We are pleased to invite you to participate in the 20^th International Summer School on Crystal Growth that will be held in Marseille, France, from July 17^th to 22^nd, 2028, in conjunction with 22^nd International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy in Grenoble (July 23^rd-28^th, 2028).

The ISSCG-20 program will include lectures on theoretical and experimental aspects of crystal growth of different types of crystalline materials. Leading experts will guide participants into the fascinating world of “crystal fabrication”, providing an overview of recent advancements and updated concepts.

The format of the school will be designed in order to encourage interaction between lecturers and attendees, with informal discussions at coffee breaks, meals and social events. To stimulate more interactions, participants will have the possibility to display a poster about their own research work.

We look forward to seeing you in Marseille at ISSCG-20!

Crystal growth in Marseille

Marseille research institutions have a long crystal growth history:

• On the initiative of Mr Schieber (Jerusalem) Secretary General of C. I. C. C. and R. Kern (Marseille), the Groupe Français de Croissance Cristalline (G. F. C. C.: French crystal growth group) was created in Paris on the 15th January of 1968.
• The I. C. C. G. 2 (Birmingham 1968) assembly expressed general agreement on the proposal of Mr Schieber to organize I. C. C. G. 3 in Marseille, France in 1971, appointing W. Dekeyser and R. Kern joint co-chairmen with B. Mutaftschiev as Secretary General.
• I. C. C. G. 3 was held in July 1971 in Marseille, on the Luminy campus (650 participants, 420 international, 321 papers presented, 200 published).
• Raymond Kern created the Centre de Recherches sur les Mécanismes de la Croissance Cristalline (C. R. M. C. 2) on the Luminy campus in 1980. In the next decades, this center evolved by merging new laboratories (1988, 2004, 2008) and eventually became the Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille/Interdisciplinar Center for Nanoscience of Marseille (CINaM).