Report on the meetings of the international organization for crystal growth executive committee, council and general assembly held during ICCGE-17 in Warsaw (Poland) 11-16 august 2013

A report of the Report on the Meetings of the International Organization for Crystal Growth Executive Committee, Council and General Assembly held during ICCGE-17 in Warsaw, Poland from August 11-16, 2013 is presented. The results of the IOCG election of officers and executive committee for 2013-2016 term were announced during the event. The winners of the IOCG awards were announced and the IOCG Frank Prize was awarded to Professor Katsuo Tsukamoto for his pioneering investigations with phase-shift interferometry which led to fundamental discoveries in the area of solution- based crystallization under microgravity and on the earth. The Schieber Prize, sponsored by Elsevier, was assigned to Professor Yuki Kimura for his innovative work on the nucleation and growth of cosmic nano-minerals based on size effects of nanoparticles.