This symposium is the fifth in the series on Instrumental Analysis within the frame of the partnership between the cities of Pécs and Graz. The symposia were held in Pécs and in Graz alternatively since 1991 every second year. The scope of this symposium series is to give an overview of the activities in the field of instrumental analysis in both cities. It is expected that this conference will further contribute to the exchange of ideas and will provide a forum for stimulating discussions.

The symposium will be held at the Center of the Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Pécs, Hungary (Jurisics M. u. 44., H-7617, Pécs).

The scope of the symposium is to cover the whole spectrum of instrumental analysis, such as, aspects of spectroscopy, chromatography, electrophoresis and related methods, as well as, electrochemistry, biochemistry, pharmaceutical analysis, clinical analysis, environmental analysis, etc.

All participants are encouraged to contribute to the scientific program by submitting posters. Authors are requested to submit a one-page abstract by email or on a diskette, together with a hard copy to the addresses below. Figures - if any - should also be included in electronic format. The format of the abstract:  TITLE (in capital letters), authors (bold) and affiliation with full address (italics) should be centered at the top. The body text should be single spaced.