The High-Power Lasers and Applications Conference was held in Munich, June 20 - 22, 1977. The conference took place simultaneously with the "Laser 77, International Congress and Trade Fair" at the Munich Fair Ground. The meeting was a continuation of a series of colloquia on elec- tronic transition lasers previously held in the United States. The main topics of the conference were: high-power VUV, UV, visible and IR la- sers, including an analysis of laser systems, technology and laser con- cepts. Also, some applications to nonlinear optics, chemical kinetics and spectroscopy, particularly...