lt is with great pleasure that we announce the 2021 Spring Meeting of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) to be held as a VIRTUAL Conference from May 31st to June 4th, 2021. In line with the previous conferences, it is expected that 2021 Spring Meeting will be the largest in Europe in the field of Materials Science and Technology. Indeed, the E-MRS Spring Meeting is a major conference with over 2500 attendees from all over the world every year.