Welcome to HPLC 2018! This Symposium will be held in from July 29-August 2, 2018 in the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC, USA. Our beautiful host city is home to world-class sights, cuisine, sports, and culture. The goal of HPLC 2018 is to bring together scientists who use and develop HPLC, capillary electrophoresis, supercritical fluidic chromatography, microfluidics, and mass spectrometry to exchange ideas, best practices, and latest developments. The conference program is guided by emerging trends in separations technology and their impact on science and society.Topics include column and stationary phase technology, microfluidic systems, instrumentation, method development, interface to mass spectrometry, capillary electrophoresis, and application to real world problems. A special emphasis in applications will be on bioanalysis including: pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, proteins and proteomics, metabolomics and lipidomics, food and nutrition, environment, and toxicology. See the Scientific Program for more details!HPLC 2018 will provide researchers with:practical information that improves productivity;a showcase of the latest commercial offerings in the field through a vendor exhibit, vendor seminars, and user sessions;an extensive technical program to both present and learn about recent developments in separation science;an educational program with tutorials and workshops for those new to using HPLC and related techniques;a social program for informal discussion and learning. Keep visiting our web site for new information as we near the dates of the event in July of 2018 in Washington, DC.