Scientific Themes Research areas for Conference presentation CONFERENCE TOPICS Mechanisms and theory of scintillationCharacterizations of scintillatorsCrystals: growth and structural controlOptical ceramics and glassesNano- and metamaterials, hybrids, and other novel materialsScintillators for fast timing detection and imagingScintillators for neutron detection and imagingApplications of scintillators: fundamental research, health, environment, energy, metrology, industrial controls.