XLIX Meeting of the Italian Crystallographic Association (AIC)

We are happy to announce that in 2021, the University of Parma will host the XLIX Meeting of the Italian Crystallographic Association (AIC), from the 6th to the 9th of September.The event will be jointly organized by the Department of Chemical Sciences, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability (SCVSA) of the University of Parma and the CNR Institute for Magnetic and Electronic Materials (IMEM).Next year Parma will be a particularly attractive destination for many, as it has been proclaimed the Italian capital of culture, with the motto ‘La cultura batte il tempo’ (‘Culture beats time’).The conference will be preceded by the satellite AIC International Crystallography School 2021, entitled: ‘Weak interactions: the toolkit for crystal engineering’.Both the school and the congress will be under the patronage of the Parma2020+21 events.