We are pleased to announce the 2nd Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on New Advances in Optical Imaging of Live Cells and Organisms, which will be held at the Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center in Suzhou, China, located approximately 60 miles west of Shanghai. The conference will begin at 7:00pm on the evening of Tuesday August 20, and will conclude after the banquet on Friday August 23, 2013. The conference will include oral sessions and poster session. Many talks will be selected from the openly submitted abstracts on the basis of scientific merit and relevance. Social events throughout the conference provide ample opportunity for informal interactions.