Dear colleagues and ENS friends,

It is a great pleasure to invite you to the city of Leuven to attend the 8^th symposium on ENS development, function and repair, organised by KU Leuven. The ENS 2026 meeting will be held from April 7^th late afternoon until April 10^th early afternoon. We look forward to hosting you in the University Hall building, and hope that these 4 days in Leuven will be very exciting for all of you, scientifically but also socially, culturally and gastronomically.