General guidelines

History of RGD

Since the first Symposium in 1958, when Harold Grad was one of the lecturers, the RGD Symposium has consistently attracted important papers from technical leaders in the field. These have included Nobelists John Fenn and Ilya Prigogine. Other distinguished lecturers include Lloyd Thomas, Graeme Bird, E. P. Muntz, J. P. Toennies, Y. L. Klimontovich, Carlo Cercignani, Berni Alder, A. V. Bobylev, and many more.

Locations of past RGD symposia:

Nice (France) 1958
Berkeley (USA) 1960
Paris (France) 1962
Toronto (Canada) 1964
Oxford (UK) 1966
Cambridge (USA) 1968
Pisa (Italy) 1970
Stanford (USA) 1972
Gottingen (Germany) 1974
Aspen (USA) 1976
Cannes (France) 1978
Charlottesville (USA) 1980
Novosibirsk (Russia) 1982
Tsukuba (Japan) 1984
Grado (Italy) 1986
Pasadena (USA) 1988
Aachen (Germany) 1990
Vancouver (Canada) 1992
Oxford (UK) 1994
Beijing (China) 1996
Marseilles (France) 1998
Sydney (Australia) 2000
Whistler (Canada) 2002
Bari (Italy) 2004
St. Petersburg (Russia) 2006
Kyoto (Japan) 2008
Pacific Grove (USA) 2010
Zaragoza (Spain) 2012

International Advisory Committee

T. Abe (Japan) K. Aoki (Japan)

R. Campargue (France) M. Capitelli (Italy)

J. Fan (China) A. Frezzotti (Italy)

M. A. Gallis (USA) R. Gatignol (France)

M. S. Ivanov (Russia) F. Huisken (Germany)

A. D. Ketsdever (USA) E. L. Knuth (USA)

G. Koppenwallner (Germany) G. M. Kremer (Brazil)

E. V. Kustova (Russia) D. Levin (USA)

E. P. Muntz (USA) T. Niimi (Japan)

A. K. Rebrov (Russia) A. Santos (Spain)

B. Shizgal (Canada) H. Struchtrup (Canada)

I. Wysong (USA)

Board of Honor

V. Aquilanti (Italy) G. A. Bird (Australia)

A. V. Bobylev (Sweden) I. D. Boyd (USA)

A. L. Garcia (USA) J. K. Harvey (UK)

L. J. F. Hermans (Netherlands) J. A. Kunc (USA)

J.-C. Lengrand (France) J. N. Moss (USA)

K. Nanbu (Japan) Y. A. Rijov (Russia)

Y. Sone (Japan) T. Ytrehus (Norway)