European Symposium on Analytical Spectrometry (ESAS) 2026

The Organizers cordially welcome all atomic and molecular spectroscopy experts to participate in the next installment of this well-established series of international meeting of scientists working in the field of analytical spectroscopy!

This meeting provides an inspiring environment for the exchange of information and experiences, as well as for creating new collaborations and maintaining new ones.

European Symposium on Analytical Spectrometry (ESAS), first held in 2008, is a biennial premier scientific conference with a strong emphasis on atomic spectrometry.

It is a direct continuation of two former, long-established scientific conference series, namely the International Solid Sampling Colloquium (ISSC, established in 1984 in Wetzlar, Germany) and the European Furnace Symposium (EFS, established in 1994 in Warsaw, Poland).

Since then it has been organized by the founding chemical societies of Germany, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary in every other year, apart from the disruption caused in 2020 by the covid pandemic.

Focus topics

• Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)
• Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)
• Raman spectroscopy (Raman)
• Infrared spectroscopy (IR)
• Mass spectroscopy (MS)
• X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF)
• Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES)
• Microwave induced plasma optical emission spectrometry (MIP-OES)
• Atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS)
• Fluorescence spectroscopy (FLS)
• Single cell/particle analysis
• Chemical imaging
• Qualitative discrimination analysis/machine learning
• Solid sampling
• Trace analytical sample preparation
• Microfluidics

Important Dates

• Registration opens: January 31, 2026
• Deadline for submission of abstracts: April 15, 2026
• Deadline for early bird payment: April 30, 2026
• Deadline for regular payment: June 30, 2026
• Late registration: After June 30, 2026

👉ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM

Registration fees

Before April 30

• Early Registration for Students: 390 EUR
• Early Registration for Professionals: 550 EUR

Before June 30

• Regular Registration for Students: 440 EUR
• Regular Registration for Professionals: 650 EUR

After June 30

• Late Registration for Students: 490 EUR
• Late Registration for Professionals: 750 EUR

The registration fee includes: 

• Participation in all scientific events
• Conference bag
• Printed conference book
• Welcome Reception
• Conference Banquette
• All lunches from Monday to Thursday 
• Refreshment during all coffee breaks 

Student participants will be offered accommodation in double rooms at Ráday House Student Dormitory. 

Short courses

Thematic short courses are also available at a fee of 90 EUR. Indicate your interest for participation on the registration form. Since these courses will be scheduled to run parallel in time, therefore it is only possible to register to one of them. Course participants will receive a certificate of attendance. An abstract of the course content will be made available.

Single Particle ICP-MS

• David Clases (University of Graz, Austria)

Mass Spectroscopy in Proteomics

• Tamás Janáky (University of Szeged, Hungary)

Microfluidics in Spectroscopy

• Péter Fürjes (HUN-REN Energy Research Centre, Hungary)

Machine Learning in Spectroscopy

• Benedikt Hufnagl (Hufnagl Chemometrics GmbH, Austria)

Programme

Plenary Speakers

Vincent Motto-Ros

• Vincent Motto-Ros is an Associate Professor at Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 and researcher at the Institute of Light and Matter (ILM), where he leads research on the development and application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS). With a strong international reputation in LIBS instrumentation, quantitative analysis, and elemental imaging — particularly in biological and complex materials — he has authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications, holds 5 patents, and has given more than 40 invited talks at international conferences.

Detlef Günther

• Detlef Günther is a full professor for Trace Element and Micro Analysis at the ETH Zürich (Switzerland). He was a JAAS Board chair between 2008 and 2012, the Department Chair of Chemistry (D-CHAB) between 2010 and 2012, and Vice President Research and Corporate Relation of ETH Zurich until 2022. He is also a Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina since 2014 and a Member of the Swiss Academy of Technical Science 2025. His research is focused on instrument and method development for trace element analysis and isotope ratio determinations, mainly using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). His work is documented in ca. 50 finished PhD theses, ca. 400 manuscripts and ca. 300 oral presentations.

László Drahos

• Laszlo Drahos is the head of the MS Proteomics Research Group at the HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences. His main research topics include mass spectrometry (MS), proteomics and glycoproteomics, as well as bioinformatics. He has developed innovative software tools for mass spectrometry research, including MassKinetics for studying gas-phase ion chemistry and Glycominer for site-specific glycosylation analysis. With over 200 publications in SCI-indexed scientific journals and more than 5,000 citations, his work has made significant contributions to the field of mass spectrometry.

Volker Deckert

• Volker Deckert is Professor for Physical Chemistry at the Friedrich-Schiller University and jointly as a department head at the Leibniz IPHT both in Jena, Germany. His research focuses on Raman spectroscopy, near-field optical microscopy, and plasmon enhancement. The major goal is to extend the limits of spatial resolution for label-free techniques, particularly for methods based on tip-enhanced Raman scattering (TERS). His research is mainly driven by questions related to chemical and/or bio-related problems that require structural information at the highest possible resolution. He has over 260 publications. In 2020, he received the Ellis R. Lippincott Award.

Exhibitors and Sponsors

• PLATINUM PACKAGE: 2 000 000 HUF / 5 400 EUR +VAT
• GOLD PACKAGE: 1 000 000 HUF / 2 700 EUR +VAT
• SILVER PACKAGE: 500 000 HUF / 1400 EUR + VAT
• BRONZE PACKAGE: 250 000 HUF / 700 EUR + VAT

Venue

RÁDAY HOUSE Conference Centre

When choosing the venue for the conference, it was crucial to find a well-equipped and modern location that would provide the best possible environment for our lectures and programmes. This led us to select the Ráday house as the main venue of ESAS, which was fully renovated in 2024. The building has previously hosted international conferences, ensuring the success of the ESAS 2026 event!

The building houses many activities: we can find here the Ráday collection which consists of a library and archive, together with the Bibel Museum, college, and an offsite university campus.

• Address: Ráday u. 28, Budapest, 1092