Background of the field

This conference, whose main topic is Cold Fusion, is the eleventh in a series that started in 1990 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The first conference followed the announcement made by Professors Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann on March 23, 1989 regarding the discovery of Cold Fusion. Much work has been done during the past fifteen years by hundreds of scientists worldwide. International meetings dedicated to Cold Fusion occur on a regular basis, as well as yearly conferences in Russia and Japan, and recently, Italy. 

The last International Conference (ICCF-10) was held in Cambridge, near Boston, Massachusetts in August 2003 under the chairmanship of Professor Peter Hagelstein from MIT.

ICCF-10 was a major scientific achievement. Live demonstrations running the entire week offered evidence that Low Energy Nuclear Reactions are real. Evidence of excess heat, helium formation, transmutation and particle detection is now established. Theories are improving and can now explain most of the observed data. The two live demonstrations and a third, remote controlled and displayed over the Internet, are substantial proof that Cold Fusion is now a mature scientific field. The www.lenr-canr.org web site is extremely active and is an excellent gateway for all people interested in learning more and reading original scientific papers on the subject. Earlier this year, a new society was formed, dedicated to Condensed Matter Nuclear Science, its web site is www.iscmns.org.