ICAS History
A history booklet "ICAS - The First Fifty Years" edited by F. J. Sterk and finalised in 2008, when ICAS celebrated its 50 year anniversery, can be downloaded (here).
A short summary about the history of ICAS, as included in the ICAS 2008 Congress Programme, can be downloaded (here).
The first Guggenheim Lecture in 1958 was held by T. von Karman and he provides, as an introduction, some interesting background on how it all started. His lecture can be downloded (here).
The lecture "ICAS - THE FIRST 50 YEARS" presented at ICAS 2008 by Dr John E. Green can be downloaded (here).
The locations of the ICAS Congresses over the past decades are listed below.
ICAS Congresses
1958 Spain - Madrid
1960 Switzerland - Zurich
1962 Sweden - Stockholm
1964 France - Paris
1966 United Kingdom - London
1968 Germany - Munich
1970 Italy - Rome
1972 The Netherlands - Amsterdam
1974 Israel - Haifa
1976 Canada - Ottawa
1978 Portugal - Lisbon
1980 Germany - Munich
1982 USA - Seattle
1984 France - Toulouse
1986 United Kingdom - London
1988 Israel - Jerusalem
1990 Sweden - Stockholm
1992 China - Beijing
1994 USA - Anaheim
1996 Italy - Sorrento
1998 Australia - Melbourne
2000 United Kingdom - Harrogate
2002 Canada - Toronto
2004 Japan - Yokohama
2006 Germany - Hamburg
2008 USA - Anchorage
2010 France - Nice
2012 Australia - Brisbane
2014 Russia - St Petersburg
2016 South Korea - Daejeon
2018 Brasil - Belo Horizonte
2020 China - Shanghai