The 19th Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference (ELS-XIX) will be held at the ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia, on 13-17 July 2020.
It will build on the remarkable success of the previous ELS conferences held in Amsterdam, Helsinki (twice), New York, Vigo, Halifax, Gainesville, Bremen, Salobreña, St. Petersburg, Bodrum, Hatfield, Taormina, Lille, Leipzig, College Park, College Station, and Hangzhou. The main objective of the conference is to bring together scientists and engineers studying various aspects of light scattering and to provide a relaxed academic atmosphere for in-depth discussions of theoretical advances, measurements, and applications.

TOPICS
- new theoretical developments, numerical simulations, and laboratory measurements of light scattering by nonspherical and morphologically complex particles and particle groups
- detection and characterization of atmospheric particulates using laboratory, in situ, and remote sensing techniques
- scattering of light by terrestrial aerosols and clouds
- scattering of light by oceanic particulates
- scattering of light by solar system objects, exoplanets, and exoplanetary environments
- scattering of light by various astrophysical objects
- applications of light scattering methods in biology and biomedicine
- light scattering in densely packed particulate media
- near-field and coherent effects in light scattering, optical trapping, and manipulation
- light scattering methods to control material properties and technological applications