YISAC 2010 is the continuation of an international conference series started in 1994. The idea was created by Dr. Ogorevc (National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia) and prof. Kurt Kalcher to put one more facet into the wide landscape of existing international conferences.
YISAC, young investigators' seminar on analytical chemistry, is intended to be an international conference for young scientists in a rather advanced state of their study, usually post-graduate, such as master or PhD study. The intention is to prepare these young colleagues for appearances in their future life, such as attendance of international symposia, representation of own projects, etc...

To do so, YISAC involves a few specific characteristics which seem to facilitate particularly the envisaged objectives:

(a) the field of presentation / research is analytical chemistry and related areas;
(b) the conference addresses particularly students (master, PhD) and their supervisors;
(c) only oral presentations are accepted; the length should be around 15 minutes, there are discussions expected to each contribution (around 5 minutes);
(d) the conference is divided into individual sessions presided by a chairlady / chairman; the chairing of a session is also done by a student;
(e) particular emphasis is paid on a cultural and social approaching of the participants;
(f) basically the costs for the conference should be covered by the participants and/or their home institutions; sponsorships are particularly welcome!
(g) each YISAC conference is accompanied by a supervisors' meeting, which selects the next meeting locations and discusses suggestions, opinions and critics related to YISAC;
(h) a rather stable number of around 35 students has manifested so far;
(i) until now the event was organized in Ljubljana, Graz, Venice, Pardubice, Sarajevo, and Zagreb.