{"id":453,"date":"2024-04-11T07:48:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T07:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/?page_id=453"},"modified":"2026-04-14T09:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:47:18","slug":"history-of-fomo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/fomo2026\/about\/history-of-fomo\/","title":{"rendered":"History of FOMO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>FOMO was started in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.old.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2010\/index.html\">2010<\/a>&nbsp;on Crete near Heraklion by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/fomo2026\/markus-arndt\/\">Markus Arndt<\/a>, Hanns\u2010Christoph N\u00e4gerl,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/fomo2026\/ernst-m-rasel\/\">Ernst M. Rasel<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/fomo2026\/wolf-von-klitzing\/\">Wolf von Klitzing<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past FOMOs:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/\">2024 Crete, Greece<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2022 in Tieste<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2022\/fomo2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2021 Online Summer School<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.old.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2018\/school\/school.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2018 Crete, Greece<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.old.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2016\/conference.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2016 Arcachon, France<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.old.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2014\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2014 Crete<\/a>, Greece<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.old.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2011\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2011 Obergurgl, Tirol, Austria<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.old.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2011\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2010 Crete<\/a>, Greece<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOMO was started in&nbsp;2010&nbsp;on Crete near Heraklion by&nbsp;Markus Arndt, Hanns\u2010Christoph N\u00e4gerl,&nbsp;Ernst M. 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