YUCOMAT 2023: An International Advisory Board Member's Digest †.

The 24th edition of the Yugoslav Conference on Materials (YUCOMAT) organized annually by the Materials Research Society of Serbia (MRS-Serbia) was held in Herceg Novi, Montenegro, from 4 September to 8 September 2023. The conference attracted 212 participants and nearly 200 presenters, 17 of which were plenary speakers, while the rest were assigned regular oral or poster presentations. The participants came from over 20 different countries of the world, the most represented among which were Serbia, Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, United States, Montenegro, Lithuania, Italy, Republic of Korea, Romania, Germany, and China. Outside of the five plenary sessions at YUCOMAT and a special session dedicated to MXenes, the conference was divided to five symposia: (i) advanced methods in synthesis and processing of materials; (ii) advanced materials for high-technology applications; (iii) nanostructured materials; (iv) eco-materials and eco-technologies; and (v) biomaterials. In this report, a member of the International Advisory Board of MRS-Serbia gives a digest of the conference, alongside providing a few historical remarks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]