The series of meetings, initiated in 2006, is organized jointly by the Molecular Crystal Engineering (MCE) group at the Chemistry Department G. Ciamician of the University of Bologna and by the company PolyCrystalLine SpA, launched a year earlier as a spinoff of the MCE group. CF@Bo n.12 is an extraordinary opportunity for open academy-industry discussions on the relevance of “crystal forms” as research and development topics in the fundamental and applied research domains.