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Update February 2023: we received some data from a member of the BCICTS team that allowed us to fill in a lot of the early data on this symposium in the table below. The new data even includes attendance numbers for most years. We also have "BCTM" data to upload, we'll keep working on it.
BiCMOS and Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium. (BCICTS) is usually in October, at a site near the west coast or the east coast to accommodate European and Asian travelers. In 2022 it was in Phoenix, the dates were 16-19 October. Here is the website.
BCICTS was formed as a merger of CSICS (Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Symposium) and BCTM conference (Bipolar and BiCMOS Circuits and Technology) a few years ago. These conferences were designed to be way smaller than the International Microwave Symposium. You can expect to meet ~150 experts in the field, and have a good time while
Here are links to an official (and free!) IEEE history article on CSICs and an article on BCTM.
We decided to tabulate the venues, dates and symposium chairs for BCICTS and its CSICS heritage (maybe we can add in the BCTM data later). CSICS started life as the GaAs IC symposium, way back in 1978, and at one point during the heyday of DARPA's MIMIC program it had close to 1000 attendees. When other compound semi's popped up they decided to change the name to be more inclusive, a lesson that we should all take to heart.
Much of this data was generated by playing with the Wayback Machine. In case you are not old enough to know this, the Wayback machine was a feature in a cartoon that ran from 1959 to 1961. Here Sherman and Mr. Peabody assist in the British surrender to the Continental Army... In case you are not aware, Mr. Peabody is the World's Smartest Dog and graduated from Harvard at the age of three.
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Unfortunately, the world-wide web was not really a thing for the first years of the GaAs IC symposium. It may take some digging to complete the early data. Here is the GaAs IC/CSICS/BCICTS table so far:
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Year
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Venue
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Attendance
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Dates
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Chair
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Comments
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1979
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Lake Tahoe, NV
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GaAs IC Symposium
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1980
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Las Vegas, NV
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GaAs IC Symposium
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1981
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San Diego, CA
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James G. Oakes
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GaAs IC Symposium
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1982
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New Orleans, LA
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John E. Davey?
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GaAs IC Symposium
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1983
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Phoenix, AZ
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Thomas M. Reeder
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GaAs IC Symposium
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1984
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Boston, MA
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795
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James L. Vorhaus
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GaAs IC Symposium
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1985
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Monterey, CA
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925
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Ronald E. Lundgren
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GaAs IC Symposium
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1986
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Greenlefe
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840
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James A. Hutchby
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GaAs IC Symposium
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1987
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Portland, OR
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780
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R. Allen Murphy
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GaAs IC Symposium
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1988
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Nashville, TN
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750
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Nov 6-9
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Richard Y. Koyama
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GaAs IC Symposium
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1989
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San Diego, CA
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640
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Oct 22-25
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Kenneth Sieger?
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GaAs IC Symposium
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1990
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New Orleans, LA
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545
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Oct 7-10
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Suzanne Kuntz?
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GaAs IC Symposium
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1991
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Monterey, CA
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592
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Oct 20-23
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GaAs IC Symposium
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1992
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Miami, FL
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398
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Oct 4-7
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GaAs IC Symposium
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1993
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San Jose, CA
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548
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Oct 10-13
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GaAs IC Symposium
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1994
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Philadelphia, PA
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450
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Oct 16-19
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Don D'Avanzo
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GaAs IC Symposium
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1995
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San Diego, CA
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524
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Oct 29-Nov 1
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Phil Wallace or George Bechtel?
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GaAs IC Symposium
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1996
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Orlando, FL
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385
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Nov 3-6
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Elissa Sobolewski
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GaAs IC Symposium
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1997
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Anaheim, CA
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430
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Oct 12-15
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Phil Wallace
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GaAs IC Symposium
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1998
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Atlanta, GA
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317
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Nov 1-4
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Bill Stanchina
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GaAs IC Symposium
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1999
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Monterey, CA
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444
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Oct 17-20
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Mark Wilson
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GaAs IC Symposium
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2000
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Seattle, WA
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487
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Nov 5-8
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Jim Komiak
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GaAs IC Symposium
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2001
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Baltimore, MD
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300
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Oct 21-24
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John Stitch
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GaAs IC Symposium
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2002
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Monterey, CA
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325
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Oct 20-23
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Tim Henderson
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GaAs IC Symposium
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2003
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San Diego, CA
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309
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Nov 9-12
|
Chris Bozado
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GaAs IC Symposium
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2004
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Monterey, CA
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374
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Oct 24-27
|
Kevin Kobayashi
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CSIC Symposium
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2005
|
Palm Springs , CA
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340
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Oct 30-Nov 2
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Brad Nelson
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CSIC Symposium
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2006
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San Antonio, TX
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340
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Nov 12-15
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Micchell Schifrin
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CSIC Symposium
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2007
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Portland, OR
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303
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Oct 14-17
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Mohammad Madihian
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CSIC Symposium
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2008
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Monterey, CA
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256
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Oct 12-15
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William Pentman
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CSIC Symposium
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2009
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Greensboro, NC
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198
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Oct 11-14
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Marko Sokolich
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CSIC Symposium
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2010
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Monterey, CA
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208
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Oct 3-6
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David Halcin
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CSIC Symposium
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2011
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Waikoloa, HI
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147
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Oct 16-19
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Dan Sherrer
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CSIC Symposium
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2012
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La Jolla, CA
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210
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Oct 14-17
|
Sorin Voinigescu
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CSIC Symposium
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2013
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Monterey, CA
|
181
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Oct 13-16
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Francois Colomb
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CSIC Symposium
|
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2014
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La Jolla, CA
|
202
|
Oct 19-22
|
Doug McPherson
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CSIC Symposium
|
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2015
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New Orleans, LA
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175
|
Oct 11-14
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Charles Campbell
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CSIC Symposium
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2016
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Austin, TX
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184
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Oct 23-26
|
Harris (Chip) Moyer
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CSIC Symposium
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2017
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Miami, FL
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166
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Oct 22-25
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Jim Carroll
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CSIC Symposium
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2018
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San Diego, CA
|
195
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Oct 13-18
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Peter Magnee and Brian Moser (Co-Chairs)
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BCICT Symposium
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2019
|
Nashville, TN
|
181
|
Nov 3-6
|
Peter Zampardi and Sorin Voinigescu, (Co-Chairs)
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BCICT Symposium
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2020
|
Virtual
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167
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Nov 15-19
|
Bruce Green
|
BCICT Symposium
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2021
|
Virtual
|
147
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Dec 5-9
|
Craig Steinbeiser
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BCICT Symposium
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2022
|
Phoenix, AZ
|
130
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Oct 16-19
|
Robert Howell
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BCICT Symposium
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2023
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Monterey, CA
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Oct 15-18
|
Breandán Ó hAnnaidh
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BCICT Symposium
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