ICPM
The field of the biomedical applications of gas plasmas was first introduced to the scientific community at the IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) in the 1990s. Soon after other international plasma conferences including the Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC), the International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases (ICPIG), and the International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry (ISPC) followed. Along with these conferences, several special issues dedicated to the biomedical plasma applications were published by prominent journals such as IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Plasma Processes and Polymers, and Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. Based on the initial successes of this emerging field, later known as Plasma Medicine {link to the Plasma Medicine site, the same as from the right menu}, several scientists came together and founded a new conference focused specifically on biomedical applications of gas plasmas - The International Conference on Plasma Medicine (ICPM).
The ICPM is held about every 2 years at altering locations worldwide, guaranteeing its internationality. The first two conferences were organized by A. Fridman and G. Friedman and were held in 2007 - Corpus Christi, USA, and in 2009 - San Antonio, USA when 'The International Society for Plasma Medicine (ISPM)' has been established to support the activities and interests of the growing plasma medicine scientific community. The following two conferences were organized in Europe: ICPM-3 in 2010 in Greifswald, Germany, and ICPM-4 in 2012 in Orleans, France. After conferences in America and Europe, ICPM-5 was organized in 2014 in Nara, Japan, then back in Europe: ICPM-6 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The upcoming ICPM-7 will be held in Philadelphia, USA in June 2018.
| ICPM | Place | Dates | Chair |
| 1 | Corpus Christi, Texas, USA | October 15-18, 2007 | A. Fridman and G. Friedman |
| 2 | San Antonio, Texas, USA | March 16-20, 2009 | A. Fridman and G. Friedman |
| 3 | Greifswald, Germany | September 19-24, 2010 | K.-D. Weltmann and M. Juenger |
| 4 | Orleans, France | June 17-21, 2012 | J.-M. Pouvesle and E. Robert |
| 5 | Nara, Japan | May 18-23, 2014 | S. Hamaguchi |
| 6 | Bratislava, Slovakia | September 4-9, 2016 | Z. Machala and K. Hensel |
| 7 | Philadephia, PA, USA | June 17-22, 2018 | A. Fridman and G. Fridman |
General information on ICPM conferences
Every conference so far was an immense success with ever growing number of attendees. It created a multidisciplinary forum bringing together professionals from all over the world from the fields of plasma physics, medicine, biology, biochemistry, pharmacy, agriculture, and food science and industry. They learn to develop a common language, to better define key challenges and open questions, to further development of international collaborations, and to move toward effective solutions.
Number of participants of the previous ICPM conferences
Group photo of the ICPM-3 conference (Greifswald, Germany, 2010).
Group photo of the ICPM-4 conference (Orleans, France, 2012).
Group photo of the ICPM-5 conference (Nara, Japan, 2014).
Group photo of the ICPM-6 conference (Bratislava, Slovakia, 2016).