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The International Sol-Gel Society was created during the XIIth International Sol-Gel workshop held in Sydney Australia August 2003.

Since the inception of the highly successful Sol-Gel Workshop series in Padova during 1981, sol-gel science and technology has evolved from its origins within traditional materials science (mainly glass and ceramics) to become an extraordinarily multidisciplinary area of research, spanning chemistry, physics, biology, materials science and nanotechnology.

• Provide members with reduced workshop fees, reduced price on society publications and a informative monthly newsletter 
• Provide academics with on-line teaching help through the web-site and potential student stipend/scholarship to attend workshops.
• Increase the number of quality submission to JSST, organizing special edition in related journals such as Materials Chemistry, the Journal of Materials Chemistry, the Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, etc… as well as coordinate the production of monographs related to sol-gel science and technology.
• Further develop internet services for the community through an active partnership with Sol-Gel Gateway including organization of on-line forums, on-line knowledge base, job ads and a newsletter. 
• Support the organization of the sol-gel workshop as well as other topical meeting such as sol-gel optics, Inorganic/organic hybrids, etc.,
• Co-sponsor meetings in conjunction with other societies such as the Material research society, ceramic societies, chemical societies, …. 
• Create greater awareness of the sol-gel technology by the general public by providing media outlets with ready-made press-releases and news.

The society's mission is threefold:

• To coordinate the promotion of sol-gel science and technology in the scientific and industrial community,
• To foster communication between researchers from different fields and geographical regions through the organization of conferences and the publication and circulation of technical papers,
• To encourage education, training and research in the field of sol-gel science and technology.