Summary of Workshop Discussions

Abstract

The idea of providing opportunities for informal small group workshops was an important element in the planning of the conference in spite of the fact that the plenary sessions themselves were organised so as to enhance and stimulate discussion. At a relatively early point in time, potential participants were asked to rank order a set of eight topics which the conference organisers felt had direct relevance to the central theme of the meeting. These are listed below. On the basis of this (incomplete) pre-conference response, five of the original eight were chosen in a final selection round for all conference attendees and this resulted in a further reduction to the first three items on the list as the actual workshop topics. The chairmen of these were as indicated.