The 11th European Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials 2016 (ECSCRM 2016) was held at Porto Carras Resort, Halkidiki, Greece. The Conference involved 274 abstracts including 15 plenary and invited talks as well as 3 invited posters. The conference provided a scientific forum for 480 participants from 26 countries. ECSCRM is a biannual conference, which interleaves with the biannual International Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials (ICSCRM). ECSCRM started at Heraklion, Crete, Greece, in 1996. The idea to organize a European conference on silicon carbide was born during discussions between partners of TECSICA, the first SiC related project funded by European Commission. Two of them (University of Montpellier II and Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas/FORTH), have submitted a proposal to the European Commission requesting funding for launching …