We encourage interested participants to submit their conference contributions as original research papers to the Special Issue of Spectrochimica Part B devoted the ESAS 2026 between October 1 and December 1, 2026. All submitted papers will undergo the usual peer-review process before publication. Manuscripts should be submitted online through the Elsevier submission system indicating that it is part of the ESAS 2026 Budapest special issue. We kindly ask authors to indicate it in the cover letter that their submission was part of the scientific programme.
Please find the preliminary programme below. Please note, that as usual, a related scientific instrumentation/commercial exhibition will also accompany the conference.
| Venue | ELTE TTK | Ráday House | Ráday House | Ráday House | Ráday House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 (Sunday) | Aug 31 (Monday) | Sep 1 (Tuesday) | Sep 2 (Wednesday) | Sep 3 (Thursday) | |
| 8:00-9:00 | Registration | Registration | Registration | Registration | |
| 9:00-10:00 | Registration | Plenary talk | Plenary talk | Plenary talk | |
| 10:00-11:00 | Opening ceremony | Scientific sessions | Scientific sessions | Scientific sessions | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Plenary talk | Scientific sessions | Scientific sessions | Scientific sessions | |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Closing ceremony | |
| 13:00-14:00 | Scientific sessions | Scientific sessions | Scientific sessions | Lunch | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Scientific sessions | Scientific sessions | Scientific sessions | ||
| 15:00-16:00 | Registration | Coffee break | Coffee break | Coffee break | Optional city tour |
| 16:00-17:00 | Short courses | Scientific sessions | Poster session | Poster session | |
| 17:00-18:00 | A, B, C and D | Scientific sessions | Poster session | Poster session | |
| 18:00-19:00 | Welcome | ||||
| 19:00-20:00 | Reception | Conference | |||
| 20:00-21:00 | Banquette | ||||