FOCUS TOPICS on Applications of EPR/ESR to: minerology including gemmology, polymers, EPR dosimetry and dating, environmental science and protection, fossil fuels, medical applications, biological and photosynthetic systems, semiconductors, magnetic materials, high temperature superconductors, ferroelectrics and optoelectronic materials, new developments in EPR and related techniques.- PARALLEL TOPICAL SESSIONS: Biology, life and medical sciences; Chemistry, earth and environmental sciences; Physics and materials science; New developments and cross disciplinary areas.