willing to try and organized a weekend get-together in the nearby city of Basel in Switzerland. The get-together was a success and the sub committee was formalized with a board for organizing future get-togethers. Tore also became the chairman of the first board of CING-CE, a position he held from 1998 to 2001 when he resigned. Tore became an honorary chairman of CING-CE in 2005. He and his wife Inger are still very appreciated guests at the get-togethers.

2023: Potsdam

2022: Brussels

2021: 2nd Online Meeting due to COVID 19

2020: Covid special online meeting

2019: Heidelberg

2018: Bristol

2017: Malaga
2016: Hamburg
2015: Bratislava
2014: Toulouse
2013: Zürich
2012: Bologna
2011: Strasbourg
2010: Amsterdam
2009: Munich
2008: Prague
2007: Lisboa
2006: Belgrad
2005: Barcelona
2004: Budapest
2003: Wroclaw
2002: Vienna
2001: Berlin
2000: Brussels
1999: Paris
1998: Basel