Welcome to the 2016 edition of the European Conference on X-Ray Spectrometry (EXRS2016). EXRS2016 will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 19 and 24 June, 2016.

This conference has become a traditional meeting for scientists from around the world working in x-ray spectrometry. EXRS2016 is an opportunity to learn more about the latest in theoretical, experimental and applied XRS, to discuss with people from all over the world, to share your own work and to learn from others.

The EXRS2016 conference is devoted to the exchange of information and experience on the emerging and innovative techniques in the field of X-ray spectrometry and related areas. The conference will provide a framework in which scientists of various research areas will be able to convene and discuss X-ray techniques and their successful applications. A rich scientific and social program will allow experienced experts, young scientists, and industrial exhibitors to exchange views and start new collaborative projects.

Learn more about the conference at www.exrs2016.se. Explore the site to convince yourself and your colleagues that this is the conference you shouldn’t miss next year.

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The conference is hosted by University of Gothenburg. The University of Gothenburg meets societal challenges with diverse knowledge and offers a large and inspiring place to work and study, with a continuous flow of new knowledge and ideas. Strong research and attractive study programmes attract scientists and students from all around the world. The University of Gothenburg is environmentally certified and works actively for sustainable development. With new knowledge and new perspectives, the University of Gothenburg contributes to a better future.

Welcome to EXRS2016 in Gothenburg, a city on the Swedish west coast at the mouth of Göta river and just inside a marvellous archipelago. Gothenburg was founded in 1621 and through the years has grown to a city with 550 000 inhabitants; the second largest city in Sweden. It is easy to reach by train, car and plane.

Hope to see you in Gothenburg in June!

Prof. Johan Boman (EXRS2016 Chair)
Department of chemistry and molecular biology,
Atmospheric science,
University of Gothenburg,
SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
chair@exrs2016.se

EXSA supported three students with a travel grant to help with their expenses for attending the TXRF Conference 2015 in Westminster Colorado. The grantees were chosen by by the TXRF Advisory Committee, which decided to support students from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, the Technical University Vienna, Austria, and the Tokyo University of Science, Japan. The decision to support these students recognizes their excellent work presented at the conference. EXSA likes to congratulate all grantees.

Information about next year’s European Conference on X-Ray Spectrometry (EXRS 2016) in Gothenburg, Sweden can be found at www.exrs2016.se from now on.

There will be an IAEA Technical Meeting on Developments in Instrumentation and Novel Techniques for X-Ray Spectrometry Applications in Vienna between September 28 and October 2. This Meeting aims at providing a forum for technical discussions amongst specialists allowing to review the current status, developments, and trends in X-ray instrumentation, analytical techniques and interdisciplinary applications, to identify needs and requirements for further improvement and optimization of the analytical performance of X-ray instrumentation and relevant analytical techniques, to support exchange and sharing of cross-cutting information and know-how between scientists working in research and development of X-ray instrumentation, techniques and analytical applications, and to provide recommendations to the IAEA and Member States on how to support and foster advances in the development of X-ray instrumentation and relevant techniques as well as increase access and utilization of relevant technologies by the IAEA Member States. There is a dedicated webpage for this meeting, where you will find further information.

End of June there will be a 3-day workshop on “Theoretical and Practical X-ray fluorescence spectrometry: Instrumentation and Applications” at the University of Girona, Spain. The registration just opened and further information can be found at this website or in the Theoprax2015 flyer attached to this post.

The Proceedings of EXRS-2014 have now been published on-line in the May/June 2015 issue of X-Ray Spectrometry.
For a short period the publisher grants free access for the whole issue.

Some of the contributions presented at EXRS 2014 in Bologna are now available online in the early-view section of X-ray spectrometry.

The Society of Friends of Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin announces the bestowal of the Innovation-Award in the field of procurement and usage of synchrotron radiation. The award is to be granted for an excellent achievement which has contributed significantly to the further development of techniques, methods or uses of synchrotron radiation. Scientists and engineers from research institutions, universities, and industrial establishments within Europe are addressed.
Further information can be found in this leaflet.

Furthermore, this society announces the ‘Ernst-Eckhard-Koch-Prize’, which is bestowed for outstanding doctoral theses in the field of research with synchrotron radiation performed at either the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) or HASYLAB at DESY, Hamburg, which were completed during the current or past year.