The ‘‘International Symposium on Laser Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis”（ISLSSA）has been held on December 20th-21st 2014 at Pengzhou, Chengdu, China. ISLSSA was hosted by China Instrument and Control Society and jointly organized by Sichuan University and Pengzhou Municipal Government. There were over 140 delegates joining this conference, who come from America, Spain, Korea, France and China, amounting to more than 30 institutions.
The opening ceremony was hosted by Professor Yixiang Duan, the director of Research Center of Analytical Instrumentation, Sichuan University, China. The secretary general of China Instrument and Control Society, Mr. Xianfeng Zhu; the chairman of China Instrument and Control Society, Near Infrared Spectroscopy Division, Mr. Hongfu Yuan; and the Dean of college of Life Science, Sichuan University, Prof. Zhixiong Xiao were invited as special guests and made their opening speeches.
This international conference was carried out around the topics of laser atomic and molecular spectral analysis technologies, the combination of different laser based technologies, and the hardware designing technology for laser based instrumental systems. Many excellent reports were presented by national and international experts.
The two-day conference included invited talks, academic posters and equipment exhibitions. This international conference was designed to provide a unique platform for exchanging and discussing the advanced technologies in laser spectroscopy, thus jointly promoting the development and progress of laser spectroscopy techniques. Quantitative analysis of fluorite ores, online monitoring for industrial emissions, resources exploration and applications in atmospheric chemistry with laser spectroscopy were discussed in the conference. Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) technology for in-situ and remote analysis of molten metals, for quantitative analysis of viscous liquids, as well as data processing methods with chemometrics for LIBS were also presented in this conference. The conference had a very good academic atmosphere, and delegates took active part in idea exchanges and discussions. With the joint efforts of all participants, this international conference was considerably successful.
