History

YEAR LOCATION NUMBER OF PAPERS NUMBER OF AUTHORS NUMBER OF COUNTRIES PROCEEDINGS
1976 Albany, NY, USA 48 91 12 Yes (2 Vols)
1978 Knoxville, TN, USA 51 100 12 Yes (2 Vols)
1980 Potsdam,NY, USA 85 148 18 Yes (2 Vols)
19821 Lund, Sweden 140 >300 31 Yes (3 Vols)
1984 Bordeaux, France 254(133)* 523 32 Yes (3 Vols)
1986 New Delhi, India 345 743 40 Yes (4 Vols)
1988 Ottawa, Canada 330(121)* 684 – No
1990 Gainesville, FL, USA 384(147)* 869 Yes (1 Vol)
1992 Varna, Bulgaria 366(149)* – 39 No
1994 Caracas, Venezuela 210(42)* – – Yes(1 Vol)
1996 Jerusalem, Israel 355(160)* – 34 One Special Issue of Colloids and Surfaces A
1998 Stockholm, Sweden 184(45)* 437 32 One Special Issue of Colloids and Surfaces A
2000 Gainesville, FL, USA 360(96)* 850 42 Yes(1 Vol)
2002 Barcelona, Spain 489(206)* 1144 47 No
2004 Fortaleza, Brazil 321(153)* – 31 No
2006 Seoul, Korea 215(87)* 557 34 No
2008 Berlin, Germany 480(233)* 1102 46 No
2010 Melbourne, Australia 177(67)* 26 – One Special Issue of Colloids and Surfaces A
2012 Edmonton, Canada 163(30)* – 26 No
2014 Coimbra, Portugal 492(238) – – One Special Issue of Colloids and Surfaces A
2016 Jinan, China 287(122)* 572 31No
2018 Norman, OK, USA 116(24)* 95 23 Special Issue of the Journal of Surfactants and Detergents
2020No meeting–––Covid19 Pandemic Shutdown
2022Lublin, Poland81(42)*–15–
2024Goa, India73(20)16915Journal of Surfactants and Detergents

1 The name SIS was used for the first time

*(Number of posters)