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Applications of Novel Scintillators for Research and Industry 2016 (ANSRI 2016)

In this volume of the Journal of Physics: Conference Series, we present the published proceedings from the "2nd Workshop on the Applications of Novel Scintillators for Research and Industry (ANSRI).” This workshop was held from the 11-13th of May, 2016, at University College Dublin, Ireland. The 12 proceedings from this meeting were all presented in oral or poster sessions. More details about this meeting, and the one before it, can be found on the workshop website at http://spacescience.ie/ansri2016/. The scientific program of the 2nd ANSRI Workshop consisted of 7 invited seminars by world-renowned experts, 23 oral presentations and 6 poster presentations. The workshop was well attended by graduate and post-graduate students, post-docs and professors from academia, and junior staff scientists and researchers from industry. Participants from 14 countries attended the workshop, which covered a wide range of topics that characterise modern advances in the field of scintillator technology. The aim of this meeting was to establish a transfer of knowledge between researchers and industry experts from a wide range of application areas, in the dynamic field of scintillator technology. Moreover, the workshop also sought to help identify new pathways for future research, expanding upon existing networks and building upon current developments. This set of proceedings covers areas including the growth, production and characterisation of scintillators, along with their applications in various fields, which include: Gamma-ray Astronomy, Security and Defence, Beam monitoring, Nuclear Spectroscopy and Nuclear Astrophysics. On behalf of the Local and the Scientific Organising Committees of the 2nd ANSRI Workshop, we are extremely grateful to all of the authors for providing us with details of their current research in these proceedings, and to the reviewers for their support. We would like to thank Professor Mark McConnell for giving a stimulating public talk during the workshop, and to the Institute of Physics Ireland group for supporting the event. We would also like to thank ORTEC/Ametek for sponsoring the workshop presentation prizes, and to the Science Foundation Ireland, Fáilte Ireland, SCIONIX, and the Institute of Physics for supporting and sponsoring the workshop. We also thank University College Dublin for use of the venue and support during the workshop. Finally, we would like to thank members of the Local and Scientific Organising Committees for their help in making this workshop meeting and the series, a success.