ISMSC Meeting History

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Meeting History

In 2006, the International Symposium on Macrocyclic Chemistry (ISMC) and the International Symposium on Supramolecular Chemistry (ISSC) combined for a joint meeting in Victoria, British Columbia. Members from both groups welcomed the chance to learn of and connect the two areas. After the 2006 meeting, organizers decided to join the two symposia into one yearly meeting.

The first American symposium on macrocyclic compounds was held in Provo, Utah at Brigham Young University August 15-17 1977. It was co-chaired by BYU faculty Reed M. Izatt and James J. Christensen. The symposium provided a forum for the presentation and discussion of research activities in the macrocyclic compounds. These macrocyclic symposiums ran annually in Provo through 1981. In 1980, the first European Symposium on Macrocyclic Compounds was held in Basel, Switzerland with Thomas Kaden as Chairperson. Two years later, Reed M. Izatt attended the European Symposium; at this meeting, he conducted informal discussions with members of the European Symposium on the possibility of combining the American and European symposiums into one international conference. In 1985, the organizers' dream was realized, and the first meeting of the International Symposium on Macrocyclic Chemistry took place in Provo.

The first International Symposium on Supramolecular Chemistry was held in 1980 in Warsaw, Poland. After that initial meeting, the symposium was held every other year and moved from one nation to another before being joined with the International Symposium on Macrocyclic Chemistry in 2006.

XIV ISMSC 2019

Lecce, Italy

Organizers: Petrangelo Metrangolo, Francesca Baldelli Bombelli, and Giancarlo Terraneo

XIII ISMSC 2018

Quebec City, Canada

Organizers: Eric Anslyn, Jonathan Sessler, and Normand Voyer

XII ISMSC 2017

Cambridge, England

Organizer: Jonathan Nitschke

XI ISMSC 2016

Pstoch, Korea

Organizers: Kimoon Kim, Jong Seung Kim, and Juyoung Yoon

X ISMSC 2015

Strasbourg, France

Organizer: Luisa de Cola

IX ISMSC 2014

Shanghai, China

Organizer: Zhan-Ting Li

VIII ISMSC 2013

Arlington, Virgina, USA

Organizers: Lyle Isaacs, Jeffrey Davis, and Amar Flood

VII ISMSC 2012

University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Organizer: Sally Brooker

VI ISMSC 2011

Brighton, England

Organizer: Philip Gale

V ISMSC 2010

Nara, Japan

IV ISMSC 2009

Maastricht, The Netherlands

III ISMSC 2008

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

II ISMSC 2007

Salice Terme, Italy

I ISMC 2006

Victoria, British Columbia

Previous ISMC Meetings

1977	Provo, UT, USA	1987	Hiroshima, Japan	1997	Seoul, Korea
1978	Provo, UT, USA	1988	Hamburg, Germany	1998	Hawaii, USA
1979	Provo, UT, USA	1989	Townsville, Australia	1999	Barcelona, Spain
1980	Provo, UT, USA	1990	Odessa, Ukraine	2000	St. Andrews, Scottland
1981	Provo, UT, USA	1991	Sheffield, UK	2001	Fukuoka, Japan
1982	Strasbourg, France	1992	Provo, UT, USA	2002	Park City, UT, USA
1983	Provo, UT, USA	1993	Enschede, Netherlands	2003	Gdansk, Poland
1984	Stirling, Scottland	1994	Lawrence, KS, USA	2004	Cairns, Australia
1985	Provo, UT, USA	1995	Jerusalem, Israel	2005	Dresden, Germany
1986	Florence, Italy	1996	Montecatini, Italy

Previous ISSC Meetings

1980	Warsaw, Poland	1994	Ottawa, Canada
1982	Parma, Italy	1996	Lyon, France
1984	Tokyo, Japan	1998	Warsaw, Poland
1986	Lancaster, UK	2000	Kyushu, Japan
1988	Orange Beach, AL, USA	2002	Eilat, Israel
1990	Berlin, Germany	2004	South Bend, IN, USA
1992	Kyoto, Japan