ISF Lectureship Series
Requires the member organization:

• an individual membership scientific organization
• hosts a regularly schedulesd international scientific meeting of 300+ attendees in English or with English translation
• sends a representative to meetings of the ISF Executive Board

Upcoming ISF Lectures:

2012: Arkas Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan
September 30–October 4, 2012

Held in conjunction with the World Congress on Oleo Science.
Hosted by the Japan Oil Chemists' Society

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Governed by two bodies:
• Executive Board includes up to two representatives from each organization that is eligible to host an ISF Congress
• Extended Board, consisting of a maximum of two representatives from all member organizations

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Kaufmann Memorial Lecture Award
ISF also presents the Kaufmann Memorial Lecture Award, named in honor of the ISF Founder, Hans P. Kaufmann. Recipients of the Kaufmann Award include some of the world’s most renowned names in the field of fat research.

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History
Includes sponsoring an independent Congress every two years.

In 2007, recognizing the increasing number of meetings, ISF began hosting a series of keynote lectures at one of the member society’s regularly scheduled meeting.

Brief History of ISF (.pdf)

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