You are invited to gather in Adelaide, Australia with overseas and local scientists and technologists in the carbon field to hear about, discuss and debate the latest developments in the rapidly moving carbon field. This meeting - which is a first for Australia - will consider carbon materials ranging all the way from traditional activated carbon through to more modern nanoporous carbons and beyond to glassy carbons, carbon nanotubes and graphene. The meeting will span from materials aspects of carbon through to its applications, and will cover both experimental and theoretical aspects.