This conference will bring together world-renown researchers presenting their most current work relating to bioanalytical sensors. Innovation will be a red thread throughout the conference program. In good tradition with conferences such as previous BBMEC and the US-based Gordon Research Conference on Bioanalytical Sensors the participant size will be limited so that conferee networking and discussion sessions can become most productive and interesting.

Key features of the conference are:

• Keynote and half of all oral presentations are held by invited speakers
  
• Presentation of unpublished data
  
• Ample discussion time after each presentation
  
• High prominence and importance of the poster session
  
• Pre-conference graduate student/postdoc symposium

The main conference program will start with a keynote presentation for all participants on Sunday evening. Prior to the opening, a pre-conference will be organized targeting graduate students and postdocs (no senior researchers are “allowed”). Here, several students will be selected from submitted poster abstracts to give an oral presentation. Discussion, networking and poster session will be organized starting Saturday evening and last until the opening of the main conference. This concept has been tried previously successfully at Gordon Research Conferences and found to be a highly effective strategy to provide young researchers with networking opportunities, encourage participation in discussion at the pre- and main-conferences, and also provide students with more opportunities for oral presentation. Graduate students and postdocs are therefore encouraged to register for the pre-conference in addition to the main conference.