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Welcome to the homepage of the European High Pressure Research Group (EHPRG)!

The European High Pressure Research Group originated in the initiative taken by the High Pressure Section of Standard Telecommunications Laboratories (now Bell Northern Research Laboratories), Harlow (UK), in 1963, to bring together scientists active in field of high pressure research for informal discussion of common problems. The success of the First EHPRG Meeting (Harlow, UK, 1963) led to further developments and prompted the organization of successive "High Pressure Meetings" under the chairmanship of C. Goodman. In 1966, the Meeting moved to Eindhoven (The Netherlands), and the following year the group became the more formal organization of the European High Pressure Research Group (EHPRG). From that time, the development of EHPRG was rapid, as can be inferred from the number of participants attending the subsequent Meetings: 65 in Eindhoven (1966), 84 in Caradache (France, 1968), 130 in Bonn (Germany, 1969), 157 in Umea (Sweden, 1971), 163 in Strasbourg (France, 1972), 176 in London (UK, 1973).

As stated in its rules, the EHPRG has as its main objectives to promote research at high pressure and to hold an annual Meeting od scientists, engineers and others interested in high pressure. The Committee consists of a Chairman, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and members who reflect the various research areas in the representative European countries. The EHPRG has close relations with other scientific organizations such as the AIRAPT and the Condensed Matter Division of the European Physical Society, whereof EHPRG is an Associate Member.

One of the original objectives of the Committee is to bring more high pressure scientists from the Eastern European countries to the EHPRG. This was reflected by the location chosen for some earlier EHPRG Meetings (25th EHPRG Meeting, 1987, in Potsdam, East Germany; 26th EHPRG Meeting, 1988, in Mrongowo, Poland, among the others).

The reasonable size of the group, the selection of the topics, the quality of the meetings, the low conference fees and the friendly relationships between the attendants have made the EHPRG meetings attractive. High pressure research is a fast growing discipline, yielding interesting and exciting results in many fields of science, technology and biotechnology. EHPRG contributes to this development by bringing people together. To that purpose, since 1989 the EHPRG decided to attribute a yearly award to young scientists, for their contributions to high pressure reasrch. The EHPRG Awards are destinated to encourage your researchers in high pressure science.

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