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International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences

A Short History of the Conferences

• Edward Haskell Chairman, Council for Unified Research and Education
  ICUS I (1972) Moral Orientation of the Sciences
  20 participants from 8 nations

• Nobusige Sawada President, Japanese Association of Philosophy of Science
  ICUS II (1973) Modern Science and Moral Values
  60 participants from 17 nations

• Lord Adrian Professor of Physiology Nobel Laureate
  ICUS III (1974) Science and Absolute Values
  128 participants from 28 nations

• Sir John Eccles Nobel Laureate Distinguished Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
  ICUS V (1976) The Search for Absolute Values: Harmony Among the Sciences
  360 participants from 53 nations
  

• ICUS VI (1977) The Search for Absolute Values in a Changing World
  400 participants from 50 nations

• Eugene P. Wigner Nobel Laureate Professor of Physics Emeritus
  ICUS VII (1978) The Re evaluation of Existing Values and the Search for Absolute Values
  450 participants from 60 nations

• ICUS VIII (1979) The Responsibility of the Academic Community in the Search for Absolute Values
  485 participants from 67 nations

• ICUS XII (1983) Absolute Values and the New Cultural Revolution
  300 participants from 80 nations

• Morton A. Kaplan Professor of Political Science
  ICUS IX (1980) Absolute Values and the Search for the Peace of Mankind
  600 participants from 80 nations

• ICUS X (1981) The Search for Absolute Values and the Creation of the NewWorld
  808 participants from 100 nations

• ICUS XI (1982)The Search for Absolute Values and the Creation of the New World
  525 participants from 100 nations

• ICUS XII (1983) Absolute Values and the New Cultural Revolution
  300 participants from 80 nations

• Kenneth Mellanby Director Emeritus, Monk's Wood Experimental Station
  ICUS XIII (1984) Absolute Values and the New Cultural Revolution
  225 participants from 40 nations

• ICUS XIV (1985) Absolute Values and the New Cultural Revolution
  240 participants from 40 nations

• ICUS XV (1986) Absolute Values and the New Cultural Revolution
  240 participants from 45 nations

• Alvin M. Weinberg Distinguished Fellow Institute for Energy Analysis
  ICUS XVI (1987) Absolute Values and the Reassessment of the Contemporary World
  225 participants from 47 nations
  
• ICUS XVII (1988) Absolute Values and the Reassessment of the Contemporary World
  260 participants from 47 nations
  
• ICUS XVIII (1991) Absolute Values and the Reassessment of the Contemporary World
  210 participants from 40 nations
  

• Tor Ragnar Gerholm Professor of Physics Emeritus University of Stockholm
  ICUS XIX (1992) Absolute Values and the New World Order
  200 participants from 40 nations
  
• ICUS XX (1995) Absolute Values and the Unity of the Sciences: The Origin and Human Responsibility
  150 participants from 35 nations

email the ICUS Executive: GREGORY BRELAND

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