The European Conference on the Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules (ECSBM) was founded in 1985 and is held every two years in a different European country. The meetings are attended by researchers using traditional spectroscopic techniques (Raman, IR, UV-Vis, fluorescence, NMR, EPR), as well as those who work on imaging techniques applicable to the study of biomolecules, cells, or tissues. The scientific topics addressed by the conference are at the cross-roads of three fundamental domains: physics, chemistry, and biology.