The XVIII International Sol–Gel Conference: Sol–Gel 2015 was held in Kyoto, Japan, September 6–11, 2015

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It is our great honor to have had the opportunity to organize this important event and the professional activities that took place during the Kyoto edition of the International Sol–Gel Conference series. It was the third time that the Conference was organized in Japan, and the second time in Kyoto, following the successful series that have begun 35 years ago in Padova (Italy, 1981) and those of Würzburg (Germany, 1983), Montpellier (France, 1985), Kyoto (Japan, 1987), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil, 1989), Sevilla (Spain, 1991), Paris (France, 1993), Faro (Portugal, 1995), Sheffield (UK, 1997), Yokohama (Japan, 1999), Padova (Italy 2001), Sydney (Australia, 2003), Los Angeles (USA, 2005), Montpellier (France, 2007), Porto de Galinhas (Brazil, 2009), Hangzhou (China, 2011) and finally Madrid (Spain, 2013). …