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REPORT ON THE 3RD WORKSHOP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CONCERTED ACTION—EVALUATION/VALIDATION OF NOVEL BIOSENSORS IN REAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOOD SAMPLES, MAÓ, MENORCA (BALEARIC ISLAND), SPAIN, NOVEMBER 2–4, 2003 by Francesco Ricci and Giuseppe Palleschi, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, Rome, Italy ABSTRACT: The 3rd Workshop of the European Concerted Action “Evaluation/Validation of novel biosensors in real environmental and food samples” was held on the Island of Menorca for 3 days (2–4 November 2003) and was attended by more than 50 participants from EU countries and the USA. During the 3 days, participants presented their results on the development of new types of biosensors for environmental and food analysis application and on the validations of such probes. The workshop was divided into five different oral presentation sessions including pathogen detection (Session 1), immunosensors and immunoassay (Session 2), receptor assays (Session 3), biosensor validation (Session 4), enzyme‐based biosensors (Session 5) and a general poster session. The first day of the meeting was dedicated to the welcome and introduction and to the Session 1. During the second day (3rd of November) Sessions 2, 3, and 4 together with a poster session took place. The last day (4th of November) was devoted to Session 5 and to the final remarks of the meeting. The first session was preceded by a welcome given by the meeting organizer Prof. D. Barcelò and by a scientific and economic general report of the project leader (Prof. D. P. Nikolelis) on the general activity of the concerted action. Prof. Nikolelis summarised the activities carried out during the first 2 years as well as the possible future interactions and the future needings for the conclusion of the concerted action. Analytical Letters, 37(7), 1259–1267, 2004