Editorial: The Second Intercontinental NMR Conference ICONS2021 (original) (raw)

2021, Applied Magnetic Resonance

ICONS2021, organized during February 10-12, 2021, was the second edition of the on-line magnetic resonance conference series called "Intercontinental NMR Seminar". The ICONS conferences are an offshoot of the weekly Intercontinental NMR Seminar Series that started on April 8, 2020. This seminar series enables communication and dissemination of research ideas among the magnetic research community especially in the times of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the weekly series, until now, more than three dozen scientists from five different continents have presented their recent results. The seminar series gives both early-stage and experienced researchers an opportunity to give seminar talks and interact with colleagues from all over the world. The ICONS2021 conference attracted registrations from nearly 348 people from 34 countries (in the spirit of the meeting, covering 6 continents (Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Australia, Asia) and spanned 17 time zones from Japan over Europe to the West Coast. The meeting talks were broadcast across the Zoom and YouTube platforms. The average combined attendance was around 180. The ICONS seminar series is open to all areas of magnetic resonance and covers the full range of Magnetic Resonance, i.e. EPR, NMR, MRI, and their various Applied Magnetic Resonance K. Ivanov: Deceased, March 5 2021.