History
The history of ICOM starts in 1984 with the Europe-Japan Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes held in Stresa, Italy. This followed the foundation of the Membrane Society of Japan in 1978 and of the European Membrane Society in 1982. Following the foundation of the North American Membrane Society, the presidents of MSJ and EMS scheduled the first ICOM conference in 1987 in Japan with NAMS added as a member of the organising committee. With the foundation of the Aseanian Membrane Society in 2001, the organisation of ICOM conferences every three years - alternatively in Asia, North America and Europe - by local committees on behalf of the 3 founding societies was set. This was formalised by the World Association of Membrane Societies (WA-MS) in 2017.
The 12th edition in London will follow the successful gatherings in Tokyo (1987), Chicago (1990), Heidelberg (1993), Yokohama (1996), Toronto (1999), Toulouse (2002), Seoul (2005), (Honolulu (2008), Amsterdam (2011), Suzhou (2014) and San Francisco (2017).
ICOM’87 8-12 June 1987 | Tokyo, Japan | Chairs: Masayuki Nakagaki, Enrico Drioli |
ICOM’90 20-24 August 1990 | Chicago, USA | Chair: Norman Li |
ICOM’93 30 Aug - 3 Sept 1993 | Heidelberg, Germany | Chairs: R. Ratenbach, J. J. Vier, R. N. Lichtenthaler |
ICOM’96 18-23 August 1996 | Yokahama, Japan | Chairs: Shoji Kimura, Takeo Shimizu |
ICOM’99 12-18 June 1999 | Toronto, Canada | Chairs: Doug Lloyd, Jim Davis |
ICOM’02 7-12 July 2002 | Toulouse, France | Chairs: John Howell, Roger Ben Aïm, Pierre Aimar, Corinne Cabassaud |
ICOM’05 21-26 August 2005 | Seoul, Korea | Chairs: Tae Moon Tak, Un Young Kim |
ICOM’08 12-18 July 2008 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Chairs: Ingo Pinnau, Benny Freeman, Yoram Cohen |
ICOM’11 23-39 July 2011 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Chairs: Kitty Nijmeijer, Antoine Kemperman, Matthias Wessling |
ICOM’14 20-25 July 2014 | Suzhou, China | Chairs: Congjie Gao, Juin-Yih Lai, Wanqin Jin, Xiaolin Wang |
ICOM’17 29 July – 4 August 2017 | San Francisco, USA | Chairs: Glenn Lipscomb, Ranil Wickramasinghe |
ICOM’20 12-17 July 2020 | London, UK | Chairs: Davide Mattia, Andrew Livingston, Kang Li, John Chew |