CIASEM Conferences

CIASEM is the organizer of the Interamerican Congresses on Microscopy, which are held every two years.

Previous Interamerican Congresses on Microscopy. They are listed below.

Past Congresses:

  • Primer Congreso Atlántico de Microscopia Electrónica (Mérida, 1991) Although held under a different name, this meeting is recognised as the first Interamerican Congress and was where CIASEM was established.
  • II Interamerican Electron Microscopy Congress (Mexico, Cancún, 1993)
  • III Interamerican Electron Microscopy Congress (Brasil, Caxambú, 1995)
  • IV Interamerican Electron Microscopy Congress (Ecuador, Guayaquil, September 23-26, 1997)
  • V Interamerican Electron Microscopy Congress (Venezuala, Isla Margarita, October 24-28, 1999)
  • VI Interamerican Electron Microscopy Congress (Mexico, Veracruz, October 7-11, 2001)
  • VII Interamerican Electron Microscopy Congress (USA, San Antonio, August 3-7, 2003)
  • VIII Interamerican Congress of Electron Microscopy (Cuba, Havana, September 25-30, 2005)
  • IX Interamerican Congress of Electron Microscopy (Peru, Cuzco, September 23-28,2007)
  • X Interamerican Congress of Electron Microscopy (Rosario, October 25-28, 2009)
  • XI Interamerican Congress of Electron Microscopy (Mexico, Mérida, September 24-29,2011)
  • XII Interamerican Congress of Microscopy (Columbia, Cartagena de Indias, September 24-28, 2013)
  • Thirteenth Interamerican Congress of Microscopy (Venezuala, Isla Margarita, September 18-23, 2015)
  • XIV Interamerican Congress of Microscopy (Varadero, Cuba, September 25-29 2017)
  • XV Interamerican Congress of Microscopy (Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 1-4 2019)
  • XVI Ciasem Congress (Oaxaca Mexico, 25-28 October 2022)
  • XVII Ciasem Congress, (Olinda, Pernambuca, 7-10 November 2023)
  • XVIII Ciasen Congres,  (Salk Lake City, UTAH, July 27-31 July 2025)