We are happy to have secured invited lectures from the following distinguished scientists:
David Emin, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA Icosahedral borides' unusual properties
Martin Engler, ESK Ceramics GmbH & Co. KG, Kempten, Germany Development of new BN-hardcoatings
Yuri Grin, Max-Planck-Institut f. Chem. Physik fester Stoffe, Dresden, Germany Detection of chemical bonding in boron compounds
Jean-Francois Halet, Université de Rennes, France Portraits of some representatives of rare-earth metal boride carbide and boride silicide compounds
Harald Hillebrecht, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany New boron rich borides from molten metals
Yurij Paderno, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine (the late Professor Paderno's contribution will be presented by his colleague, Dr Natalja Shitsevalova) Structure distortions in cubic rare earth borides
Sulkhan Shalemberidze, National High Technology Center of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia Production technology of isotope enriched boron containing materials
Ken-ichi Takagi, Tokyo Kohan Co. Ltd., Kudamatsu, Japan Development and application of high strength ternary boride base cermets
Takaho Tanaka, Nat. Inst. for Materials Science, Ibaraki, Japan Efforts for improving performance of YB66 soft X-Ray monochromator crystal
Antoine Villesuzanne, Université de Bordeaux, France Experimental and theoretical investigations of the localization phenomenon in KB6
