IUCr, International Union of Crystallography
UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Partners for the International Year of Crystallography 2014
IYCr events coordinator
e-mail iycr2014@iucr.org
Michele Zema Project Manager for IYCr2014
Gautam R. Desiraju IUCr, President
Maciej Nalecz UNESCO, Director, Executive Secretary of IBSP (International Basic Sciences Programme)
Claude Lecomte IUCr, Vice-President
Luc Van Meervelt IUCr, General Secretary and Treasurer
Samar Hasnain IUCr, Editor-in-Chief
Jean-Paul Ngome Abiaga UNESCO, IBSP Assistant Programme Specialist
Ahmed Fahmi UNESCO, IBSP Programme Specialist
Magalie Lebreton-Traoré UNESCO, IBSP Programme Specialist
Co-ordinating organization - International Non-governmental Organization
IUCr-UNESCOForthcoming events
Photographs of IYCr events
All projects and events
This is a concise listing of all major projects and calendar events (past and future) associated with the International Year of Crystallography 2014 under the aegis of this organization.
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Crystal-growing competition for UNESCO Associated Schools The International Union of Crystallography is organizing, together with UNESCO, a special crystal growing competition for selected schools belonging to the UNESCO Associated Schools Network. Selected schools receive a starters kit containing some documentation and 1 kg alum, the material to crystallize during this competition. A brochure provides information to teachers and schools who participate in this exciting venture. |
| 20th Jan 2014 | IYCr2014 Opening Ceremony UNESCO Main Building, Paris |
| 28th Apr 2014 | South Asian Summit meetings on "Vistas in Structural Chemistry" Celebrating International year of Crystallography 2014 ICCBS, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan |
| 30th Apr 2014 | Bruker OpenLab Pakistan Karachi |
| 5th May 2014 | Agilent OpenLab Argentina La Plata and Buenos Aires |
| 20th May 2014 | Bruker OpenLab Morocco Rabat and Agadir |
| 9th Jun 2014 | PANalytical OpenLab Ghana University of Ghana, Accra |
| 7th Jul 2014 | Rigaku OpenLab Cambodia Phnom Penh |
| 23rd Jul 2014 | Bruker OpenLab Uruguay Montevideo |
| 18th Aug 2014 | Bruker OpenLab Indonesia Bandung |
| 1st Sep 2014 | Agilent OpenLab Turkey Izmir |
| 10th Sep 2014 | STOE DECTRIS Xenocs OpenFactory Grenoble and Darmstadt |
| 22nd Sep 2014 | Latin American Summit Meeting on Biological Crystallography and Complementary Methods Campinas, SP |
| 15th Oct 2014 | Pan African and South African Summit Meeting on Crystallography as vehicle to promote Science in Africa and beyond Department of Chemistry, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa |
| 27th Oct 2014 | Rigaku OpenLab Colombia Bucaramanga |
| 9th May 2015 | Bruker OpenLab Algeria Constantine |