{"id":308,"date":"2021-03-03T10:36:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T10:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/er-c.org\/?page_id=308"},"modified":"2025-11-17T13:07:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:07:01","slug":"about-pico-conference-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/er-c.org\/index.php\/conferences\/about-pico-conference-series\/","title":{"rendered":"About PICO Conference Series"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The PICO conference series on Frontiers of Aberration-corrected Electron Microscopy will be the latest in the series of biennial conferences focusing on fundamental electron optics and it’s applications to advanced transmission electron microscopy techniques being applied to the study of solid state research phenomena and the life sciences. The conference series primarily arose to satisfy the requirements of the electron microscopy community working on solid state problems at the atomic scale, which grew explosively in the early 2000’s with the introduction of aberration corrector units in commercial instruments and has expanded since to researchers working with analytical periphery, at low acceleration voltages or making use of various in-situ techniques.<\/p>\n

PICO 20XX conferences are typically attended by about 150 to 180 participants; however, in recent years interest has increased, and the number of participants has risen to over 200, with a maximum capacity of 250. Previous meetings have featured 30 to 45 invited lecturers and a similar number of contributions from the wider scientific community presented as posters. While earlier proceedings were published as special issues in Ultramicroscopy<\/a>, recent editions have appeared in Microscopy & Microanalysis<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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PICO2026<\/th>May 3rd – May 7th<\/th><\/tr>
conference venue<\/td>Kasteel Vaalsbroek (The Netherlands)<\/td><\/tr>
organisers<\/td>R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, J. Mayer, C. Sachse, and G. Wilbs<\/td><\/tr>
proceedings<\/td>submit your paper here<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
celebrating<\/td>ER-C 2.0<\/td><\/tr><\/thead><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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PICO2024<\/th>April 21st – April 25th<\/th><\/tr>
conference venue<\/td>Kasteel Vaalsbroek (The Netherlands)<\/td><\/tr>
organisers<\/td>R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, J. Mayer, C. Sachse, and G. Wilbs<\/td><\/tr>
proceedings<\/td>2024 PICO Collection<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
celebrating<\/td>20 Years of ER-C<\/td><\/tr><\/thead><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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PICO2022<\/th>May 8th – May 12th<\/th><\/tr>
conference venue<\/td>Kasteel Vaalsbroek (The Netherlands)<\/td><\/tr>
organisers<\/td>R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, J. Mayer, C. Sachse, K. Urban and G. Wilbs<\/td><\/tr>
proceedings<\/td>2022 PICO Collection<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
celebrating<\/td>25 Years of Aberration Correction<\/td><\/tr><\/thead><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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PICO2021<\/th>May 2nd – May 6th<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
conference venue<\/td>gather.town<\/td><\/tr>
organisers<\/td>R. Dunin-Borkowski, J. Mayer, C. Sachse, K. Tillmann and G. Wilbs<\/td><\/tr>
proceedings<\/td>ultramicroscopy vol 229 (oct 2021)<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
honourees<\/td>Wolfgang Baumeister, Colin Humphreys, John Spence, and Knut Urban<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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PICO2019<\/th>May 6th – May 10th<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
conference venue<\/td>Kasteel Vaalsbroek (The Netherlands)<\/td><\/tr>
organisers<\/td>R. Dunin-Borkowski, J. Mayer, C. Sachse and K. Tillmann<\/td><\/tr>
proceedings<\/td>ultramicroscopy vol 203 (aug 2019)<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
honourees<\/td>Christian Colliex, Archie Howie, and Hannes Lichte<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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PICO2017<\/th>April 30th – May 4th<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
conference venue<\/td>Kasteel Vaalsbroek (The Netherlands)<\/td><\/tr>
organisers<\/td>R. Dunin-Borkowski, J. Mayer, and K. Tillmann<\/td><\/tr>
proceedings<\/td>ultramicroscopy vol 176 (may 2017)<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
honourees<\/td>Robert Sinclair and Nestor Zaluzec<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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PICO2015<\/th>April 19th – April 23rd<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
conference venue<\/td>Kasteel Vaalsbroek (The Netherlands)<\/td><\/tr>
organisers<\/td>R. Dunin-Borkowski, J. Mayer, and K. Tillmann<\/td><\/tr>
proceedings<\/td>ultramicroscopy vol 151 (april 2015)<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
honourees<\/td>Harald Rose<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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PICO2013<\/th>October 9th – October 12th<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
conference venue<\/td>Kasteel Vaalsbroek (The Netherlands)<\/td><\/tr>
organisers<\/td>R. Dunin-Borkowski, H. Lichte, and K. Tillmann<\/td><\/tr>
proceedings<\/td>ultramicroscopy vol 134 (november 2013)<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
honourees<\/td>Owen Saxton and David Smith<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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PICO2012<\/th>February 29th – March 2nd<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
conference venue<\/td>J\u00fclich Research Centre (Germany)<\/td><\/tr>
organisers<\/td>R. Dunin-Borkowski, J. Mayer, and K. Tillmann<\/td><\/tr>
proceedings<\/td>none<\/td><\/tr>
honourees<\/td>Knut Urban<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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