The 5th European Conference on Neutron Scattering was held in Prague in July 17-22, 2011. It was organized on behalf on the European Neutron Scattering Association (ENSA) by the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University in Prague and the Nuclear Physics Institute of the ASCR. Neutron scattering brought together scientists from many disciplines. In the tradition of ECNS conferences, all aspects of the technique and the application of neutron scattering were discussed. and Petr Lukáš, Vladimír Sechovský.