Liquid crystalline samples are uniquely rich in information on the structure, conformation and orientational order of the molecules. There are applications to pure liquid crystals, to dissolved molecules, and to biological macromolecules, and the interests of the scientific community which engages in this area of research are not usually well represented at the many, large conferences on  the applications of NMR in general, on biological applications, or on liquid crystals. Marcello Longeri of the University of Calabria, Carlo Alberto Veracini of the University of Pisa and Jim Emsley of the University of Southampton  sought to remedy this neglect by bringing together those interested in the different applications of this subject to a Monastery of Frati Minori in Tropea, Calabria in 2005. The result was a very stimulating occasion, with 32 attendees from such far-flung places as Canada, Armenia, Sweden, Netherlands, Poland, Finland, France, Slovenia, England, and several parts of Italy.  All departed having made new friends, and hoping that this conference will become a regular chance to discuss common problems in the application of this fascinating aspect of NMR spectroscopy. Well, this second edition, with an enlarged number of participants, is the proof that sometimes hopes are fulfilled...