ISADE brings together scientists, policymakers, and first responders from government, law enforcement, the military, academia, and industry, working across the fields of Forensics, Characterization, Attribution, and Detection to discuss challenges and opportunities in explosives detection.  Note: We will not be hosting the trace (TED) or concealed explosives (CED) detection workshops this year as the ISADE 2023 symposium will bring together the pre- and post-detection communities in the broader trace explosives detection fields.

We encourage all of you to register as soon as possible for both the symposium and lodging: note, space is limited, so we will have a strict cut-off on the number of attendees allowed to participate This will also assist the symposium planning committee with assembling the technical program and conference activities. The early registration fee of $975 for staying at the host hotel expires at midnight on the 1^st of August and then increases to $1200.   Meals provided during the Symposium are the opening night reception on Sunday, September 10th, 2023/mixer, daily continental breakfast and lunch, morning and afternoon breaks, dinners (minus free nights off), and if included, an excursion event/dinner.  Workshop technical sessions are planned as full days Monday through Thursday (11th through 14th) with a final half-day on Friday, September 15th. Dress is business casual throughout the Symposium 

For ISADE 2023, the organizers would like to extend a special invitation to student members of the explosives detection community.  We hope to offer several scholarships to support attendance at this year’s meeting (sponsor dependent). More information for Students can be found at our website,  https://scientificworkshops.org/students2023.  We welcome donations to support our Student Scholarships; find details and donation links at https://scientificworkshops.org/AtkinsonFund.

     For security purposes, only those who have registered will be provided access to the site hotel information.  As an additional incentive, the hotel has generously made the ISADE rate available for three days pre-and post-Symposium, on a space-available basis for those wishing to spend additional time in Charlotte, NC. 

NOTE:  Our online Registration is a multi-step process:

Step 1: Register to indicate interest in attending, presenting, etc.  This will generate an invoice that will be sent back to you. {you do not pay on the first step.}

Step 2: When ready to pay, use the online registration payment system (Credit Card payment: if you wish to pay by a Wire Transfer or Bank Check, please let us know and we’ll assist).

Step 3: Once payment is settled, the system will send you a Receipt, indicating you’ve paid and are all set for the ISADE 2023 in person meeting.

     We highly encourage active participation in the meeting so please consider presenting your latest work when registering, either as an oral or poster presentation.  Please submit a title and draft abstract ASAP.  The deadline for submission of formatted abstracts is 1 May 2023. 

The sponsor of ISADE 2023 is the Scientific Workshops, which is operated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Organizers are looking to  Governments and Industry to provide financial sponsorship for this event.  Those wishing to sponsor the meeting are requested to review the webpage at https://scientificworkshops.org/sponsors-vendors and contact Scientific Workshops.