The XIX International Scientific Conference of Young Scientists and Specialists (AYSS-2015) will be held on 16-20 February 2015 and will be dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding physicist, Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences Fyodor L. Shapiro.The Conference is held annually and attended by students, PhD students, young scientists and specialists from JINR and other Russian and foreign scientific centers. The proceedings and abstracts will be published in special issues. The papers recommended by the Competition Committee will be submitted for publication in refereed journals. Participation in the Conference is confirmed by a certificate. The Conference will cover to the fundamental and applied fields of research conducted in JINR. Within the framework of the Conference leading JINR scientists will give lectures in English on the recent theoretical and applied investigations in neutron and nuclear physics, and condensed matter physics. You can get acquainted with the programme of the Conference here.