The Vienna Conference on Instrumentation (VCI) will take place between Monday, 11th and Friday, 15th February 2013 and will present the newest developments of detectors for particle, astro-particle and nuclear physics and its applications in biology, medicine, neutron scattering and synchrotron radiation. The program of this edition will offer a larger number of presentations enabling a wider scope of topics, while providing time for more detailed discussions. The conference will present itself in a more pleasant venue including a new exciting social program. Deadline for abstract submission is 19 October 2012. Please check also the list of other deadlines. The conference proceedings will appear as special volume in the journal Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A.