During the Executive Committee meeting and the General Assembly in Beijing (2017), moments of silence were dedicated to the memory of

• Professor Yasuhiro Uosaki (1952-2015)
• Professor Yuh Yamada (1959-2017)
• Professor Takumi Kato (1958–2017)
• Professor Nikolay Vasilievich Novikov (1932-2017)

(See attachment for a brief account of their scientific activity).