State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences(SKLLE, IGG, CAS), Beijing will be sponsoring a two-day workshop devoted to promotingthe application and research of laser ablation and other in situ micro-analysistechniques in the Asia-Pacific region. The main focus of this workshop will beapplication and theory of LA-(MC)-ICP-MS in elemental and isotopic analysis.Ion probe and other micro-analytical techniques are also welcome. We are warmlyexpecting your participation and presence in Beijing.