The 13th International Colloquium on Atomic Spectra and Oscillator Strengths for Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas

The 13th International Colloquium on Atomic Spectra and Oscillator Strengths for Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas (ASOS2019), co-hosted by Fudan and Lund Universities, was held at Fudan University from 23–27 June 2019. It attracted over 100 participants, both from outside China, with about 40 participants from Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, Japan, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States, but also over 60 scholars from universities or research institutes from within China (e.g., the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Academy of Engineering Physics, the Southwestern Institute of Physics, Fudan University, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou University, National University of Defense Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Shaanxi Normal University, Tsinghua University, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University). Establishing itself in PRC, the global network supported by the conference is thereby extended. The ASOS-conferences started in 1983, with what was basically a trial meeting held at the University of Lund. Sadly both Professors Indrek Martinson and Svenneric Johansson, instrumental in the first ASOS, are no longer with us but are certainly remembered by many in the ASOS community. On the other hand, two of the current co-chairs of the ASOS-3 SOC both attended the very first meeting as graduate students in Lund, showing it is a small world. We are sure that all the participants of ASOS-13 will remember the wonderful organisation and for that we would like thank the members of the local organising committee, led by Professor Baoren Wei and Associate Professor Jun Xiao (Figure 1 and Figure 2).