The International Center for Advanced Studies of Energy Conversion supported the 2nd German-Chinese Young Scientist Symposium on Structures and Dynamics at Surfaces which took place in Göttingen from the 28th of May to the 1st of June 2017. The Symbosium was organzied by Tim Schäfer (Universtity of Göttingen, Germany) and Chuanyao Zhou (Dalian Institute for Chemical Physics, China). Details about the Symposium can be found on the webpage.