The 9th International Countercurrent Chromatography Conference held at Dominican University, Chicago, USA, August 1-3, 2016

- This is a review of the 9th International Countercurrent Chromatography Conference.
- Social Events, Workshop, Scientific Program and Awards were summarized.
- A total of 100 participants from 16 countries attended CCC 2016.
- Includes a brief review of all articles in the CCC 2016 Special Virtual JCA Issue.
- The scientific program covers instrument design, basic science and applications.

The 9th International Countercurrent Chromatography Conference (CCC 2016) was held at Dominican University near Chicago, IL (USA), from August 1st-3rd, 2016. The biennial CCC 20XX conferences provide an opportunity for countercurrent chromatography and centrifugal partition chromatography (CCC/CPC) manufactures, marketers, theorists, and research scientists to gather together socially, learn from each other, and advance countercurrent separation technology. A synopsis of the conference proceedings as well as a series of short reviews of the special edition articles is included in this document. Many productive discussions and collegial conversation at CCC 2016 attested to the liveliness, connectivity, and productivity of the global countercurrent research community and bodes well for the success of the 10th conference at the University of Braunschweig, Germany on August 1-3, 2018.