Recent developments in supersymmetric field theory, string theory, and brane theory have been revolutionary. The main focus of the present volume is developments of M-theory and its applications to superstring theory, quantum gravity, and the theory of elementary particles.

Lectures.- Scales of String/M Theory.- On the Heterotic/F-Theory Duality in Eight Dimensions.- Large N Field Theories, String Theory and Gravity.- Black Holes and the Phases of Brane Thermodynamics.- Non-BPS-D-Brane Systems.- Non-BPS States and Branes in String Theory.- Lectures on Superconformal Quantum Mechanics and Multi-Black Hole Moduli Spaces.- Brane Theory Solitons.- Gong Show.- D-Branestrahlung.- Strings on BTZ Black Holes.- A Note on non-supersymmetric Open-String Orbifolds with a quantised Bab.- On the Non-Abelian Born-Infeld Action.- AdS3 asymptotic (super) Symmetries.- Anomalous couplings of Non-BPS D-Branes.- Fron a Conformal Anomaly to a Theory of Tensionless Strings?.- Comments on non-supersymmetric type I vacua.- S-Matrices for Planckian Scattering.- K-Theory and D-Branes on NON-Commutative Rori.- Generalized Calibrations.- Aspects of Heterotic/M-Theory Duality in D=3.- Gauge Theory scattering from the ADS/CFT correspondence.- Flat Connections for Yang-Mills Theories on the 3-Torus.- From Topological Field Theories to Covariant Matrix Strings.- Field Theory Duals from (Non)-Crital Type 0 Strings.- Duality and Selfduality of Chiral Boson Fields in various Dimensions.- Anti-de Sitter Fragmentation.- On ADS3 String Theory.- Spectrum of D=11 Supergravity on ADS2 × S2 × T7.- Discrete U-duality groups.- Supersymmetric Worldvolume Solitons.- WZ Couplings of D-Branes and O-Planes.- Holography for Coset Spaces.- List of Speakers.- List of Participants.