A scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), and joint meeting of the Academic Councils of FIAN, JINR, INR, and the Scientific Council on elementary particle accelerators, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Academician Vladimir Iosifovich Veksler, was held on 5 March 2007 at the conference hall of P N Lebedev Physical Institute, RAS. The following reports were presented at the session:
1. Bolotovskii B M, Lebedev A N (P N Lebedev Physical Institute, RAS, Moscow) “Academician V I Veksler”;
2. Dolbilkin B S, Ratner B S (Institute of Nuclear Research, RAS, Moscow) “V I Veksler and the development of nuclear physics in the Soviet Union”;
3. Nikitin V A (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow region) “Synchrophasotron studies”;
4. Kovalenko A D (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow region) “From synchrophasotron to Nuclotron”.
An abridged version of the reports is given below.

PACS: 29.20.Hm, 29.20.Lq (all) DOI: 10.1070/PU2007v050n08ABEH006356 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2007/8/f/ 2-s2.0-37049005783 2007PhyU...50..847B Citation: Bolotovskii B M, Lebedev A N "Academician V I Veksler" Phys. Usp. 50 847–852 (2007) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)Medline RefWorks RT Journal T1 Academician V I Veksler A1 Bolotovskii,B.M. A1 Lebedev,A.N. PB Physics-Uspekhi PY 2007 FD 10 Aug, 2007 JF Physics-Uspekhi JO Phys. Usp. VO 50 IS 8 SP 847-852 DO 10.1070/PU2007v050n08ABEH006356 LK https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2007/8/f/ Оригинал: Болотовский Б М, Лебедев А Н «Академик В.И. Векслер» УФН 177 889 (2007); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0177.200708g.0889 V.I. Veksler is author of Physics-Uspekhi