
General chair and Program chair would like to thank to all the attendees for the contribution in ISLC Kobe.
ISLC Kobe committee would like to present a view-graph data-book with the support of plenary and anniversary speakers.
All the attendees can download the view-graph and photographs in ISLC Kobe.
| Year | Location | Country | General Chair | Program Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Las Vegas | USA | George Smith | Jacques Pankove |
| 1969 | Mexico City | Mexico | Jacques Pankove | Art D’Asaro |
| 1972 | Boston | USA | Art D’Asaro | Henry Kressel |
| 1974 | Atlanta | USA | Nick Holonyak | Art Calawa |
| 1976 | Nemunosato | Japan | Jun-ichi Nishizawa | Yasuo Nannichi |
| 1978 | San Francisco | USA | Tom Paoli | Chuck Neuse |
| 1980 | Brighton | England | Peter Selway | Ben Thomas |
| 1982 | Ottawa | Canada | Jack Dyment | Bill Streifer |
| 1984 | Rio de Janeiro | Brasil | Jose Ripper | Yasuharu Suematsu |
| 1986 | Kanazawa | Japan | Yasuharu Suematsu | Ivan Kaminow |
| 1988 | Boston | USA | Ivan Kaminow | Bob Goodfellow |
| 1990 | Davos | Switzerland | Bob Goodfellow | Tetsuhiko Ikegami |
| 1992 | Takamatsu | Japan | Tetsuhiko Ikegami | Martin Pollack |
| 1994 | Maui | USA | Martin Pollack | Chris Harding |
| 1996 | Haifa | Israel | Chris Harding | Yasuhiko Arakawa |
| 1998 | Nara | Japan | Yasuhiko Arakawa | Thomas Koch |
| 2000 | Monterey | USA | Thomas Koch | Karl Ebeling |
| 2002 | Garmisch | Germany | Karl Ebeling | Yuzo Yosikuni |
| 2004 | Matsue | Japan | Yuzo Yosikuni | Larry Coldren |
| 2006 | Hapuna Beach | USA | Larry Coldren | Anders Larsson |
| 2008 | Sorrento | Italy | Anders Larsson | Fumio Koyama |
| 2010 | Kyoto | Japan | Fumio Koyama | John Connolly |
| 2012 | San Diego | USA | John Connolly | Peter Smowton |
| 2014 | Mallorca | Spain | Peter Smowton | Yuichi Tohmori |
| 2016 | Kobe | Japan | Yuichi Tohmori | Kent D. Choquette |
| Country | Participants | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 135 |
| 2 | USA | 46 |
| 3 | Germany | 18 |
| 4 | UK | 15 |
| 5 | Taiwan | 13 |
| 6 | China | 8 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 5 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 4 |
| 9 | Sweden | 4 |
| 10 | Belgium | 3 |
| 11 | Korea | 3 |
| 12 | Switzerland | 3 |
| 13 | Israel | 2 |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 2 |
| 15 | France | 1 |
| 16 | Hungary | 1 |
| 17 | Spain | 1 |
| total | 265 |
| Region | Participants |
|---|---|
| Asia and Australia | 164 |
| Europe | 55 |
| North America | 46 |
