ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DE LA COULEUR (A.I.C.)

INTERNATIONAL COLOR ASSOCIATION

Data compiled by José Luis Caivano, from various sources

 

 

CHRONOLOGY OF A.I.C. MEETINGS

AIC Foundation: June 21, 1967, during the 16th CIE Session, Washington DC, USA

 

1969, June 9-13

1st Congress

Stockholm, Sweden

(478 participants, 22 countries, aprox. 150 papers)

1971, September 1-3

Special Symposium

“Small Color Differences – Helmholtz Centenary”

Driebergen,

The Netherlands

 

 

1973, July 2-6

2nd Congress

York,

England

(431 participants, 26 countries, 115 papers)

1976, June 8-11

Interim Meeting

“Colour Dynamics”

Budapest,

Hungary

 

 

1977, July 10-15

3rd Congress

Troy,

New York, USA

(297 participants, 21 countries, 108 papers)

1978, October 3-4

Interim Meeting

“Color Measurement and its Application”

London,

England

 

1979, August 16-17

Midterm Meeting

“Color Appearance”

Tokyo,

Japan

 

1980, February 3-6

Interim Meeting

“Harry Helson Memorial Symposium on Chromatic Adaptation”

Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

 

 

1981, September 21-25

4th Congress

Berlin,

Germany

 

1982, June 8-10

Interim Meeting

“Colour Dynamics”

Budapest,

Hungary

(260 participants, 25 countries, 88 papers)

1983, August 25-28

Midterm Meeting

“Forsius Symposium Colour Order Systems”

Kungälv,

Sweden

(73 participants, 15 countries)

1984, June 18-20

Interim Meeting

“Colour Education”

Salamanca,

Spain

 

 

1985, June 16-22

5th Congress

Monte Carlo,

Monaco

(aprox. 400 participants)

1986, June 19-20

Interim Meeting

“Color in Computer Generated Displays”

Toronto,

Canada

(116 participants)

1987, June 10-13

Midterm Meeting

“Wyszecki-Stiles Memorial Symposium on Color Vision Models”

Florence,

Italy

(67 participants, 14 countries, aprox. 35 papers)

1988, August 8-11

Interim Meeting

“Color in Environmental Design”

Winterthur,

Switzerland

(154 participants, 24 countries, 39 papers)

 

1989, March 12-17

6th Congress

Buenos Aires,

Argentina

(178 participants, 25 countries, 104 presentations: 57 oral, 47 posters)

1990, September 2-5

Interim Meeting

“Instrumentation for Colour Measurement”

Berlin,

Germany

 

1991, June 25-28

Midterm Meeting

“Colour & Light”

Sydney,

Australia

(189 participants, 18 countries, 54 presentations: 45 oral, 9 posters)

1992, June 21-24

Interim Meeting

“Computer Color Formulation”

Princeton,

New Jersey, USA

 

 

1993, June 13-18

7th Congress

Budapest,

Hungary

(237 participants, 32 countries, 168 presentations: 115 oral, 53 posters)

1994, April 10-12

Interim Meeting

“Images in Colour”

Cambridge,

England

 

1995, September 3-6

Midterm Meeting

“Colorimetry”

Berlin,

Germany

(aprox. 120 participants)

1996, June 15-18

Interim Meeting

“Color & Psychology”

Gothenburg,

Sweden

(128 participants, 22 countries, 78 presentations: 50 oral, 28 posters)

 

1997, May 25-30

8th Congress

Kyoto,

Japan

(524 participants, 29 countries, 243 presentations: 146 oral, 97 posters)

1998, vacant

There was an initial proposal from Oslo, Norway, but because of some misunderstandings (mainly because the organizers did not follow the AIC guidelines for interim meetings), the AIC retired its support. In spite that the congress was held during October 8-11, it was not an AIC meeting

1999, June 22-23

Midterm Meeting

“Applications of Colorimetry in Industry and Design”

Warsaw,

Poland

(86 participants, 23 countries, 54 presentations: 40 oral, 14 posters)

2000, November 6-7

Interim Meeting

“Color & Environment”

Seoul,

Korea

(234 participants, 14 countries, 77 presentations: 36 oral, 41 posters)

 

2001, June 24-29

9th Congress

Rochester,

New York, USA

(440 participants, 30 countries, 250 presentations: 164 oral, 86 posters)

2002, August 29-31

Interim Meeting

“Color and Textiles”

Maribor,

Slovenia

(125 participants, 22 countries, 70 presentations: 31 oral, 39 posters)

2003, August 4-6

Midterm Meeting

“Colour Communication and Management”

Bangkok,

Thailand

(144 participants, 17 countries, 99 presentations: 56 oral, 43 posters)

2004, November 2-5

Interim Meeting

“Color and Paints”

Porto Alegre,

Brazil

(70 participants, 16 countries, 96 presentations: 45 oral, 51 posters)

 

2005, May 8-13

10th Congress

Granada,

Spain

(548 participants, 36 countries, 419 presentations: 208 oral, 211 posters)

2006, October 25-27

Interim Meeting

“Color in Culture and Color in Fashion”

Johannesburg,

South Africa

 

2007, July 12-14

Midterm Meeting

“Color Science for Industrial Applications”

Hangzhou,

China

 

2008, June 15-18

Interim Meeting

“Color in Inner and Outer Space”

Stockholm,

Sweden

 

 

2009, September 20-25

11th Congress

Sydney,

Australia

 

 

 

AIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES (also, Auditors and Newsletter Editors)

 

1967-1969

President:

William David Wright [1906-1997] (Great Britain)

Vice-president:

Gunnar Tonnquist (Sweden)

Secretary/Treasurer:

Ernst Ganz (Switzerland)

1970-1973

President:

Yves LeGrand [1908-1986] (France)

Vice-president:

C. James Bartleson (USA)

Secretary/Treasurer:

Ernst Ganz (Switzerland)

Members:

Tarow Indow (Japan)

Manfred Richter (Federal Republic of Germany)

Past President:

William David Wright (Great Britain)

Past Vice-president:

Gunnar Tonnquist (Sweden)

1974-1977

President:

Tarow Indow [1923-] (Japan)

Vice-president:

Robert William Gainer Hunt (Great Britain)

Secretary/Treasurer:

Andreas Brockes (Federal Republic of Germany)

Members:

Ernst Ganz (Switzerland)

Pieter L. Walraven (The Netherlands)

Past President:

Yves LeGrand (France)

Past Vice-president:

C. James Bartleson (USA)

1978-1981

President:

C. James Bartleson [1929-1987] (USA)

Vice-president:

János Schanda (Hungary)

Secretary/Treasurer:

Andreas Brockes (Federal Republic of Germany)

Members:

Lorenzo Plaza (Spain)

Alan R. Robertson (Canada)

Past President:

Tarow Indow (Japan)

Past Vice-president:

Robert William Gainer Hunt (Great Britain)

1982-1985

President:

Robert William Gainer Hunt [1923-] (Great Britain)

Vice-president:

Heinz Terstiege (Federal Republic of Germany)

Secretary/Treasurer:

Johannes J. (Hans) Vos (The Netherlands)

Members:

Anders Hård (Sweden)

Peter K. Kaiser (Canada)

François Parra (France)

Urban Willumsen (Norway)

Auditors:

Jan-Baptist den Tandt (Belgium)

John B. Hutchings (Great Britain)

1986-1989

President:

Heinz Terstiege [1934-2001] (Federal Republic of Germany)

Vice-president:

Alan R. Robertson (Canada)

Secretary/Treasurer:

Jan Walraven (The Netherlands)

Members:

John B. Hutchings (Great Britain)

Roberto Daniel Lozano (Argentina)

Leo Mori (Japan)

Werner Spillmann (Switzerland)

Auditors:

Anders Hård (Sweden)

Peter K. Kaiser (Canada)

Newsletter Editor:

Alan R. Robertson (Nr. 3, 1986, to Nr. 4, 1987)

1990-1993

President:

Alan R. Robertson [1940-] (Canada)

Vice-president:

Lucia Rositani Ronchi (Italy)

Secretary/Treasurer:

Michael R. Pointer (Great Britain), resigned before June 1990

Cees van Trigt (The Netherlands)

Members:

Paul Green-Armytage (Australia)

Antal Nemcsics (Hungary)

Leonhard Oberascher (Austria)

Allan B. J. Rodrigues (USA)

Newsletter Editor:

Paul Green-Armytage (Nr. 5, 1990, to Nr. 8, 1993)

1994-1997

President:

Lucia Rositani Ronchi [1927-] (Italy)

Vice-president:

Mitsuo Ikeda (Japan)

Secretary/Treasurer:

Cees van Trigt (The Netherlands)

Members:

Paula Jean Alessi (USA)

Roy M. Osborne (Great Britain)

Frank Rochow (Germany)

Lars Sivik (Sweden)

Auditors:

John B. Hutchings (Great Britain)

Jan Walraven (The Netherlands)

Newsletter Editor:

Roy M. Osborne (Nr. 9, 1994, to Nr. 12, 1997)

1998-2001

President:

Mitsuo Ikeda (Japan)

Vice-president:

Paula Jean Alessi (USA)

Secretary/Treasurer:

Frank Rochow (Germany)

Members:

Michel Albert-Vanel (France)

Jin-Sook Lee (Korea)

Javier Romero (Spain)

Maks Tusak (Slovenia)

Auditors:

John B. Hutchings (Great Britain)

Heinz Terstiege (Germany)

Günter Döring (Germany)

Newsletter Editor:

Paula Jean Alessi (Nr. 12, 1997, in collab. with R. Osborne, to Nr. 15, 2001)

2002-2005

President:

Paula Jean Alessi [1956-] (USA)

Vice-president:

Paul Green-Armytage (Australia), resigned by August 2003

José Luis Caivano (Argentina), completed the term until 2005

Secretary/Treasurer:

Frank Rochow (Germany)

Members:

José Luis Caivano (Argentina), until the end of 2003

Paul Green-Armytage (Australia), completed the term until 2005

Joaquín Campos Acosta (Spain)

Aran Hansuebsai (Thailand)

Hirohisa Yaguchi (Japan)

Auditors:

John B. Hutchings (Great Britain)

Tomas Hård (Sweden)

Newsletter Editor:

Paul Green-Armytage (Nr. 16, 2002, Nr. 17, 2003, Nr. 18, 2004, Nr. 19, 2005)

2006-2009

President:

José Luis Caivano [1958-] (Argentina)

Vice-president:

Berit Bergström (Sweden)

Secretary/Treasurer:

Javier Romero (Spain)

Members:

Roy S. Berns (USA)

Osvaldo da Pos (Italy)

Ye Guanrong (China)

Nick Harkness (Australia)

Auditors:

John B. Hutchings (Great Britain)

Jin-Sook Lee (Korea)

Newsletter Editor:

Roy S. Berns

 

 

A.I.C. STUDY GROUPS AND CHAIRPERSONS

 

COLOR ORDER SYSTEMS (1978-1990?)

1978-1983

Günter Wyszecki (Canada)

1984-1985

Fred Wallace Billmeyer, Jr. (USA)

1986-1987

C. James Bartleson (USA)

1987-1990?

Nick Hale (USA)

 

COLOR EDUCATION (1978-today)

1978-1983

János Schanda (Hungary)

1984-1986

Oscar Estévez

1987-1992

Nancy Jo Howard (USA)

1993-1995

Eric Melse (The Netherlands)

1996-1998

Roy M. Osborne (Great Britain)

1999-today

Berit Bergström (Sweden)

Sub-group, Color in Art Education

2001-2004

Roy M. Osborne (Great Britain)

 

ENVIRONMENTAL COLOR DESIGN (1982-today)

1982-1988

Anders Hård, chair (Sweden), Lars Sivik, secretary (Sweden)

1989-1997

Leonhard Oberascher (Austria)

1998-2005

José Luis Caivano, chair (Argentina), Leonhard Oberascher, co-chair (Austria)

2006-today

Verena M. Schindler, chair (Switzerland), Leonhard Oberascher, co-chair (Austria)

 

VISUAL ILLUSIONS AND EFFECTS (1993-today)

1993-today

Osvaldo da Pos (Italy)

 

COLOR PERCEPTION OF THE ELDERLY (2001-today)

2001-today

Katsunori Okajima, chair (Japan), Manuel Melgosa, secretary (Spain)

 

 

A.I.C. JUDD AWARD RECIPIENTS

 

Since 1973, when Betty Judd proposed to establish an AIC award in memory of her husband, Deane B. Judd, to recognize outstanding work in the field of color science and technology, the International Color Association has been carrying out the process of selection of the recipients for this award every two years. The selection is an arduous procedure that includes nominations presented by AIC members, and analysis of antecedents of the nominees by a Committee mostly composed by previous recipients of the award. The color researchers that have received this award are:

 

1975

Dorothy Nickerson [1900-1985] (USA)

1977

William David Wright [1906-1997] (Great Britain)

1979

Gunter Wyszecki [1925-1985] (Germany, USA, Canada)

1981

Manfred Richter [1905-1990] (Germany)

1983

David Lewis MacAdam [1910-1998] (USA)

1985

Leo Maurice Hurvich [1910-], Dorothea Jameson [1920-1998] (USA)

1987

Robert William Gainer Hunt [1923-] (Great Britain)

1989

Tarow Indow [1923-] (Japan, USA)

1991

Johannes J. (Hans) Vos, Pieter L. Walraven (The Netherlands)

1993

Yoshinobu Nayatani [1927-] (Japan)

1995

Heinz Terstiege [1934-2001] (Germany)

1997

Anders Hård [1922-], Gunnar Tonnquist [1925-], Lars Sivik [1933-] (Sweden)

1999

Fred Wallace Billmeyer Jr. [1924-2004] (USA)

2001

Roberto Daniel Lozano [1934-] (Argentina)

2003

Mitsuo Ikeda (Japan)

2005

John B. Hutchings [1932-] (Great Britain)