IPAC History

The first meeting among the representatives of the three major Accelerator Conferences (Particle Accelerator Conference - PAC, European Particle Accelerator Conference - EPAC and Asian Particle Accelerator Conference - APAC) took place in Vancouver in 1997. It was the first act of a collaboration effort among the three regions that culminated in the decision to introduce a three-year cycle for the particle accelerator conferences in 2007, smoothly leading to the First International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC) held in Kyoto in 2010.

The photo below was taken on the occasion of the first meeting to discuss the introduction of IPAC.  It took place in Geneva in December 2007.

 

IPAC_Geneva_2007

 

The logos of the International Particle Accelerator Conferences in the three regions selected after a competition in 2009 are represented on the right (Asia - top, Europe - bottom left, Americas - bottom right)

 

IPAClogos