International Program Committee Update

The International Program Committee met 19th-20th April to set up our scientific program for IUCr 2023. 35 Participants representing 13 countries met online and in person at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre and in Prague to kick off Program planning for the Congress.

We continue to welcome your feedback and input at any stage of the planning process. Please do not hesitate to submit your ideas or questions via program@iucr2023.org.

See the whole IPC team here and stay tuned for some exciting Program announcements coming soon!

If you would like to host a workshop for IUCr 2023 please see the full requirements and terms and conditions on the website and complete the Expression of Interest form by midnight (AEST) on Thursday 21 July 2022

Standout from the Crowd –
IUCr 2023 Sponsorship

The IUCr 2023 organisers are working hard to make the Congress affordable. We also want you to bring your families along. Our Congress will have family-friendly initiatives, including on-site childcare and inclusive activities. To achieve these goals and get the best scientific program to our shores, we seek the support of our partners around the world. Without their investment, many of our legacy goals won’t be possible. To have a conversation with one of our team, please contact sponsorship@iucr2023.org.

A Crystallographic Tour of Australia and New Zealand

Perth – the city that welcomed the world crystallographic community in 1987

Thirty-five years ago, the Australian crystallographic community were delighted to welcome the international community to our shores. The event has had an enduring legacy for our society, which enabled us to establish the ‘1987 fund’, which has brought a high-profile crystallographer to our shores for each of our local Crystals meetings. Perth was a perfect location for the Congress, despite being one of the most isolated cities in the world. Still, it has been a strength of Australian X-ray crystallography for many years, under the auspices of Ted Maslen, Allan White and many others. A homage to quasicrystals can be found in the Bayliss Building of the University of Western Australia (UWA). The floor is covered in a beautiful Penrose tile floor and a 20 meter tall replica of the DNA structure.

Wider afield, the state of Western Australia is the location for some of the oldest rocks on the planet, with the Jack Hills zircons dated to be 4.4 billion years old. If you are willing to drive (a lot) there are numerous geo-crystallography marvels across the state from the stromatolites in Shark Bay and komatiites at Serpentine Bay to the karstic landforms at the Purnululu National Park. Before closing in November 2020, Western Australia was the world’s largest single producer of natural pink diamonds from the world-renowned diamond mine - Argyle Mine. Whilst mining operations may have ceased; the diamonds can still be bought…for a price!

Perth is an ideal stop-over location for delegates joining us from Europe, with direct flights from London and Rome (starting June 2022). Take a day or so to rest and energise before the next four hour connecting flight to Melbourne. It’s a city of beaches, good food and a drive away from some great wine regions.

Click and Collect - a complimentary registration to
IUCr 2023!

For those who went to IUCr 2021 in Prague, you may have been gifted a Melbournian Keep Cup? And with a photographic category called ‘Coffee’ - you may be starting to see a trend with the 2023 Congress.

There are two other categories to inspire your creative arts, and we will be soon sharing some of the submissions for the People’s Choice voting. Click here to view full details. It’s an easy and fun way to save your registration fee!

Mug Madness

#Synchrotron Mug Madness - where light sources contestants from around the world competed to determine, once and for all, who has the best mug and title of Mug Madness Champion. @ausynchrontron was announced the first ever winner pipping the European Synchrotron at the post.