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• Cami, Jan [Department of Physics and Astronomy and Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX), The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada; SETI Institute, Mountain View, USA]
• Cox, Nick L. J. [Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; ACRI-ST, Sophia Antipolis, France]
• Farhang, Amin [Department of Physics and Astronomy and Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX), The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada; School of Astronomy, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Tehran, Iran]
• Smoker, Jonathan [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
• Elyajouri, Meriem [GEPI, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Université Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Meudon, France]
• Lallement, Rosine [GEPI, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Université Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Meudon, France]
• Bacalla, Xavier [Sackler Laboratory for Astrophysics, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, The Netherlands]
• Bhatt, Neil H. [Department of Physics and Astronomy and Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX), The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada]
• Bron, Emeric [ICCM, Madrid, Spain]
• Cordiner, Martin A. [Astrochemistry Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA; Department of Physics, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC, USA]
• de Koter, Alex [Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Belgium]
• Ehrenfreund, Pascale [George Washington University, Washington DC, USA]
• Evans, Chris [UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, UK]
• Foing, Bernard H. [ESTEC, ESA, Noordwijk, The Netherlands]
• Javadi, Atefeh [School of Astronomy, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Tehran, Iran]
• Joblin, Christine [Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP, Toulouse, France; CNRS, IRAP, Toulouse, France]
• Kaper, Lex [Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands]
• Khosroshahi, Habib G. [School of Astronomy, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Tehran, Iran]
• Laverick, Mike [Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Belgium]
• Le Petit, Franck [Sorbonne Université, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, LERMA, Meudon, France]
• Linnartz, Harold [Sackler Laboratory for Astrophysics, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, The Netherlands]
• Marshall, Charlotte C. M. [School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, UK]
• Monreal-Ibero, Ana [Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain; Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain]
• Mulas, Giacomo [INAF–Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Selargius, Italy]
• Roueff, Evelyne [Sorbonne Université, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, LERMA, Meudon, France]
• Royer, Pierre [Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Belgium]
• Salama, Farid [NASA Ames Research Center, Space Science & Astrobiology Division, Mountain View, USA]
• Sarre, Peter J. [School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, UK]
• Smith, Keith T. [AAAS Science International, Cambridge, UK]
• Spaans, Marco [Kapteyn Institute, University of Groningen, The Netherlands]
• van Loon, Jacco T. [Lennard-Jones Laboratories, Keele University, UK]
• Wade, Gregg [Department of Physics, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Canada]

The ESO Diffuse Interstellar Band Large Exploration Survey (EDIBLES) is a Large Programme that is collecting high-signal-to-noise (S/N) spectra with UVES of a large sample of O and B-type stars covering a large spectral range. The goal of the programme is to extract a unique sample of high-quality interstellar spectra from these data, representing different physical and chemical environments, and to characterise these environments in great detail. An important component of interstellar spectra is the diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs), a set of hundreds of unidentified interstellar absorption lines. With the detailed line-of-sight information and the high-quality spectra, EDIBLES will derive strong constraints on the potential DIB carrier molecules. EDIBLES will thus guide the laboratory experiments necessary to identify these interstellar “mystery molecules”, and turn DIBs into powerful diagnostics of their environments in our Milky Way Galaxy and beyond. We present some preliminary results showing the unique capabilities of the EDIBLES programme.