The European Powder Diffraction Conference (EPDIC) is the only European conference completely dedicated to all aspects of the analysis of polycrystalline materials by diffraction methods.
Started in Munich in 1991, EPDICs have rapidly become reference points for all researchers in the field and are now regarded to be ideal places for the presentation and diffusion of new developments in powder diffraction instrumentation, analysis, and applications.
EPDIC conferences are intended to be the place where all powder diffractionists, independently of whether they are more interested in the theoretical advances or in the application of the techniques, can meet and exchange ideas and experiences.
The permanent International Committee of EPDIC was established during EPDIC-6 in Budapest, and is periodically renewed following established rules. Turnover is important to guarantee active participation and inclusion of all topics and skills relevant to powder diffraction.
The background, reasons and procedures for the establishment of EPDiCom were extensively discussed prior to EPDIC-6. Interested people can refer to any member for information and proposals.
The members of the EPDIC Committee (EPDiCCom) after EPDIC-17 are:
- A. Altomare, IC-CNR, Bari, Italy
- P. Attfield, Univ. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- N. Audebrand, CNRS – Univ. Rennes, France
- F. Bertolotti,Univ. Insubria, Como, Italy
- S. Bette, Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart, Germany
- D. Billing, Univ. Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- M. Christensen, Aarhus University, Denmark
- WIF David, ISIS, Oxon, UK
- M. Dopita, Charles Univ., Prague, Czech Republic
- AN. Fitch, ESRF, Grenoble, France
- KMO. Jensen, Univ. Copenhagen, Denmark
- A. Kern, Bruker AXS, Karlsruhe, Germany
- I. Margiolaki, Univ. Patras, Greece
- A. Neels, EMPA, Dubendorf, Switzerland
- G. Nénert, Malvern Panalytical, Almelo, The Netherlands
- J. Popović, R. Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia – Chairman
- D. Rafaja, Univ. Freiberg, Germany
- R. Rizzi, IC-CNR, Bari, Italy
- J. Rohliček, Czech Academy of Science, Prague, Czech Republic
- G. Rousse, Sorbonne Univ., Paris, France
- P. Scardi, Univ. Trento, Italy – Immediate Past Chairman
- M. Senn, Univ. Warwick, England, UK
- M. Schmidt, Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- D. S. Wragg, Univ. Oslo, Norway
The informal set of rules indicating the scope and operation of the EPDIC Committee is listed, albeit please note that they might be subject to changes in the near future following in-depth discussion of the Committee and suggestions from the powder diffraction community.
Please note that the EPDIC Committee is meant to represent all scientific aspects of powder diffraction and the regional distribution of powder diffractionists in Europe. Suggestions and comments from all powder scientists in order to make the Committee more representative and complete are welcome and may be made at any time, either informally to the above members or formally to the Chairman:
Dr. Jasminka Popović
Ruđer Bošković Institute
Bijenička cesta 32, 10000 Zagreb
Tel.: +385 1 4561 120
email: jpopovic@irb.hrThe EPDiCom is now in the position of interacting with other organizations concerned fully or in part with powder diffraction. Mutual collaboration with the European Crystallographic Association has been ensured through the establishment of the ECA Special Interest Group on Powder Diffraction (SIG-8), which is identical in composition with the EPDIC Committee.