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The '''International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry''' (ISFC) is an [[academic conference]] where researchers present their most recent original results on the chemistry of [[fluorine]] and its derivatives. Communications deal with all [[compounds of fluorine]], from [[hydrogen fluoride]] to [[fluoropolymer]]s and other [[fluorocarbon]]s. Participants to editions from 18th ISFC onwards have been nearly 500, most of them were from academia, researchers from [[fluorochemical industry]] being the second largest group.

== History ==
On 14 – 17 July 1959, Colin J. Tatlow organized in [[Birmingham]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]]) an event which was "a milestone in fluorine chemistry", namely he arranged “an International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry, which became the first of the now regular and important familiar series”.<ref>Fluorine Chemistry at the Millennium: Fascinated by Fluorine; R. E. Banks Ed.; Elsevier, Oxford, 2000; pgg. 68 and 489. {{ISBN|0 08 043405 3}}</ref> After the 8th ISFC, held in [[Kyoto]] ([[Japan]]) on 22 – 27 August 1976, ISFCs were systematically organized every three years under the governance of an International Steering Committee. From the very beginning ISFCs were reference events for scientists involved in [[fluorine]] chemistry and they played a major role in framing and maintaining the community of fluorine chemists. Some emblematic confirmations of this roles are: results presented at the 1st ISFC (Birmingham, 1959) are cited in a [[Houben-Weyl Methods of Organic Chemistry|Houben-Weyl]] volume on fluorine chemistry published in 1999,<ref>Houben-Weyl Methods of Organic Chemistry, vol. E 10 b/1, Stuttgart, 1999; pg. 113. {{ISBN|3 13 220304 1}}</ref>  results presented at the 4th ISFC ([[Estes Park]], 1967) are mentioned in a book on the chemistry and technology of [[lubricant]]s published in 2013,<ref>Synthetics, Mineral Oils, and Bio-Based Lubricants: Chemistry and Technology; L. R. Rudnick Ed.; Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, 2013; pg. 186. {{ISBN|978 1 4398 5537 9}}</ref>  the ''[[Henri Moissan|Moissan Prize]]'' <ref>The prize was created after the Centennial 1986 Paris Symposium to commemorate Moissan's isolation of elemental fluorine in 1886, it is presented every three years to stimulate research in the fields of fluorine chemistry. {{Cite web |url=http://actions.maisondelachimie.com/prix_henri_moissan.html|title=Prix Henri Moissan}}</ref> is the most prestigious prize in fluorine chemistry and is presented at ISFCs.

[[George Andrew Olah|George A. Olah]], [[Nobel Prize in chemistry]] in 1994, gave a plenary lecture at the 15th ISFC ([[Vancouver]], 1997).<ref>15th International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry, Program and Abstracts, PL2</ref>  
The Book of Abstracts of 13th ISFC has been published as a special issue of the Journal of Fluorine Chemistry.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00221139/54/1-3|title=Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 1991, volume 54, issues 1-3}}</ref> The Book of Abstract of 21st ISFC can be tracked by its ISBN.<ref>Book of Abstracts; P. Metrangolo, G. Resnati, G. Terraneo Eds.; Poliscript, Milano, 2015. {{ISBN|978 88 6493 030 5}}</ref>

== List of Symposia ==
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| 1 || 1959 || [[Birmingham]] || {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom || 14–17 July || Colin J. Tatlow ||
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| 2 || 1962 || [[Estes Park]] || {{flagicon|United States of America}} USA || 17–20 July || Ogden R. Pierce, [[Alan M. Lovelace]] ||
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| 3 || 1965 || [[Munich]] || {{flagicon|West Germany}} West Germany|| 30 August - 2 September || Friedrich Weygand ||
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| 4 || 1967 || [[Estes Park]] || {{flagicon|United States of America}} USA || 24–28 July || Paul Tarrant ||
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| 5 || 1969 || [[Moscow]] || {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR || 21-26 July || [[Ivan Knunyants|Ivan L. Knunyants]] ||
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| 6 || 1971 || [[Durham, England|Durham]] || {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom || 18–23 July || William K. R. Musgrave ||
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| 7 || 1973 || [[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]] || {{flagicon|United States of America}} USA || 15–20 July || [[Neil Bartlett (chemist)|Neil Bartlett]] ||
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| 8 || 1976 || [[Kyoto]] || {{flagicon|Japan}} Japan || 22–27 August || Nobuatu Watanabe, Nobuo Ishikawa ||
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| 9 || 1979 || [[Avignon]] || {{flagicon|France}} France || 3–7 September || [[Paul Hagenmuller]], Pierre Plurien ||
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| 10 || 1982 || [[Vancouver]] || {{flagicon|Canada}} Canada || 1–6 August || Felix Aubke, [[Jean'ne Shreeve]], Robert C. Thompson, William R. Cullen ||
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| 11 || 1985 || [[Berlin|Berlin East]] || {{flagicon|DDR}} East Germany|| 5–9 August || Lothar Kolditz, Hasso Meinert ||
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| 12 || 1988 || [[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]] || {{flagicon|United States of America}} USA || 7–12 August || Donald J. Burton, Darryl D. Des Marteau, Paul R. Resnick, Stanley M. Williamson ||
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| 13 || 1991 || [[Bochum]] || {{flagicon|Germany}} Germany || 2–6 September || Alois Haas, Peter Sartori ||
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| 14 || 1994 || [[Yokohama]] || {{flagicon|Japan}} Japan || 31 July - 5 August || Nobuatsu Watanabe, Yoshiro Kobayashi, Hiroshi Kobayashi ||
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| 15 || 1997 || [[Vancouver]] || {{flagicon|Canada}} Canada || 2–7 August || Felix Aubke, Jean’ne M. Shreeve ||
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|16 || 2000 || [[Durham, England|Durham]] || {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom || 16–21 July || Richard D. Chambers, Graham Sandford ||
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| 17 || 2005 || [[Shanghai]] || {{flagicon|China}} China || 24–29 July || Wei-Yuan Huang, Xi-Kui Jiang, Qing-Yun Chen || ''Initially scheduled on July 20–25, 2003''
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| 18 || 2006 || [[Bremen]] || {{flagicon|Germany}} Germany || 30 July - 4 August || Rüdiger Mews, Gerd-Volker Röschenthaler ||
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| 19 || 2009 || [[Jackson Hole]] || {{flagicon|United States of America}} USA ||  23–28 August || Joseph S. Thrasher, Olga V. Boltalina, Steven H. Strauss, Richard E. Fernandez || ''405 participants; joint event with the [[International Symposium on Fluorous Technologies|3rd International Symposium on Fluorous Technologies]]''
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| 20 || 2012 || [[Kyoto]] || {{flagicon|Japan}} Japan || 22–27 July || Rika Hagiwara, Takashi Yamazaki || ''484 participants''
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| 21 || 2015 || [[Como]] || {{flagicon|Italy}} Italy || 23–28 August || [[Pierangelo Metrangolo]], [[Giuseppe Resnati]], Giancarlo Terraneo || ''559 participants; joint event with the [[International Symposium on Fluorous Technologies|6th International Symposium on Fluorous Technologies]]''
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| 22 || 2018 || [[Oxford]] || {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom || 22-27 July || [[Veronique Gouverneur]], David O'Hagan, Graham Sandford||
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| 23 || 2023 || [[Québec]] || {{flagicon|Canada}} Canada || 23-28 July  || Chadron M. Friesen, Michael Gerken, Jean-François Paquin, Gary J. Schrobilgen || ''306 participants; originally scheduled for summer 2021, joint event with the [[International Symposium on Fluorous Technologies|9th International Symposium on Fluorous Technologies]]''
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| 24 || 2024 || [[Shanghai]] || {{flagicon|China}} China|| 28 July - 2 August ||  Jinbo Hu (Chair), Xingang Zhang (Co-Chair), Qilong Shen (Co-Chair)|| ''605 participants''
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