Following the success of the seven previous meetings in this series (Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 2003; Portland, Maine, in 2005; Bologna, Italy, in 2007; New Forest, home of the Wessex Institute in 2009; Kos, Greece, in 2011, Siena, Italy, in 2013 and Valencia, Spain in 2015), it has been decided to reconvene the International Conference on Computational Methods and Experiments in Materials Characterisation in Tallinn, Estonia.

The aim of the conference is to facilitate interaction within the research and industrial community and discuss the latest developments in this rapidly advancing field. The meeting responds to the demand for high quality products for both industry and consumers, which has led to rapid developments in materials science and engineering. This requires the characterisation of the physical, mechanical and chemical properties of the materials.

Consideration of different experimental techniques as well as computer simulation methods is essential to achieve a proper analysis. A very wide range of materials, starting with metals through polymers and semiconductors to composites, necessitates a whole spectrum of material characterisation experimental techniques and numerical methods.

All papers to be published in the conference volume as well as those from previous meetings are permanently archived at http://www.witpress.com/elibrary where they are available to the international community.