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CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN’S INVITATION. This is the first time Russia has hosted the RADECS Conference, which was held from September 14 to September 18, 2015 at the Izmailovo Alfa Hotel, in Moscow. It was the first time in the RADECS history when the conference was organized outside West Europe. The aim of RADECS conferences was to provide an annual European forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest advances in the field of space radiation effects and its influence on electronic and photonic materials, devices, circuits, sensors, and systems. The scope of the conference encompasses technological processes and design techniques for producing radiation tolerant systems for space, aeronautical or terrestrial applications, as well as relevant methodologies for their characterization and qualification. More than 450 people from 150 companies who represented 22 countries participated in the conference. The week began on Monday September 14, 2015 with a one-day Short Course held by Alexander Chumakov and Robert Ecoffet. The Short Course (includes 7 lectures) is intended for designers, radiation engineers, specialists, and other technical and management personnel who are involved in developing reliable systems designed to operate in radiation environments. The Short Course was created mainly as a handbook which covers a set of procedures and methods that are close to the current practice in the field of radiation hardness requirements establishing, assurance and confirmation for electronic components, equipment, system and spacecraft. The conference week (3.5 days) continued with the Technical program held by Philippe Paillet and Dmitry Boychenko, which included oral presentations divided into 10 sessions, a poster session, radiation effects data workshop, late news and 3 round tables. We presented the second edition of the catalogue on Worldwide Irradiation Facilities that has been made for the RADECS-2015. In addition to the technical sessions, three invited talks took place during the conference. 133 papers were presented at the conference. The RADECS-2015 organizing committee decided to seamlessly combine the technical program with the industrial exhibition (39 companies with the booths) held by Irina Tuzhikova, Christian Chatry and Teresa Farris. The industrial exhibition, which ran from Tuesday to Thursday, provided the opportunity for exhibitors to showcase the products and services which support the radiation effects industry. On behalf of the RADECS-2015 organizing committee, I believe the RADECS-2015 Conference provided participants with an active scientific exchange and an opportunity to promote future scientific cooperation and friendship in the space industry. I am certain the involvement of each participant contributed to the overall success of the conference. RADECS-2015 Chairman Vasily Anashin