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This year, the will be hosted in the city of Aberdeen (Scotland, UK).Aberdeen is known as the Granite City as granite is the main construction material of most buildings or, more romantically, as the Silver City as these buildings sparkle in the sunlight. It is , and thanks to its own international airport (with regular connections to London, Manchester, Dublin, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam), railway station (Eastcoast mainline from London), and ferry terminal.

The conference features a mixture of , , , and . The social program includes the , a poster session with associated , , the (separate registration at an extra cost), and the . This year, we are also introducing (a networking event targeted at students), an exciting series of , and a third Keynote Lecture from an early or mid-career researcher ().