The first Asian Symposium on Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (ASLIBS 2015) was held in the city of Wuhan, China Optics Valley, from June 24 to 26, 2015. It was organized by Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics. The Chair was Xiaoyan Zeng from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.

The second Asian Symposium on Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (ASLIBS 2017) was held in the city of Tokushima, Japan, from August 27 to 31, 2017. It was organized by Japanese LIBS Society, Tokushima University, The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan, The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry, Chushikoku Thermal Science Society, Japan, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chugoku-Shikoku Branch, Japan, The Heat Transfer Society of Japan. The Chair was Yoshihiro Deguchi from Tokushima University, Japan.

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The third Asian Symposium on Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (ASLIBS 2019) was held in the city of Jeju, Republic of Korea, from August 27 to 30, 2019. It was organized by Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology and Korean Society of Laser Processing. The Chair was Sungho Jeong from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology.

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