Approximately 500 planetary and space scientists will gather for EPSC 2008, which is to be hosted by the Westfälische Wilhelms Universität, Schloßplatz, Münster. The programme is now available for the third European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC), which will take place in Münster, Germany from Sunday 21 September to Friday 26 September 2008. The programme features 43 parallel sessions and 6 splinter meetings on research topics including missions and techniques, terrestrial planets, Solar System atmospheres and oceans, magnetospheres, small bodies and planetary moons, origins, outreach and amateur astronomy.