Discussion leader: Michele Gupta, University of Orsay, France

Olivier Isnard, CNRS, Grenoble, France
Hydrogen in Hard Magnetic Materials Based on Rare-Earth and Iron

Henryk Figiel, University of Mining and Metallurgy, Crakow, Poland
Hydrogen Induced Magnetic and Structural Transformations in Mn-Based Laves Phase Compounds

Discussion leader: Evan Gray, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

Jean-Marc Joubert, CNRS, Thiais, France
Hydrogen Induced Defects in LaNi5 Type Compounds

Yumiko Nakamura, National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research, Tsukuba, Japan
Effect of Hydrogen Absorption on the Lattice Structure in LaNi5-based Alloys

Coffee Break

Discussion leader: Yuh Fukai, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan

Yasuharu Shirai, Osaka University, Japan
Positron Annihilation Study of Lattice Defects Induced by Hydrogen Absorption

Discussion leader: D. Keith Ross, University of Salford, United Kingdom

Moshe Mintz, Nuclear Research Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
The Precipitation and Growth Processes of Hydrides on Metallic Surfaces

Kazuyuki Ueda, Toyota Technological Institute, Nagoya, Japan
Two-Dimensional Hydrogen Analysis on Solid Surfaces by Electron-Stimulated Desorption Microscopy

Poster Session I

Poster Chair: Michael Baskes, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

Discussion leader: Hartmut Zabel, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

Ronald Griessen, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Electrical and Optical Properties of Switchable Mirrors

Peter van Gelderen, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Parameter-Free Quasiparticle Calculations for YH3

Coffee Break

Discussion leader: Björgvin Hjörvarsson, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Thomas Richardson, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, USA
Switchable Optical Properties in Mg-Ni Hydrides

Discussion leader: John J. Rush, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA

Richard Lindstrom, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA
Standard Materials and Neutron Methods for Trace Hydrogen Analysis

Fredy Gygax, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
The Light Hydrogen mu+ and muSR Studies of M-H Systems

Discussion leader: Gary Sandrock, SunaTech, Inc., Ringwood, New Jersey, USA

Etsuo Akiba, National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research, Tsukuba, Japan
Hydrogen Absorption by Laves Phase Related BCC Alloys

Karim Kadir, Stockholm University, Sweden
Structural Investigation and Hydrogen Storage Capacity of New Intermetallic Compounds

Coffee Break

Discussion leader: Louis Schlapbach, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Channing Ahn, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
Hydrogen Adsorption and Desorption in Novel Carbon Materials

Discussion leader: Rosario Cantelli, Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy

Vladimir E. Antonov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Quantum Motion of Hydrogen in d-Metals

Lincoln Lauhon, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Observing the Quantum Tunneling of Single Hydrogen Atoms with a Scanning Tunneling Microscope

Poster Session II

Poster Chair: Michael Baskes, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

Discussion leader: Alexander Skripov, Urals Branch of the Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Mark Conradi, Washington University, St. Louis, USA
NMR of the Layered Hydride Compound ZrBe2Dx

Colin Sholl, University of New England, Armidale, Australia
Nuclear Spin Relaxation and Diffusion in Metal-Hydrogen Systems

Coffee Break

Discussion leader: Gunter Majer, Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung, Stuttgart, Germany

Peter Herzig, University of Vienna, Austria
Electric-Field Gradients in Metal Deuterides

Discussion leader: Robert Leisure, Colorado State University, USA

Astrid Pundt, Universität Göttingen, Germany
Hydrogen Induced Lattice Deformation in Thin Films

General Interest Lecture

Discussion leader: Ted Flanagan, University of Vermont, USA