It was founded by Per-Olov Löwdin who was involved in its organization every year from 1960 to his death in 2000.
In 2005, the Symposium moved to St. Simons Island, Georgia, United States.
[1] The Symposium is noted for its long history and for the breadth of both the participants and the presentations.
The 2010 meeting covers "Forefront theory and computation in quantum chemistry, condensed matter and chemical physics, nanoscience, quantum biochemistry and biophysics".
[3] The Sanibel Coefficients, used for example in calculated spin densities, were named after the Symposium where they were widely discussed in the 1960s.