Busan Selected as the Venue for the International Cosmic Ray Conference 2017
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The International Cosmic Ray Conference 2017 in the field of Astroparticle Physics will be held in Busan for 9 days during July 2017.
The International Cosmic Ray Conference, or ICRC, is a physics conference organized biennially by the Commission C4 (Astroparticle Physics) of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) since 1947, where physicists from around the world present the latest results of their research in Astroparticle Physics.
The Republic of Korea was selected as the venue for ICRC2017 at ICRC2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Busan was selected to be the final venue for ICRC2017 in Korea, cooperating with Busan Tourism Organization and BEXCO. Hosting the ICRC2017 in Busan is expected to promote Busan as a cutting-edge science city and international convention city.
The ICRC covers: cosmic-ray physics, solar and heliospheric physics, gamma-ray astronomy, neutrino astronomy, and dark matter physics.
