Scientific committee: Alain Castellan (France), Christine Chirat (France), Claudia Crestini (Italy), Klaus Fischer (Germany), Bjarne Holmbom (Finland), Tommy Iversen (Sweden), Bozena Kosikova (Slovakia), Catherine Lapierre (France), Angel Martinez (Spain), Kurt Messner (Austria), Carlos Pascoal Neto (Portugal), Thomas Rosenau (Austria), Herbert Sixta (Austria), Tarja Tamminen (Finland), Arnis Treimanis (Latvia), Tapani Vuorinen (Finland), Gerd Wegener (Germany)