The first conference of the International Association for Biomonitoring of Environmental Pollution was held in the Museum Revoltella, Trieste, Italy, with the support and contribution of the Municipality of Trieste, and the Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste. The conference was organized around three main sessions: “New Research Frontiers in Environmental Bioindicators”, “New Research Frontiers in Environmental Bioaccumulators”, and “Standardization of Operational Protocols”.