Seven years on from its initial inception, the European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (euspen) represents a growing and highly active community with representation, today, across 32 countries worldwide. It continues to provide a mechanism for leading industrialists and researchers to cooperate, interact and build extended networks in these key technological areas.

The focus of euspen is on the development and exploitation of leading edge precision, micro and nanotechnologies including:

·           Nano-precision manufacturing;

·          Design and build of ultra-precision machine systems;

·          Characterisation: metrology systems, instruments and techniques.

Progress in these areas continues to be driven by an ever increasing demand for products with enhanced functionality enabled through ultra precision/nanoscale design and manufacturing. Key developments and emerging applications in this field will be addressed once again at this important conference.