The FINELUMEN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2012 (FIC 2012) to be held Sept. 19-21, 2012 at the High Tech Campus Eindhoven, Netherlands, is the final event of the EU FP7 – Marie Curie Initial Training Network FINELUMEN (2008-2012). Ten lectures in the areas of luminescence, carbon nanotube, and graphene science and technology will be presented by leading scientists in their respective area, offering to academic and industrial researchers, particularly those in the early stage of their career, a privileged forum for discussion and training. Moreover, FIC 2012 will showcase the research and results of the FINELUMEN project (for details see also "about FINELUMEN" and FINELUMEN members).