Foreword for the special issue of phosphorus, sulfur, and silicon and the related elements dedicated to ICPC 22 – 2018

I am happy to introduce this special issue of Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements, which presents voluntarily submitted papers from the 22 International Conference on Phosphorus Chemistry (www.icpc22.mke.org. hu) held in Budapest, Hungary from 8–13 July 2018. The venue for the conference was the Hotel Flamenco located in the heart of the Buda part of Budapest (Figure 1). It was a great honor for us, as Hungarian organophosphorus chemists, to have the pleasure of organizing this prestigious event in Hungary. ICPCs are always highly-ranked events held in the past every 3 years, and biannually, more recently. Prestigious gatherings, such as this one remain in great demand, and represent a continuum of high quality during a time when we receive many invitations to predatory conferences. ICPCs are indeed different kinds of events. My first such conference was the 10 ICPC in Bonn organized by