The aim of MCM conferences is to bring together leading experts and emerging young researchers applying many types of microscopic techniques in the field of life or material sciences as well as provide a forum for new directions.

MCM conferences have always been a good forum for microscopists to not only learn from each other but to establish international links between laboratories interested in similar projects. Trade exhibitions also helped to gain insight into the newest development of microscopy. These meetings besides having always been a forum for informative and amicable discussions between world –renowned scientists and members of the young generation, offered a good possibility for the young talents to introduce themselves to an international audience.

Main topics are:
Life Sciences
L1 Structure and imaging of biomolecules
L2 Live cell imaging
L3 Neurobiology
L4 Organelles and cellular dynamics
L5 Multidisciplinary approaches for medical and biological sciences
L6 Microscopic applications in plants,
microorganisms and environmental sciences
L7 Super-resolution microscopy in biological sciences

Instrumentation
I1 Advances in scanning probe microscopy
I2 3D imaging and tomography
I3 Electron diffraction techniques and analytical microscopy
I4 Advances in sample preparation techniques
I5 In situ microscopy
I6 Correlative microscopy in life and materials sciences
I7 Low voltage electron microscopy

Material Sciences
M1 Materials for nanotechnology
M2 Metal alloys and intermetallics
M3 Ceramics, composites, minerals and microscopy in cultural heritage
M4 Thin films, coatings, surfaces and interfaces
M5 Carbon based materials
M6 Polymers and soft materials and self-assembled materials
M7 Semiconductors and magnetic materials

Plenary speakers:
Péter Somogyi, University of Oxford, UK
Velimir R. Radmilović, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Iva Tolić, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
Bruno Humbel, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Jannik C. Meyer, University of Vienna, Austria