The second EPISCON Annual Workshop was held in Amsterdam on October 9-11, 2008. 15 fellows gathered for the Second Annual Reports on the Scientific Results. They presented the progress and status of their research works at the Instituut Collectie Nederland (ICN) premises to an audience composed of the 15 fellows, the project coordinator, the 15 supervisors members of the Steering Committee and 2 members of the International Evaluation Board ( Stefan Simon - Conservation Scientist, Director of the Rathgen Forschungslabor, State Museum of Berlin; Norman Tennent - Conservation Scientist, UK).