Continuing progress in our understanding of molecular energy transfer, and the importance of this process have provided the impetus for a series of conferences on this topic, dating back to 1969. The conferences have taken place biennially, alternating between a Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Molecular Energy Transfer in the US and an International Conference on Molecular Energy Transfer (COMET) in Europe. This alternation underlines the international aspect of the field and provides a regular channel for exchange between scientists around the world. The GRC/COMET conferences in this series, venues, and organisers are listed below.
| Date |
Conference |
Site |
Conference Chair(s) |
| 1969 |
GRC |
New Hampshire |
Jeffrey Steinfeld and Charles Parmenter |
| 1971 |
COMET |
Cambridge, UK |
Anthony Callear |
| 1973 |
GRC |
New Hampshire |
C. Bradley Moore |
| 1975 |
COMET |
Loccum, Germany |
Peter Toennies |
| 1977 |
GRC |
New Hampshire |
George Flynn |
| 1979 |
COMET |
Rodez, France |
Magdeleine Huetz-Aubert |
| 1981 |
GRC |
New Hampshire |
Thomas George |
| 1983 |
COMET |
Cirencester, UK |
Anthony McCaffery |
| 1985 |
GRC |
New Hampshire |
Paul Houston and Stephen Leone |
| 1987 |
COMET |
Emmetten, Switzerland |
Martin Quack |
| 1989 |
GRC |
New Hampshire |
Eric Weitz and George Schatz |
| 1991 |
COMET |
Nijmegen, Netherlands |
Jörg Reuss |
| 1993 |
GRC |
New Hampshire |
David King and John Stephenson |
| 1995 |
COMET |
Kloster Banz, Germany |
Hans-Joachim Werner and Peter Andresen |
| 1997 |
GRC |
Ventura, CA |
Marsha Lester and Millard Alexander |
| 1999 |
COMET |
Assisi, Italy |
Antonio Laganà and Piergiorgio Casavecchia |
| 2001 |
GRC |
Ventura, CA |
Hanna Reisler and Joel Bowman |
| 2003 |
COMET |
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain |
Javier Aoiz, Luis Bañares and Miguel González |
| 2005 |
GRC |
Buellton, CA |
Anne McCoy and Alec Wodtke |
| 2007 |
COMET |
Arcachon, France |
Michel Costes and Jean-Claude Rayez |
| 2009 |
GRC |
Ventura, USA |
H Floyd Davis and Anna I Krylov |