Scientific sessions are expected to cover the following general subject areas:

• Methodical aspects of trace element research. Speciation.
• Nanotechnology for trace element research.
• Environmental aspects of trace elements concerning air, water, soil, microorganisms and plants.
• Trace element status and risk of health in plants, animals and man.
• Food and feed safety in human and animal nutrition.

Other topics:

• Possibilities and difficulties in the analysis of trace elements.
• Trace elements as air pollutants.
• Sewage sludges as trace element sources.
• Bioavailability and mobility of trace elements in soils.
• Remediation of trace element contaminated soils.
• Bioaccumulation and translocation of trace elements in plants.
• Trace elements in medicinal plants.
• Trace element deficiency: genetic and/or dietary background.
• Biological and toxicological importance of trace elements.
• Targets of heavy metal toxicity.
• Neurotoxic effects of trace element deficiency or excess.
• Micronutrients and cardiovascular diseases.
• Deficiency - excess - metabolic disorders.
• Deficiency - excess - antioxidant status.
• How much is insufficient, optimal, excess?
• Trace elements and oxidative stress.
• Trace elements as environmental pollutants.
• Trace element supplementation and food safety in public administration.