The 49th conference of the European Group on Atomic Systems (EGAS 2017) will take place at Durham University in the beautiful, UNESCO World Heritage, cathedral city of Durham, UK from the 17th to the 21st July, 2017. EGAS is a section of the Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Division of the European Physical Society. EGAS’s annual meeting is the premier gathering of distinguished AMO physicists from all over the world. Confirmed plenary and invited speakers are: Charles Adams; Ed Hinds; Jeroen Koelemeii; Eva Lindroth; Thomas Moeller; Edvardas Narevicius; Alicia Palacios; Tilman Pfau; Pascale Senellart; Oleg Vasyutinskii; Jun Ye and Peter Zoller.