International Conference on Nanostructures (ICNS) started its mission as a workshop in 2006 when researchers at Sharif University of Technology and Iran Nanotechnology Innovation Council noticed the importance of providing a meeting ground for experts, young researchers and manufactures to discuss Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. By 2012, the small biannual gathering had turned into an international event and one of the largest meetings on nanotechnology in our region. 
 

The scientific program of ICNS8 included a diversity of topics and parallel sessions in which more than 360 papers were presented in oral or poster presentation sessions. The main topics included Low-dimensional Nanostructures, Nanobiotechnology and Nanomedicine, Nanosensors and Nanobiosensors, Nanostructures in Magnetism, Electronics, Photonics and Plasmonics, Nanostructures for Water and Environment, Nanostructures for Energy Conversion and Storage, Advanced Fabrication and Characterization Methods. 
 

As in previous events, ICNS8 hosted distinguished scientists from different countries including  Prof. Jean-Marie Lehn, Chemistry Nobel Laureate (1987) from University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study (USIAS), France, Prof. Justin Gooding (Editor-in-Chief of ACS Sensors)  from University of New South Wales, Australia, Prof. Nitish V. Thakor from Johns Hopkins University, USA, Prof. Jianfang Wang from Faculty of Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Prof. Teri W. Odom from Northwestern University, USA, Prof. Norbert Koch from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany, Prof. Nicola Pinna from Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, Prof. Thomas Jay Webster from Northeastern University, USA, and Dr. Morteza Mahmoudi from Michigan State University, USA.
 

During the three-day event, more than 400 people actively participated in 9 keynote talks, 16 invited talks and 26 oral and poster presentation sessions.