Now that we have celebrated the 54th edition of the International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations and Related Techniques (HPLC 2025) in Bruges, we would like to wholeheartedly thank all participants for their enthusiastic contributions to the program, either by presenting or exhibiting or by engaging in discussions with the presenters and the exhibitors.

You turned the HPLC 2025 Bruges into a vibrant edition. The many smiling faces we met at the conference and the warm acknowledgements we received from many of you were a gift we will cherish forever.

Also a great word of thanks to our sponsors and our partnering organizations (PCO: Symporg SA, conference center: BMCC Bruges, caterer: De Feestarchitect, expo-builder: XPO, AV partner: Play AV).

Gert, Frederic, Sebastiaan, Deirdre and Ken