Following the successful ‘CryoPrague 2008’ conference and the gasworld review of this event, Professor Ralph Scurlock provides a cryogenics industry professional’s view of the conference.
Prague as a conference centre
The Czech series of biennial IIR conferences on cryogenic technology include Commission A1 ( Cryophysics and Cryoengineering ), A2 ( Liquefaction and Separation of Gases ) and A3 ( Cryobiology and Cryomedicine ). Cryogenics 2008 was the tenth conference in the series organised by the Czech National Committee, and was held in the south of Prague at the Pankrac Conference Centre, some five stops on the Metro from Wenceslas Square.
Prague is becoming a centre for international conferences and two years ago the Cryogenics 2006 IIR conference was subsumed by the ICEC and ICMC conferences to create a mega-conference of 600-plus participants called ‘CryoPrague 2006.’ In three years time (2011) some 2000-plus participants of the giant ‘IIR Congress on Refrigeration and Cryogenics’ will meet at the Prague Congress Centre.
It was therefore very pleasant this year to take part in the smaller Cryogenics 2008 conference, organised by Vaclav Chrz, Stanislav Safrata, Pavel Schustr and their local organising committee. The number of delegates attending was about 150, representing 23 countries. A total of 55 papers were presented, including 40 oral and 15 poster papers, while the accompanying exhibition included nine exhibition booths.
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