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Programme overview

Themes

Fundamentals Instrumentation and Data

Software Innovations and Data Science in Mass Spectrometry
Gas-phase Ion Spectroscopies
Automation and High Throughput
Multi-modal MS approaches
High Resolution MS
Next-generation Acquisition Workflows
Activation/Dissociation methods
Ion Mobility Separation
Mass Analysers & Charge Detection
Ionisation Methods
MS imaging
Lab-on-chip, miniaturisation, portable instrumentation

Life Sciences, Health, Food and Pharmaceuticals

Oligonucleotides
Proteomics
Exposome
Biomarkers
Spatial Omics
Interactomics and Chemproteomics
Biopharmaceuticals and small molecules
Biomolecular and non-covalent complexes
Lipidomics
Single Cell and Sub-cell Analysis
Forensics, Sport doping and security
Metabolomics
Glycomics and Glycoproteomics
Large ions and soft landing
Clinical Applications of Mass Spectrometry

Chemistry and Materials

Ion structure, Chirality, Isomery, symmetry
Cross-linking & Derivatisation
Ion Chemistry and Reactivity
Analysis of Polymers and Polymer Surfaces
Supramolecular chemistry
MS for Chemical Synthesis and in-operando analysis
Ionization Mechanisms
de Novo Structural Identification
Nanomaterials

Environment Resources and Energy

Food Quality, Safety and Authenticity
Art & cultural heritage
Atmospheric Chemistry: aerosols, nanoparticles, air quality
Natural Products
Origins of life, Archeology & paleontology
Earth, Ocean, astrochemistry and planetary sciences, exobiology
Energy
Contamination, Microplastics and Polymer degradation in Environment and Water

Grand Challenges and Opportunitie

New frontiers - emerging and breakthrough trends, innovations and challenges across all areas of mass spectrometry
Accessibility, teaching and outreach
Sustainability
Metrology and standards
Global cooperation and industry-academia collaborations
Applications of AI

Plenary speakers

Gustavo Martos - Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) - France

Olga Vitek - Purdue University - United States of America

Anouk Rijs - Vrije University of Amsterdam - Netherlands

Thalappil Pradeep - Indian Institute of Technology of Madras - India

August 2026 – IMSC Planning

TimeSun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28
08:30
 
08:30Plenary session
08:30Plenary session
08:30Plenary session
08:30Plenary session
08:30Awards : Thomson
09:30
 
09:30 Coffee break
09:30 Coffee break
09:30 Coffee break
09:30 Coffee break
09:30 Coffee break
10:30
 
10:30Session 1 to 5
10:30Session 1 to 5
10:30Session 1 to 5
10:30Session 1 to 5
10:30Session 1 to 5
12:00
 
12:30
 
12:30Lunch break, Exhibition, Posters A, Coffee break
12:30Lunch break, Exhibition, Posters A, Coffee break
12:30Lunch break, Exhibition, Posters B, Coffee break
12:30Lunch break, Exhibition, Posters B, Coffee break
12:30Lunch break, Exhibition
14:00
 
14:00Plenary Closing
14:30
14:30Welcome Desk
15:00
 
15:00Session 1 to 5
15:00Session  1 to 5
15:00Session 1 to 5
15:00Awards lectures
15:00Closing ceremony
15:30
 
16:30
16:30Opening ceremony
   
17:15
17:15Plenary session
       
17:45
17:45Workshops
17:45Workshops
17:45Workshops
   
18:00
18:00Welcome reception
18:00Conference Dinner
 
20:00
       

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