This year saw a move to Sheffield Hallam University’s conference facilities which was very succesful. The plenary speakers this year were:

• Stephen Forrest (University of Michigan, USA), “High intensity organic emission achieved by engineering excited states in organic thin films”

• Lucia Sorba (Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR, Pisa, Italy), “Growth of III-V nanowires: from fundamental physics to device application”

• Pascale Senellart (LPN-CNRS, France) “Cavity quantum electrodynamics with semiconductor quantum dots”

• Rüdiger Quay (Fraunhofer Institute of Applied Solid-State Physics, Germany) “Gallium Nitride: The Prospects of Efficient Power Conversion for the Green (R)evolution”

We had 301 registered delegates with 87 oral presentations and 64 posters. We’d like to thank the sponsors and exhibitors who supported the conference: