The 15th International Conference on II-VI Compounds is organized by Cinvestav (Center for Research and Advanced Studies, Mexico City) at the Mayan Riviera (or Riviera Maya) in the Yucatán Península. It will be the continuation of a successful series of biennial conferences which started in Durham (UK) in 1983. The latest conferences were held in Niagara Falls, USA, 2003; Warsaw, Poland, 2005; Jeju, Korea, 2007 and Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2009. This conference provides a well organized international forum for scientists, students and industry to review and stimulate the progress in basic and applied research on II-VI compounds.