The fifth International Conference on Coatings on Glass is to be held at Saarbrucken in Germany on July 4-8, at the Congress Centrum Saar. This year's event will discuss advanced coatings on glass and plastics for large area or high volume products and will include a special session about online quality control of optical coatings. Following the first four successful ICCG meetings, the 5th conference will again aim to bring together scientific practitioners and managers from universities, research institutes, coatings manufacturers and equipment suppliers and user industries to discuss the latest developments in the application of coatings to large area and high volume products. The conference will focus on the development & application of advanced coatings on glass and plastic substrates using all available approaches to create the final product.