AIMS AND SCOPES           

      The 19^th Czech - Slovak Spectroscopic Conference (19^th CSSC) is a scientific meeting with international participation to share recent developments, exchange ideas, explore new directions and initiate a possible collaboration in the analytical spectrometry area. Leading scientists and researchers will be invited to present their most up-to-date results at this conference, to exchange exciting ideas and experiences, and to explore future development. The aim of this scientific event is to bring together experts from universities, academia, official centres, various laboratories, and industry, to summarize the current progress in various areas of spectroscopy/spectrometry and the trends in the applications such as chemical, environmental, geological, biological, food, pharmaceutical and industrial materials and to stimulate contacts and mutual exchange of experiences and ideas. 

      A series of specialised colloquia entitled Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Material Science (MSMS) was initiated in Central Europe. They have been regularly organised since 1994, alternatively in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, with a two-year periodicity. Firstly, MSMS colloquium represents an important forum for researchers in materials science who share their results on understanding the solid-state matter employing Mössbauer spectroscopy. Secondly, the conference organisers invite several scientists well distinguished in Mössbauer spectroscopy worldwide to give both tutorial lectures and lectures of broad perspective to convey the knowledge to young generation (researcher beginners, PhD students, etc.). Thirdly, cutting-edge works are presented, stimulating future studies and research orientation in the field of Mössbauer spectroscopy.

     The microsymposium entitled Advances in vibrational spectroscopy - Celebrating 60 years of Raman spectroscopy in our country and dedicated to the memory of Bohuslav Strauch is the inherent part of the Conference program as a parallel session. Invited as well as short lectures within this Microsymposium will cover a wide range of topics targeted on the current advances in Raman and infrared spectroscopy and their applications. In the focus of interest will be time-resolved IR and Raman spectroscopy as well as special methods of Raman spectroscopy, namely resonance Raman scattering (RRS), and surface-enhanced /resonance/ Raman scattering (SERS and SERRS). Additionally, the development and applications of advanced techniques of vibrational spectroscopic imaging and mapping both on the micro- and the nano-scale will be covered. Furthermore, applications of IR and Raman spectroscopy in chemistry, material science, geology, gemmology, art conservation, environmental science, food processing, biology and medicine will be an inherent part of the Microsymposium scope.