Past Symposia

See below the dates and locations of all past symposia and the people in the key roles for each event.

1st Fundamental Research Symposium, 1957
Fundamentals of Papermaking Fibres
Cambridge
Chair: H.F. Rance
Programme Secretary: H.W. Emerton
Editor: F. Bolam

2nd Fundamental Research Symposium, 1961
The Formation and Structure of Paper
Oxford
Chair: H.F. Rance
Programme Secretary: H.W. Emerton
Editor: F. Bolam

3rd Fundamental Research Symposium, 1965
Consolidation of the Paper
Cambridge
WebChair: H.F. Rance
Programme Secretary: H.W. Emerton
Editor: F. Bolam

4th Fundamental Research Symposium, 1969
Papermaking Systems and their Control
Oxford
Chair: H.W. Emerton
Programme Secretary: D. Attwood
Editor: F. Bolam

5th Fundamental Research Symposium, 1973
The Fundamental Properties of Paper Related to its Uses
Cambridge
Chair: H.F. Rance
Programme Secretary: M.I. MacLaurin
Editor: F. Bolam

6th Fundamental Research Symposium, 1977
Fibre-Water Interactions in Paper-making
Oxford
Chair: M.I. MacLaurin
Programme Secretary: H.K. Corte
Editor: FRC

7th Fundamental Research Symposium, 1981
The Role of Fundamental Research in Paper Making
Cambridge
Programme Secretary: H.K. Corte
Editor: J. Brander

8th Fundamental Research Symposium, 1985
Papermaking Raw Materials
Oxford
Chair: M.I. MacLaurin
Programme Secretary: P.T. Herdman
Editor: V. Punton

9th Fundamental Research Symposium, 1989
Fundamentals of Papermaking
Cambridge
Chair: J.D. Peel
Programme Secretary: P.T. Herdman
Editors: C.F. Baker, V.W. Punton

10th Fundamental Research Symposium, 1993
Products of Papermaking
Oxford
Chair: P.T. Herdman
Programme Secretary: K.I. Ebeling
Editor: C.F. Baker

11th Fundamental Research Symposium, 1997
The Fundamentals of Papermaking Materials
Cambridge
Chair: P.T. Herdman
Programme Secretaries: J. Brander, R. Bown
Editor: C.F. Baker

12th Fundamental Research Symposium, 2001
The Science of Papermaking
Oxford
Chair: S. I’Anson
Programme Secretary: J. Brander
Editor: C.F. Baker

13th Fundamental Research Symposium, 2005
Advances in Paper Science and Technology
Cambridge
Chair: S.J. I’Anson
Programme Secretary: W.W. Sampson
Editor: S.J. I’Anson

14th Fundamental Research Symposium, 2009
Advances in Pulp and Paper Research
Oxford
Chair: S.J. I’Anson
Programme Secretary: W.W. Sampson
Editor: S.J. I’Anson

15th Fundamental Research Symposium, 2013
Advances in Pulp and Paper Research
Cambridge
Chair: S.J. I’Anson
Programme Secretary: W.W. Sampson
Editor: S.J. I’Anson

16th Fundamental Research Symposium, 2017
Advances in Pulp and Paper Research
Cambridge
Chair: D. Söderberg
Programme Secretary: D. Söderberg
Editors: W. Batchelor, D. Söderberg

17th Fundamental Research Symposium, 2022
Advances in Pulp and Paper Research
Cambridge

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