European Crystallographic Association
The European Crystallographic Association (ECA) is an independent scientific organization which, as an umbrella organization, represents national crystallographic societies in Europe and Africa and also accepts personal members. It was founded in 1997. The association currently has 36 national and several hundred personal members. The ECA is one of the regional branches of the International Union of Crystallography (the other, also legally autonomous and independent branches are the American Crystallographic Association , the Asian Crystallographic Association and the Latin American Crystallographic Association ). The seat is in Nijmegen .
The purpose of the ECA is to promote the further development of crystallography in all its orientations, including the related field of non-crystalline solid states, and to expand European cooperation in the field of crystallography. These purposes are realized through the support of crystallographic conferences, workshops and schools in Europe and North Africa.
history
The ECA was founded during the 17th European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM) in Lisbon in 1997 and is the successor to the European Crystallographic Committee (ECC), which was founded in 1972 and organized the early ECMs. The early history of the ECA up to the 20th ECM in Krakow (2001) can be read here. The current summary was presented during the ECM in Warwick / England 2013.
organization
The organs are the Council (Council) and the Executive Committee. The Council sets the guidelines for the operation of the ECA. Each national society sends a council member. Personal members elect one additional council member for every 100 members, depending on their number.
The Executive Committee is responsible for the work of the ECA between Council meetings.
Scientists with common interests come together in working groups for special areas (Special Interest Groups / SIGs) and in broader interest groups (GIGs). The SIGs and GIGs contribute to the scientific program of the European Crystallographic Meetings.
Prices
The ECA awards the Max Perutz Prize in recognition of special merits in a field of crystallography. Together with the European Neutron Scattering Association (ENSA), it awards the Erwin Felix Lewy Bertaut Prize.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1] IUCr Newsletter, Volume 6, No. 4 (1998) ISSN 1067-0696 ; codes IUC-NEB
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ [2] Acta Crystallographica - Foundations of Crystallography, Volume A66, pages 1-4 (2010)
- ↑ Lecomte, C. (2002). http://www.rigaku.com/downloads/journal/Vol19.1.2002/preface.pdf
- ↑ "ECA recent history: from Leuven to Rovinj and before" Acta Crystallographica, Volume A69, page 260, (2013) (PDF file)
