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Solvay Conferences on Physics

1911

1st – La théorie du rayonnement et les quanta

Chair: Hendrik Lorentz (Leyden)

Proceedings

1913

2nd – La structure de la matière

Chair: Hendrik Lorentz (Leyden)

Proceedings

1921

3rd – Atomes et électron

Chair: Hendrik Lorentz (Leyden)

Proceedings

1924

4th – Conductibilité électrique des métaux et problèmes connexes

Chair: Hendrik Lorentz (Leyden)

Proceedings

1927

5th – Electrons et photons

Chair: Hendrik Lorentz (Leyden)

Proceedings

1930

6th – Le magnétisme

Chair: Paul Langevin (Paris)

Proceedings

1933

7th – Structure et propriétés des noyauxatomiques

Chair: Paul Langevin (Paris)

Proceedings

1948

8th – Les particules élémentaires

Chair: Sir Lawrence Bragg (Cambridge)

Proceedings

1951

9th – L’état solide

Chair: Sir Lawrence Bragg (Cambridge)

Proceedings

1954

10th – Les électrons dans les métaux

Chair: Sir Lawrence Bragg (Cambridge)

Proceedings

1958

11th – La structure et l’évolution de l’univers

Chair: Sir Lawrence Bragg (Cambridge)

Proceedings

1961

12th – La théorie quantique des champs

Chair: Sir Lawrence Bragg (Cambridge)

Proceedings

1964

13th – The Structure and Evolution of Galaxies
Chair: Robert Oppenheimer (Princeton)

1967

14th – Fundamental Problems in Elementary Particle Physics
Chair: Christian Møller (Copenhagen)

1970

15th – Symmetry Properties of Nuclei
Chair: Edoardo Amaldi (Rome)

1973

16th – Astrophysics and Gravitation
Chair: Edoardo Amaldi (Rome)
Proceedings

1978

17th – Order and Fluctuations in Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics
Chair: Léon Van Hove (CERN)

1982

18th – Higher Energy Physics
Chair: Léon Van Hove (CERN)

1987

19th – Surface Science
Chair: F.W. de Wette (Austin)

1991

20th – Quantum Optics

Chair: Paul Mandel (Brussels)

Proceedings

1998

21st – Dynamical Systems and Irreversibility
Organized by Ioannis Antoniou (Brussels)

2001

22nd – The Physics of Communication
Organized by Ioannis Antoniou (Brussels)
Proceedings

2005

23rd – The Quantum Structure of Space and Time

Chair: David Gross (Santa Barbara)

Proceedings

2008

24th – Quantum Theory of Condensed Matter

Chair: Bertrand Halperin (Harvard)

Proceedings

2011

25th – The Theory of the Quantum World

Chair: David Gross (Santa Barbara)

2014

26th – Astrophysics and Cosmology

Chair: Roger Blandford (Standford)

2017

27th – The Physics of Living Matter: Space,Time and Information in Biology

Chair: Boris Shraiman (Santa Barbara)

2022

28th – The Physics of Quantum Information
Chairs: David Gross (Santa Barbara) and Peter Zoller (Innsbruck U.)

2023

29th – The Structure and Dynamics of Disordered Systems
Chairs: David Gross (Santa Barbara), Marc Mézard (Bocconi U.) and Giorgio Parisi (Sapienza U.)

Solvay Conferences on Physics

1922

1st – Cinq Questions d’Actualité

Chair: William Pope (Cambridge)

Proceedings

1925

2nd – Structure et Activité Chimique

Chair: William Pope (Cambridge)

Proceedings

1928

3rd – Questions d’Actualité

Chair: William Pope (Cambridge)

Proceedings

1931

4th – Constitution et Configuration des Molécules Organiques

Chair: William Pope (Cambridge)

Proceedings

1934

5th – L’Oxygène, ses réactions chimiques
et biologiques

Chair: William Pope (Cambridge)

Proceedings

1937

6th – Les Vitamines et les Hormones

Chair: Fred Swarts (Gand)

Proceedings

1947

7th – Les Isotopes

Chair: Paul Karrer (Zurich)

Proceedings

1950

8th – Le Mécanisme de l’Oxydation

Chair: Paul Karrer (Zurich)

Proceedings

1953

9th – Les Protéines

Chair: Paul Karrer (Zurich)

Proceedings

1956

10th – Quelques Problèmes de Chimie Minérale

Chair: Paul Karrer (Zurich)

Proceedings

1959

11th – Les Nucléoprotéines

Chair: A.R. Ubbelohde (London)

Proceedings

1962

12th – Transfert d’Energie dans les Gaz

Chair: A.R. Ubbelohde (London)

Proceedings

1965

13th – Reactivity of the Photoexited Organic Molecule
Chair: A.R. Ubbelohde (London)

1969

14th – Phase Transitions
Chair: A.R. Ubbelohde (London)

1972

15th – Electrostatic Interactions and Structure of Water

Chair: A.R. Ubbelohde (London)

1976

15th – Electrostatic Interactions and Structure of Water
Chair: A.R. Ubbelohde (London)

1980

17th – Aspects of Chemical Evolution
Chair: A.R. Ubbelohde (London)

1983

18th – Design and Synthesis of Organic Molecules Based on Molecular Recognition
Chairs: Ephraim Katchalski (Rehovot, Israel) and Vladimir Prelog (Zurich)

1987

19th – Surface Science
Chair: Frederik W. de Wette (Austin)

1995

20th – Chemical Reactions and their Control on the Femtosecond Time Scale

Chair: Pierre Gaspard (Brussels)

2010

22nd – Quantum Effects in Chemistry and Biology

Chair: Graham Fleming (Berkeley)

Proceedings

2013

23rd – New Chemistry and New Opportunities from the Expanding Protein Universe

Chair: Kurt Wüthrich (ETH-Zurich)

2016

24th – Catalysis in Chemistry and Biology

Chair: Kurt Wüthrich (ETH-Zurich)

Co-Chair: Robert Grubbs (Caltech, USA)

2019

25th – Computational Modeling: from Chemistry to Materials to Biology

Chair: Kurt Wüthrich (ETH-Zurich)

Co-Chair: Bert Weckhuysen (Utrecht U., The Netherlands)

2022

26th – Chemistry Challenges of the 21st Century

Chair: Kurt Wüthrich (ETH-Zurich)

Co-Chair: Ben Feringa (Groningen U., )

Solvay Conferences on Biology

2024

1st – The organisation and dynamics of biological computation

Chair: Thomas Lecuit (IBDM Marseille)

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