The ESRF is looking back at 10 years of exciting and productive research on surfaces and interfaces.

In September 1994 the very first users, who came to the ESRF, took data at the surface diffraction beamline ID03. While this upcoming 10th anniversary provides an opportunity to reflect upon the past, it is also a reminder to look to the future. In doing so, the ESRF management is planning to refurbish its facilities and reorganize its resources dedicated to surface and interface (S/I) research, which is now carried out at ID03 and ID32, in order to further provide unique, world-class facilities for the years to come.

In order to find out how to cater best for the future demands in S/I research while exploiting optimally the high brilliance of the ESRF and our available resources, we are seeking input from our present and future user community and from other experts in S/I research. 

The main aim of the workshop is to reflect on the future of surface and interface research at the high brilliance synchrotron radiation source ESRF taking into account experimental facilities which are becoming available at new national synchrotron radiation facilities in Europe. The workshop programme will consist of invited and contributed talks, a poster session, a workshop dinner, and topical discussions in several groups.

Topics to be addressed during the meeting will cover areas such as the atomic and electronic structure of surfaces, magnetism of surfaces and thin films, catalysis, electrochemical interfaces, solid/UHV as well as solid/gas and solid/liquid interfaces, thin films and nanostructures; experimental techniques discussed will be in the field of diffraction, scattering, and spectroscopy. Furthermore, beamline optics and instrumentation will be an important iss