The first paper on organic superconductivity was published in 1980 – 33 years ago. The paper sparked excitement worldwide and gave a new field of “Organic Metals and Semiconductors” wings to fly. The symposium will present the story of how it happened and what came out of it. Speakers: Prof. Denis Jerome, University of Paris-Sud Prof. Richard Friend, University of Cambridge Prof. Klaus Müllen, Max-Planck-Institute Prof. Richard McCullough, Harvard University Prof. Frederik Krebs, Technical University of Denmark Prof. Marc Fourmigue, University of Rennes Prof. Martin Meedom, Technical University of Denmark Prof. Bo Wegge Laursen, University of Copenhagen Prof. Thomas Bjørnholm, University of Copenhagen