History of the AIC
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International Colour Association |
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AIC foundation:
June 21, 1967, during the 16th
Session of the CIE AIC
foundation document signed in Washington by eight national color
associations: France - Centre d’Information de la Couleur (Yves LeGrand) Great Britain - The
Colour Group (Robert W. G. Hunt) Spain - Comité Español
del Color (Lorenzo Plaza) Sweden - Swedish
Colour Group (Gunnar Tonnquist) Switzerland - Pro
colore (Ernst Ganz) Japan - Color
Science Association of Japan (T. Fukuda) Netherlands - Nederlandse
Vereniging voor Kleurenstudie (J. L. Ouweltjes) |
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The
early history of the Association Internationale |
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1969 June 9-13 |
1st Congress |
Stockholm, Sweden |
(478 participants, 22
countries, aprox. 150 papers) |
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1971 September 1-3 |
Special Symposium “Small
Color Differences – Helmholtz Centenary” |
Driebergen, The Netherlands |
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1973 July 2-6 |
2nd Congress |
York, England |
(431 participants, 26
countries, 115 papers) |
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1976 June 8-11 |
Interim Meeting “Colour
Dynamics” |
Budapest, Hungary |
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1977 July 10-15 |
3rd Congress |
Troy, New York, USA |
(297 participants, 21
countries, 108 papers) |
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1978 October 3-4 |
Interim Meeting “Color
Measurement and its Application” |
London, England |
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1979 August 16-17 |
Midterm Meeting “Color
Appearance” |
Tokyo, Japan |
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1980 February 3-6 |
Interim Meeting “Harry
Helson Memorial Symposium on Chromatic Adaptation” |
Williamsburg, Virginia, USA |
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1981 September 21-25 |
4th Congress |
Berlin, Germany |
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1982 June 8-10 |
Interim Meeting “Colour
Dynamics” |
Budapest, Hungary |
(260 participants, 25
countries, 88 papers) |
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1983 August 25-28 |
Midterm Meeting “Forsius
Symposium Colour Order Systems” |
Kungälv, Sweden |
(73 participants, 15
countries) |
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1984 June 18-20 |
Interim Meeting “Colour Education” |
Salamanca, Spain |
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1985 June 16-22 |
5th Congress |
Monte Carlo, Monaco |
(aprox. 400 participants) |
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1986 June 19-20 |
Interim Meeting “Color in
Computer Generated Displays” |
Toronto, Canada |
(116 participants) |
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1987 June 10-13 |
Midterm Meeting
“Wyszecki-Stiles Memorial Symposium on Color Vision Models” |
Florence, Italy |
(67 participants, 14
countries, aprox. 35 papers) |
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1988 August 8-11 |
Interim Meeting “Color in
Environmental Design” |
Winterthur, Switzerland |
(154 participants, 24
countries, 39 papers) |
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1989 March 12-17 |
6th Congress |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
(178 participants, 25
countries, 104 presentations: 57 oral, 47 posters) |
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1990 September 2-5 |
Interim Meeting
“Instrumentation for Colour Measurement” |
Berlin, Germany |
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1991 June 25-28 |
Midterm Meeting “Colour
& Light” |
Sydney, Australia |
(189 participants, 18
countries, 54 presentations: 45 oral, 9 posters) |
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1992 June 21-24 |
Interim Meeting “Computer
Color Formulation” |
Princeton, New Jersey, USA |
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1993 June 13-18 |
7th Congress |
Budapest, Hungary |
(237 participants, 32
countries, 168 presentations: 115 oral, 53 posters) |
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1994 April 10-12 |
Interim Meeting “Images
in Colour” |
Cambridge, England |
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1995 September 3-6 |
Midterm Meeting
“Colorimetry” |
Berlin, Germany |
(aprox. 120 participants) |
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1996 June 15-18 |
Interim Meeting “Color
& Psychology” |
Gothenburg, Sweden |
(128 participants, 22
countries, 78 presentations: 50 oral, 28 posters) |
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1997 May 25-30 |
8th Congress |
Kyoto, Japan |
(524 participants, 29
countries, 243 presentations: 146 oral, 97 posters) |
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1998 vacant |
There was an initial
proposal from Oslo, Norway, but because of some misunderstandings (mainly because
the organizers did not follow the AIC guidelines for interim meetings), the
AIC retired its support. In spite that the congress was held during October
8-11, it was not an AIC meeting |
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1999 June 22-23 |
Midterm Meeting “Applications
of Colorimetry in Industry and Design” |
Warsaw, Poland |
(86 participants, 23
countries, 54 presentations: 40 oral, 14 posters) |
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2000 November 6-7 |
Interim Meeting “Color
& Environment” |
Seoul, Korea |
(234 participants, 14 countries,
77 presentations: 36 oral, 41 posters) |
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2001 June 24-29 |
9th Congress |
Rochester, New York, USA |
(440 participants, 30
countries, 250 presentations: 164 oral, 86 posters) |
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2002 August 29-31 |
Interim Meeting “Color and Textiles” |