The 8th Young Investigators Workshop organized by the Division of Organic Chemistry of EuCheMS took place in the wonderful Andalusian location of Islantilla – near Huelva, close to the boarder with Portugal – on 16th and 17th September 2016. Each EU or associated country elected a member of the young community to be the representative at the conference which, this year also benefited from a couple of researchers active in the US. Because of the celebration of the 6th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress in the nearby city of Seville, some of the participants (including who writes) attended the latter as well. Prof. Pedro Pérez (Huelva) chaired this att...