7th International Congress on High-Speed Photography
Journal of the SMPTE · 1965
A full week of technical papers is planned for the 7th International Congrcss on High-speed Photography, Zurich, Switzcrland, September 12-1 8, 1965.The technical sessions will cover sciencc and cngineering developments in high-speed photography.According to reports from the 7th Congress Organizing Committee, capacity participation is expcctcd.Morc than 900 provisional bookings for attendance, about 130 papers, and reservations for a t least 40 eciuipmcnt cxhibits have bccn rcccived.The SMPTE Instrumentation and High-Speed Photography Committcc is soliciting papers, reviewing abstracts for appropriatcncss to the Congress, and collecting motion pictures for session openers.Several comrnittce inembers have been active in thesc congrcsses from the first in 1952 to the present.The first Congress was organized as an international symposium and sponsorcd by the SMPTE in 1952, with subsequent mcctings in 1954 (Paris), 1956 (London), 1958 (Cologne), 1960 (Washington, D.C.), and 1962 (The Hague).'I'hesc biennial meetings are sponsorcd by various professional groups in iheir own countries.SMPTE sponsored the 5th Congress in 1960.Thc SMPTE Jownal contains many papers and reports on these mcctings.SMPTE published thc I'roceedings of the 5th Congress.The 7th Congress is sponsorcd by the Swiss Commission on Optics, Swiss Physical Society, and thc Photographic Department of the Swiss Federal Institute of 'Technology.Although each congrcss is sponsored by organizations within the host country, SMPTE has continuously maintained strong interest in these meetings.The Board of Governors has approved sponsorship of the Congress, to return to the United States in about 1970.Intervening meetings will be hcld possibly in Sweden and another European country to be selccted by the International Committee of National Dclegatcs.Each participating country has a National Delegate representing that country for selection or acceptance of invitations to act as host for these meetings.Max ncard, U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Maryland, is the National Delegate from the United Statcs.He was also Chairman of the