The increasingly cross-disciplinary worldwide activity in materials research manifests itself every year in the MRS Fall Meetings. Featuring over 50 symposia and attended by as many as 6,000 researchers from every corner of the globe, the annual Fall Meeting in Boston’s Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston Hotel is the preeminent annual event for those in the field of materials research. The 2016 MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, and will offer 54 symposium sessions in addition to broader impact programming.