The meeting is putting a spotlight on the relation between ionic liquids and molecular liquids. It is aimed to present the most recent experimental methods, theoretical approaches and simulations leading to better understanding of the association of molecular systems both in bulk fluid phases and at fluid interfaces.

The European Molecular Liquids Group (EMLG) and the Japanese Molecular Liquids Group (JMLG) are an interdisciplinary assembly of researchers focusing on the molecular aspects of fluids in physics, chemistry and biology. The European group was founded in 1982 and was joined by the Japanese group in 1996. Annual meetings have been organized since 1982 in different countries with varying focus in order to cooperate internationally and to coordinate activities in this field.

A special issue of the Journal of Molecular Liquids will be devoted to the scientific contributions presented at the meeting.