The role of high pressure experiments in the discovery of supercon ducting materials with a T. above liquid nitrogen temperature has demon strated the importance of such experiments. The same role holds true in the tailoring of materials for optoelectronic devices. In addition, much progress has been made recently in the search for metallic hydro gen, and the application of high pressure in polymer research has brought forth interesting results. These facts together with the suc cess of previous small size meetings (such as the "First International Conference on the Physics of Solids at High...

The role of high pressure experiments in the discovery of supercon- ducting materials with a T. above liquid nitrogen temperature has demon- strated the importance of such experiments. The same role holds true in the tailoring of materials for optoelectronic devices. In addition, much progress has been made recently in the search for metallic hydro- gen, and the application of high pressure in polymer research has brought forth interesting results. These facts together with the suc- cess of previous small size meetings (such as the "First International Conference on the Physics of Solids at...