International Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissue (ISOTT)

ISOTT promotes research into all aspects of the processes involved in the transport of oxygen from the air to its final consumption in the cells of the various organs of the body. It organises an annual conference and publishes peer-reviewed manuscripts in the Springer book series Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology.

Events

ISOTT members gather annually at the ISOTT Conference, hosted in rotating locations across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The Society President hosts the conference, which brings together international and local scientific communities.

Past conferences and presidents

Bogotá (Colombia)

President: Prof. Alexander Caicedo-Dorado

2026
Thessaloniki (Greece)

President: Prof. Ilias Tachtsidis

2025
Socorro (New Mexico, USA)

President: Sally Pias

2024
Tokyo (Japan)
Presidents: Kaoru Sakatani & Kazuto Masamoto
2023
Ascona (Switzerland)

President: Ursula Wolf

2022
Online

President: Ursula Wolf

2021

Omitted due to COVID-19 pandemic

2020
Albuquerque (New Mexico, USA)
President: Edwin M. Nemoto
2019
Seoul (South Korea)
President: Pan Dong Ryu
2018
Halle (Germany)
President: Oliver Thews
2017
Chicago (USA)
President: Howard J. Halpern
2016
Wuhan (China)

Presidents: Qingming Luo & Lin Z. Li

2015
London (UK)
President: Clare Elwell
2014
Hanover (New Hampshire, USA)
President: Harold M. Swartz
2013
Bruges (Belgium)
President: Sabine van Huffel
2012
Georgetown (Washington DC, USA)
President: Wiliam Welch
2011
Ascona (Switzerland)
President: Martin Wolf
2010
Cleveland (Ohio, USA)
President: Joseph C. LaManna
2009
Sapporo (Japan)
Presidents: Eiji Takahashi & Mamoru Tamura
2008
Uppsala (Sweden)

Organized by Per Liss

2007
Louisville (Kentucky, USA)

Organized by Kyung A. Kang

2006

Brisbane (Australia)

Organized by David J. Maguire

2005
Bari (Italy)

Organized by Gerolamo Cicco

2004

Rochester (New York, USA)

Organized by Paul Okunieff

2003
Manchester (UK)

Organized by Maureen S. Thorniley

2002
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA)

Organized by David F. Wilson

2001
Nijmegen (The Netherlands)

Organized by Berend Oeseburg

2000
Hanover (New Hampshire, USA)

Organized by Harold M. Swartz

1999
Budapest (Hungary)

Organized by Andras Eke

1998

Milwaukee (Wisconsin, USA)

Organized by Anthony G. Hudetz

1997
Dundee (Scotland)

Organized by David K. Harrison

1996
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, USA)

Organized by Edwin M. Nemoto

1995

Instanbul (Turkey)

Organized by Can Ince & Kutay Akpir 

1994

San Diego (California, USA)

Organized by Peter D. Wagner

1993
Mainz (Germany)

Organized by Peter Vaupel

1992
Curacao (Dutch Antilles)

Organized by Wilhelm Erdmann

1991

Townsville (Australia)

Organized by Michael McCabe

1990
Göttingen (Germany)

Organized by Johannes Piiper

1989

Ottawa (Canada)

Organized by Karel Rakusan

1988
Sapporo (Japan)

Organized by Masaji Mochizuki & Carl R. Honig

1987

Cambridge (UK)

Organized by Ian A. Silver

1986

Raleigh (North Carolina, USA)

Organized by Ian S. Longmuir

1985
Nijmegen (The Ntherlands)

Organized by Ferdinand Kreuzer

1984

Ruston (Louisiana, USA)

Organized by Duane F. Bruley

1983

Dortmund (Germany)

Organized by Dietrich W. Lübbers

1982

Detroit (Michigan, USA)

Organized by James Haim I. Bicher

1981

Budapest (Hungary)

Organized by Arisztid G.B. Kovách

1980

La Jolla (California, USA)

Organized by José Strauss

1979

Atlantic City (New Jersey, USA)

Organized by José Strauss

1978

Cambridge (UK)

Organized by Ian A. Silver

1977

Anaheim (California, USA)

Organized by Britton Chance

1976

Mainz (Germany)

Organized by Gerhard Thews

1975

Atlantic City (New Jersey, USA)

Organized by Duane F. Bruley, James Haim I. Bicher & Melvin H. Knisely

1974

Clemson/Charleston (South Carolina, USA)

Organized by Duane F. Bruley, James Haim I. Bicher & Melvin H. Knisely

1973