History of the ICR

Overview on the International Congresses on Rheology.

For a detailed account of the Congresses 1948 to 1996 see: RI Tanner and K Walters, Rheology: An Historical Perspective, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1998

19th Congress on Rheology, July 29 - August 4, 2023

Location: Athens, Greece.
Co-chairmen: Dimitris Vlassopoulos,

18th Congress on Rheology, December 14-18, 2020

Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (online).
Co-chairmen: Paulo de Souza Mendes, 

17th Congress on Rheology, August 8-13, 2016

Location: Kyoto, Japan.
Co-chairmen: Masao Doi, Kiyohito Koyama, Hiroshi Watanabe, Secretary: Yuichi Masubuchi, Kenji Urayama.

16th Congress on Rheology, August 5-10, 2012

Location: Lisbon, Portugal.
Co-chairmen: C Gallegos, I Emri, J Maia.

15th Congress on Rheology, August 3-8, 2008

Location: Monterey, USA.
Co-chairmen: LG Leal, RH Colby,
Local Arrangements: GG Fuller, AM Kraynik, RL Powell.

14th Congress on Rheology, August 22-27, 2004

Location: Seoul, Korea.
Co-chairmen: KJ Lee, JC Hyun, Secretary: SJ Lee.

13th Congress on Rheology, August 20-25, 2000

Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Co-chairmen: P Townsend, K Walters, Congress Administrator: D Binding.

12th Congress on Rheology, August 18-23, 1996

Location: Québec, Canada.
Chairman: D DeKee, Secretary: M Dumoulin.

11th Congress on Rheology, August 17-21, 1992

Location: Brussels, Belgium
Co-chairmen: MJ Crochet and J Mewis, Secretary: P Moldenaers.

10th Congress on Rheology, August 14-19, 1988

Location: University of Sydney, Australia.
Chairman: RI Tanner, Secretary: N Phan Thien.

9th Congress on Rheology, October 8-13, 1984

Location: Acapulco, Mexico.
Organizers: B Mena, A Garcia-Rejón and C Rangel-Nafaile.

8th Congress on Rheology, September 1-5, 1980

Location: University of Naples, Italy.
Organizers: G Astarita, G Marrucci and L Nicolais.

7th Congress on Rheology, August 23-27, 1976

Location: Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Organizers: J Kubat, E Forslind, LE Gelin, FKG Odqvist; Secretary C Klason.

6th Congress on Rheology, September 4-8,1972

Location: Université Claude-Bernard, Lyon, France.
Organizers: G Vallet, B Persoz, and M Joly; Secretary C Smadja.

5th Congress on Rheology, October 7-11, 1968

Location: Kyoto, Japan.
Co-chairmen: M Horio and B Tamamushi.

4th Congress on Rheology, August 26-30, 1963

Location: Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Co-chairmen: RS Marvin and RS Rivlin.

3rd Congress on Rheology, September 23-30, 1958

Location: Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
Secretary: W. Meskat

2nd Congress on Rheology, July 26-31, 1953

Location: Oxford, United Kingdom.
President: GI Taylor, Secretary: GW Scott Blair.

1st Congress on Rheology, September 21-24, 1948

Location: Scheveningen, The Netherlands.
Chairman: JM Burgers, Secretary: R Houwink.

The International Committee on Rheology (ICR):

c/o Swiss Group of Rheology
ETH Zurich
Schmelzbergstrasse 7
8092 Zurich
Switzerland
E-Mail: info_at_icrheology.org
Secretary of the ICR:
Prof. Gerald G. Fuller

Chairman of the ICR:
Prof. Dimitris Vlassopoulos

Treasurer and Webmaster of the ICR:
Prof. Peter Fischer