It is a great pleasure for us to inform you that the 31st International Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (ICAME2011) will be held in Kobe, Japan from September 25th to 30th, 2011. The conference will be sponsored by the Yamada Science Foundation as one of the Yamada Conference Series.

Mössbauer Spectroscopy is an experimental method which provides deep insight for the atomistic nature of different materials using nuclear probes, and therefore, has been widely applied to scientific research fields since its discovery in 1958. Now we have a wide community including different research fields, nations, and cultural back grounds. We are, however, facing a generation change, since many leading scientists are retiring. One of the main purposes of ICAME2011 is, therefore, to create the new generation for Mössbauer spectroscopy. Furthermore, we will also shed light on the materials research on the global environment among the usual topics which have been discussed in this long-standing conference series.

The proceedings will be quickly published in Hyperfine Interactions. The complete publication procedure will be performed through a special website provided by Springer, publisher of Hyperfine Interactions. Please notice that the deadline for the submission of all manuscripts, including the invited papers, is one month before the conference, so that the first reviews can be finished toward the first day of the conference.

We welcome all of you to ICAME2011, Kobe and are looking forward to seeing you in Kobe in September 2011.