The International Liquid Crystal Society (ILCS) was initiated by Lui Lam in 1987 and founded in July 1990 at UBC, Vancouver, Canada during the 13th International Liquid Crystal Conference. This site contains articles and documents pertaining to the founding process.

Document

• The origin of the International Liquid Crystal Society and active walks (in Chinese, Lam, 2005, Wuli article)
• Prehistory of International Liquid Crystal Society, 1978-1990: A Personal Account (Lam, 2017, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. article)

Talk's ppt

• How the ILCS was founded (Lam's talk in Orlando, Feb. 20, 2016)
• Prehistory of International Liquid Crystal Society, 1978-1990 (Lam's talk at Kant State University, Aug. 1, 2017)

Link

• Founding of ILCS (Lam, Ch 10 in All About Science, 2014)
• The ILCS, 1990-2015 (Dunmur et al, Liquid Crystals Today, 2016)