The conference covers a range of disciplines, including metamorphic petrology, mineralogy, geochronology, and structural geology and tectonics. The conference format is three days + a mid-conference field excursion for all participants. Pre- and post-conference scientific field excursions are offered to the high- and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic terranes in northern Jämtland in Sweden, and the Western Gneiss Region in Norway,