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:

1. Nice (France) 1958
2. Berkeley (USA) 1960
3. Paris (France) 1962
4. Toronto (Canada) 1964
5. Oxford (UK) 1966
6. Cambridge (USA) 1968
7. Pisa (Italy) 1970
8. Stanford (USA) 1972
9. Gottingen (Germany) 1974
10. Aspen (USA) 1976
11. Cannes (France) 1978
12. Charlottesville (USA) 1980
13. Novosibirsk (Russia) 1982
14. Tsukuba (Japan) 1984
15. Grado (Italy) 1986
16. Pasadena (USA) 1988
17. Aachen (Germany) 1990
18. Vancouver (Canada) 1992
19. Oxford (UK) 1994
20. Beijing (China) 1996
21. Marseilles (France) 1998
22. Sydney (Australia) 2000
23. Whistler (Canada) 2002
24. Bari (Italy) 2004
25. St. Petersburg (Russia) 2006
26. Kyoto (Japan) 2008
27. Pacific Grove (USA) 2010
28. 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)