Seminars & Meetings

The annual APDIC Meetings and the bi-annual World Round Robin Seminars (WRRS) are fixed items on the APDIC agenda.


Next APDIC Meeting:

Mannheim, Germany

Friday, 31st May 2024


APDIC Meeting 2023

Boston, Mass. USA

Friday, 30th June 2023

The 50th CALPHAD conference was held at the 'Tang Centre' at MIT, in memory of Larry Kaufman, the founder of CALPHAD. The APDIC meeting immediately followed the conference and, as last year, was a hybrid event with roughly half of the delegates joining online. In addition to the usual APDIC discussions and reporting of activities, a presentation on present and future activities on phase diagrams being carried out in Spain was given by Prof Tomás Gómez-Acebo Temes.


APDIC Meeting 2022

Stockholm, Sweden and Online

Friday, 27th May 2022

Calphad XLIX was held as the first face-to-face Calphad meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, and consequently, it was possible to hold the first face-to-face APDIC meeting for three years. It was, however, a hybrid event with just under two-thirds of the APDIC representatives joining online. It was particularly pleasing that the meeting was attended by two representatives from Ukraine; the first having fled to Germany and the second residing temporarily in the Ukrainian Capitol. The meeting was chaired by Ursula Kattner (APDIC chair) assisted by acting secretary, Rainer Schmid-Fetzer (standing in for Tim Chart who was indisposed). It was noted that three of the Member Representative Groups (of Japan, France and the UK) are undergoing/have undergone significant changes recently, which are documented in the individual member reports. Nevertheless, following a full agenda with lively discussion, APDIC looks forward to holding a full face-to-face meeting in 2023.


APDIC Meeting 2021

Online

Friday, 18th June 2021

Owing to the the 2021 Calphad meeting being held online and the continued travel restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 APDIC meeting was also conducted online. Organised by the APDIC secretary, Tim Chart, and chaired by the current chair of APDIC, Ursula Kattner of NIST, USA, the meeting was 'attended' by representatives from across the Globe, from California to Japan. Despite the time differences and the distances separating the attendees, it was 'business as usual' with a full meeting agenda. The meeting was a great success despite the technical challenges in organising and running such an event online.


APDIC Meeting 2020

Online

Friday, 29th May 2020

Owing to the cancellation for the 2020 Calphad meeting and the travel restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 APDIC meeting was conducted online. Organised by the APDIC secretary, Tim Chart, the meeting was 'attended' by representatives from across the Globe, from California to Japan. Despite the time differences and the distances separating the attendees, it was 'business as usual' with a full meeting agenda. The meeting was a great success despite the technical challenges in organising and running such an event online.


APDIC Meeting 2019

Singapore

Friday, 7th June 2019

The 2019 meeting of APDIC was held at The Grand Mercure Singapore Roxy Hotel, Singapore, immediately following the annual Calphad conference.Three new representatives joined APDIC at this meeting. Dr. Silvana Sommadossi of the Universidad Nacional de Comahue representing Argentina, Prof Malin Selleby of KTH Stockholm representing Sweden, and Prof Hari Kumar representing IIT, Madras, India.

 

 

 

 


APDIC Meeting 2018

Querétaro, Mexico

Friday, 1st June 2018

The 2018 meeting of APDIC was held at the Hotel Mission Juriquilla in Mexico, immediately following the annual Calphad conference.

 

 

 

 

 


APDIC Meeting 2017

St. Malo, France

Saturday, 10th June 2017

The 2017 meeting of APDIC took place at Le Palais du Grande Large, Saint-Malo, France, immediately preceding the annual Calphad conference.The APDIC gathering isn't all about work. Here the APDIC representatives relax at dinner following a full day's meeting.

 

 

 

 


APDIC Meeting 2016

Awaji Island, Hyogo, Japan

Saturday, 28th May 2016

The 2016 meeting of APDIC took place at the Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Centeron Awaji Island, immediately preceding the annual Calphad conference.

 

 

 

 

 


APDIC Meeting 2015

Loano, Italy

Saturday, 30th May 2015,

The 2015 meeting of APDIC took place in Loano, immediately preceding the annual Calphad conference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


APDIC Meeting 2014

Changsha, China

Saturday, 31st May 2014,

The 2014 meeting of APDIC took place in Changsha, immediately preceding the annual Calphad conference. Along with the main business of the day, which is the exchange of information of current national activities in phase diagram and thermodynamics research (for details, see individual member reports), there were other presentations on OpenCalphad, Phase Field modelling and the announcement of an exiting new laboratory that has opened in Moscow. These presentations will be available for download shortly. The current Chair (Prof. Gabriele Cacciamani) would like to thank the meeting organiser (Prof. Yong Du, Central South University, Changsha, China) on behalf of APDIC for the hospitality.


APDIC Meeting 2013

APDIC  2013 

San Sebastian, Spain

Saturday 25 May 2013


APDIC Meeting 2012

APDIC 2012 

Berkeley, California, USA

Saturday 2nd June 2012


APDIC Meeting 2011

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Saturday 21 May 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 



APDIC Meeting 2010

APDIC 2010

Jeju, Republic of Korea

Saturday, 22 May 2010

 

 


APDIC Meeting 2009

Prague, Czech Republic

Saturday, 16 May 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APDIC Meeting 2007

Pennsylvania State University, USA

Saturday 5 May 2007

 

 

 

 



APDIC Meeting 2006

Delegates from APDIC 2006 meeting in Stuttgart
Delegates from APDIC 2006 meeting in Stuttgart

Stuttgart, May, 14th 2006

APDIC gathering in front of the statue of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, near the house of Johannes Kepler, astronomer and mathematician.

Johannes Kepler was born 27 December 1571 in Weil der Stadt near Stuttgart. His birth house, the gray painted wood construction at the left, survived the centuries well preserved.

 


APDIC Meeting 2005

Castle Vaeshartelt, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Saturday 12st May 2005


APDIC Meeting 2004

Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Saturday 29th May 2004