Welcome to EFTF-2014 in Neuchatel

The 2014 edition of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), being held in Neuchatel, Switzerland from June 23-26, 2014. This edition marks the 28th in a series of successful meetings that started in 1987. The Local Organising Committee of EFTF-2014 includes representatives from the University of Neuchatel, Spectratime Orolia, Fondation Suisse pour la Recherche en Microtechnique (FSRM) and the Centre Suisse d´Electronique et de Microtechnique (CSEM). We acknowledge also the strong support from the numerous institutional and industrial sponsors that is essential for an event that will gather over 300 persons around scientific, social and friendly meetings during the whole week. The Scientific Committee of EFTF-2014 is glad to propose a rich scientific program resulting from the record number of 318 submitted abstracts. The schedule includes three parallel sessions of lectures (approximately 90 talks in 24 sessions), a poster session every day and a short presentation from each exhibitor on Thursday morning. This year, the Wednesday morning plenary talks will be given by Prof. Serge Haroche (ENS, Paris, and Nobel Prize in Physics in 2012) and Dr. John Kitching (NIST, Boulder, chipscale atomic devices). The student poster finalists will be displayed during the whole duration of the conference.