January 30
The Scientific Advisory Committee held its 29th meeting at Brookhaven National Laboratory (Upton, New York, USA).

March 1
The ISTC announced that Canada has become a full member of the ISTC effective 1 March 2004. Canada now joins the European Union, Japan, Russia, and the United States as a permanent member of the ISTC Governing Board. With the inclusion of Canada and the expansion of the European Union, there are now 37 member countries in the ISTC.

April 5
The ISTC Governing Board held its 33rd meeting at ISTC Headquarters in Moscow, approving 59 new projects representing over $10.6 million and Euro 5.1 million in new funding.

April 16
The International Science and Technology Center welcomed Mr. Norbert Jousten as its new Executive Director.

April 24
The Executive Director represented the ISTC at an international conference on the G8 Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction, organized by the PIR Center in Moscow.

May 24
The Scientific Advisory Committee held its 30th meeting at ISTC Headquarters in Moscow.

May 26
The Executive Director visited Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic for meetings with government officials and to review ISTC project activity at leading institutes.

June 29
The International Science Laboratory (ISL) officially opened at the Stepanov Institute for Physics in Minsk, Belarus. The ISL is a joint scientific research venture between the Stepanov Institute, The Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing (Saarbrucken, Germany) and the International Science and Technology Center.