The ISMET Society lives of a lively community and our international conferences are the heart of our activities. A bi-annual international ISMET conference is alternating with three regional ISMET conferences in the in between years. If you are an ISMET member, you can find approved meeting presentations in the membership section.
Thanks again to all attendants for making our meetings such a great success!

Join us at these upcoming meetings:
Next International Meeting
- TBA
Regional Meetings
- Sept 6-8, 2023: EU-ISMET: organized by Annemiek terHeijne in Wageningen, NL
- AP-ISMET 2023: organized by Hyung-Sool Lee in South Korea (place and dates t.b.a.)
- NA-ISMET 2023: t.b.a.
Stay tuned for updates and more information!
Code of conduct
ISMET is dedicated to creating an inclusive atmosphere among our members. Therefore, we have established a code of conduct, to which we request our members and conference attendees abide.
CO2 neutral conferences: We are growing our own forest!
ISMET wants to act responsible and sustainable and therefore offsets CO2 emissions caused by conference attendance of its members by planting a forest in Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
This project was started for the 2014 EU-ISMET where 70 holm oaks and ash trees were planted to make the meeting with ~200 participants a CO2 neutral event. The ISMET Board decided to make this a permanent activity for ISMET conferences and financially supports the planting of trees at the Botanical Garden of Alcalá de Henares, Spain to offset the carbon foot print of the attendance of all future ISMET meetings. Our forest is growing…


Past Meetings
Conference | Date | Location | Link |
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ISMET8 | Sept 19-24, 2022 | Chania, Crete, Greece | Website |
2021 NA-ISMET | Nov 17-19, 2021 | Los Angeles, California | Website |
2021 EU-ISMET | Sep 13-15 2021 | Girona, Spain | Website |
2021 AP-ISMET | July 16-18 2021 | Harbin, China | Website |
1st ISMET Virtual meeting | Oktober 7-9 2020 | Global | Website |
ISMET7 | Oktober 7-14 2019 | Okinawa, Japan | |
2018 AP-ISMET | November 13-16 | Goa, India | Website |
2018 NA-ISMET | October 10-12 | St. Paul, Minnesota, USA | Website |
2018 EU-ISMET | September 12-14 | Newcastle, United Kingdom | Website |
ISMET6 | October 3-6, 2017 | Lisbon, Portugal | Website |
2016 NA-ISMET | October 5-7, 2016 | Palo Alto, CA | Website |
2016 EU-ISMET | September 28-30, 2016 | Rome, Italy | |
2016 AP-ISMET | August 31-September 1, 2016 | Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO), South Korea | |
ISMET5 | October 1-4, 2015 | Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA | |
2014 EU-ISMET | September 3-5, 2014 | University de Alcalá, Spain | Picture Gallery |
2014 NA-ISMET | May 13-15, 2014 | Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA | |
2014 AP-ISMET | July 21-23, 2014 | National University of Singapore | |
ISMET4 (MFC4) | September 1-4, 2013 | Cairns, Queensland, Australia | |
2012 EU-ISMET | September 27-28, 2012 | Ghent University, Belgium | Picture Gallery |
2012 NA-ISMET | October 8-10, 2012 | Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA | |
2012 AP-ISMET | January 13-15, 2013 | Harbin Institute of Technology HIT, China | |
MFC3 | June 6-8, 2011 | WETSUS, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands | |
2010 NA-BESM | October 11-13, 2010 | University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA | |
MFC2 | June 10-12, 2009 | Gwangju, South Korea | |
MFC1 | May 27-29, 2008 | Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA |