The ICSM conference series is controlled by an International Advisory Board (IAB), guided by the bylaws of the conference (below)

Current members of the IAB are:

Karl Leo, TU Dresden (Chair of the IAB)

Ana Flávia Nogueira, Unicamp University of Campinas (Co-Chair of the IAB)

Concepcio Rovira Angulo, Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB)

Zhenan Bao, Stanford University

Guillermo C. Bazan, University of California, Santa Barbara

David Beljonne, Université de Mons

Paul Blom, Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung

Christoph Boehme, University of Utah

Donal Bradley, University of Oxford

Jean-Luc Bredas, University of Arizona

Paul Burn, University of Queensland

Chunyan Chi, National University of Singapore

Felix Deschler, Univ. Heidelberg

Stephen R. Forrest, University of Michigan

Gitti Frey, Technion Israel Institute of Technology

Peter Ho, National University of Singapore

Yoshihiro Iwasa, University of Tokyo

Rene Janssen, Eindhoven University of Technology

Kwan Yue Alex Jen, City University of Hong Kong

Marilia Junqueira Caldas, Universidade de São Paulo

Richard B. Kaner, UCLA University of California

Anna Koehler, University of Bayreuth

Changhee Lee , Seoul National University

Maria Loi, University of Groningen

Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo, Princeton University

K. S. Narayan, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, University of California, Santa Barbara

Ronald Österbacka, Åbo Akademi University

Yung Woo Park, University of Pennsylvania

Jian Pei, Peking University

Dima Perepichka, McGill University

Adam Proń, Politechnika Warszawska

Ifor Samuel, University of St. Andrews

John A. Schlueter, Argonne National Laboratory

Henning Sirringhaus, University of Cambridge

Peter Skabara, University of Glasgow

Eleni Stavrinidou, Linköping University

Natalie Stingelin, Georgia Institute of Technology

Kazuo Takimiya, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science

Luisa Torsi, Università degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro

Jadranka Travas-Sejdic, The University of Auckland

Gordon Wallace, University of Wollongong

Vivian Wing Wah Yam, University of Hong Kong

Bylaws:

(Version: February 2025)

1. Organizing Principles

1.a. Scope: ICSM, originally referencing synthetic metals within its title, is the longest-running conference series in the field of conducting and semiconducting organic materials. It started in the mid-1970’s with the advent of highly electrically conducting molecular crystals and conjugated polymers. The ICSM is recognized as the largest conference devoted to the field of organic electronics. It has been instrumental in showcasing many of the most important developments in the field over the last four decades. It has now become a premiere venue for discussion of the latest developments in the areas of organic electronics and photonics, from synthesis to characterization, computational modeling, device fabrication, and real-world applications.

Topics which are typically considered for ICSM are organic and related materials for:

Organic light emitting diodes (OLED) displays and lighting

Organic field effect transistors (OFETs)

Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) and organic photodiodes

Perovskite and hybrid photovoltaics

Sensors and bioelectronics

Nanomaterials 

Organic conductors and superconductors

Graphene and other 2D materials and devices

Spin and magnetism

Industry/manufacturing

Transparent conducting electrodes

Organic batteries and supercapacitors

Organic materials for thermoelectrics

Organic photo(electro) catalysis

Processing and structural characterization 

The location generally rotates between Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The ICSM will be held every two years. Over the years, ICSM has been hosted in various locations around the world, reflecting its international stature. The ICSM has been held at Siofok (1976), New York (1977), Dubrovnik (1978), Helsingor (1980), Boulder (1981), Les Arcs (1982), Abano Terme (1984), Kyoto (1986), Santa Fe (1988), Tübingen (1990), Göteborg (1992), Seoul (1994), Snowbird (1996), Montpellier (1998), Bad Gastein (2000), Shanghai (2002), Wollongong (2004), Dublin (2006), Porto de Galinhas (2008), Kyoto (2010), Atlanta (2012), Turku (2014), Guangzhou (2016), Busan (2018), Glasgow (2022), Dresden (2024).

The ICSM has a general website www.icsm.info which also links to future and past meetings.

1.b. International Advisory Board (IAB)

Charge: The IAB sets the overcall scope of the conference series and advises the program committee. The IAB selects the organizers of the second-next conference (4 years in advance), by considering proposals at the IAB meeting during an ICSM. The IAB decides on replacement members at its meetings. 

Members. The IAB consists of not more than 30 at-large members, representing the following regions: USA/Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia/Latin America/Other. Additionally, former Chairs of conferences serve as ex-officio members on the IAB for up to 10 years. Membership is governed by the IAB itself, but guided by shared principles about representation, diversity, and researchers at an early stage of their career (e.g., Assistant Professor). IAB members should have an active research program and be able to represent the geographic and demographic diversity of the community fairly.

Limitations: IAB membership is limited to 10 years.

Business: The IAB conducts its business through at least one in-person meeting to coincide with the bi-annual symposium. The IAB is chaired by a chairperson and a co-chairperson which are elected by the IAB for a term of 4 years. The chairpersons are responsible to organize the meetings of the IAB, maintain the icsm.info website, keep a mailing list of the IAB, and organize the election of their successors.

1.c Program Committee (PC)

Charge/Scope: The team selected by the IAB to organize the next meeting can constitute the Program Committee, which has control over the overall program. The PC uses the suggestions of the IAB for invited and plenary speakers, as well as its own nominations, to construct a program with appropriate balance by sub-field, geographic region, and demographics that reflects the diversity of the community. 

1.d. Meeting organizers 

Meeting organizers are responsible for all the logistics of a meeting and its scientific and social program. Prior meeting organizers provide help to the current organizers and may share the attendees' email list (if allowed by law) and the list of conference financial support. Meeting organizers should collect explicit consent from all participants whether their details can be shared with future organizers.

2. Guiding Principles

The ICSM conference series addresses the field in all of its aspects. It usually has 6 parallel sessions, which results in about (numbers from 2024 Dresden meeting) 430 talk slots, of which 10 are Plenary, 144 are Invited, 276 are Contributed.

The conference will support early and mid-career scientists and seeks significant participation by students and post-docs.

No speaker will be invited to two successive meetings as a plenary speaker, at least 20% of invited speakers will have not spoken in their respective categories (invited or plenary) previously.

The conference embraces diversity and inclusion. In this regard, all committees and programs will make sure to have diversity in terms of gender, seniority, geographics, ethnicity, etc.