With your participation we look forward once again to discussing the most important questions in the field of 'advanced coatings on glass and plastics for large-area or high-volume products', to gaining new knowledge and to identifying future trends in surface coating. We cordially invite you to visit our city. As the center of the region with the most intensive level of research activity in Europe and the greatest density of scientists, Braunschweig offers a very pleasant environment for a successful conference in 2016.