The impact of instrumentation and measurements on human daily activities is always positively important as well as in nanotechnology issues. Nanoscale is not only a geometric problem but it is, especially, a process of reaching difficult objectives with compared to other ways. In any nanotechnology process, from designing up to testing, via fabrication, characterization, by means of measurements and/or specific instrumentation, is a critical aspect. The workshop intends to offer a forum for discussions and exchanges for different participants. This important event will be celebrated at the Conference center located at “Ecotekne” campus that is an important facility of the University of Salento. Prospective authors are kindly invited to submit their latest findings and advanced researches for regular sessions and/or special ones. The institutional organizers are the University of Salento, the Technical University of Chemnitz and the National Council of Research CNR-IFC that host groups working in nanotechnology area. The forum is a joint technical “spinoff” of IEEE Instrumentation Measurement Society TC34 with a specific technical committee of IEEE Nanotechnology Council. The city of Lecce offers an ideal “milieu” for recalling researchers, scientists and practitioners in the spirit of new challenges. The city of Lecce is considered the Florence of the south of Italy. The city historical area still breathes the ancient and magnificent culture that fascinated many people from old civilization up today. Within the Salento territory, it is a junction and mosaic of diverse and extraordinary sense of life including material and immaterial heritages from Romans, Greeks, Messapians, Albanians, Ottomans Byzantines, Normans, Swabians. All contributions will be peer reviewed on the basis of a full length manuscript and acceptance will be based on quality, originality and relevance. Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings and a post workshop publication, on international reputed journals, is foreseen.