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.
XV ISMSC 2020
The 2020 ISMSC was cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions.
XIV ISMSC 2019
Lecce, Italy
Organizer: 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 |