The host city of the 3rd NanoSMat conference will be - Barcelona, Spain! The event will take place during 21-24 October 2008 at the Meliá Barcelona hotel, located in the financial and commercial heart of the city.

As with the NanoSMat meetings in 2005 and 2007, NanoSMat-2008 will foster the gathering of talented people from the world for the exchange of ideas and information. The conference will thereby provide a platform for interaction between researchers, scientists and engineers from industry, research laboratories and academia, and it will feature state-of-the-art developments in all aspects of processing, characterisation and applications of nanostructured materials.

A major purpose of the NanoSMat conference is to foster collaborations among scientists, engineers, researchers and industrialists, and thus to stimulate future technological developments. There will be ample opportunity for conference delegates to network in a friendly and supportive environment.

The success of a technology becomes especially apparent when it is translated from a laboratory curiosity into economic development and wealth creation. Every endeavour will be made to stimulate and promote the discovery, development, and commercialization of advanced nanoscale materials and new applications in the evergreen field of surface and coatings technologies.

The event will also host an exhibition and offer several short educational courses relating to nano-scale and nanostructured materials.

We hope that you will be able to join us for what promises to be an exciting meeting, both scientifically and culturally, and we look forward to seeing you in Barcelona!


Dr. Nasar Ali
NanoSMat Chairman