A historical account of conferences devoted to flow methods in analytical chemistry—International Conference on Flow Analysis (FA) and International Conference on Flow Injection Analysis (ICFIA)

Flow methods of analysis represent one of the most studied and practiced areas of analytical chemistry. Two major international conferences are regularly held devoted to these methods. The International Conference on Flow Analysis (FA) began in 1979, and the International Conference on Flow Injection Analysis (ICFIA) began in 1989, originally as the Winter Conference on Flow Injection Analysis (WCFIA). ICFIA has been held jointly with the Japanese Association for Flow Injection Analysis (JAFIA) since 1998. A historical account is given of these two conferences, with references to proceedings and reports of the conferences.