Review of plasma confinement in helical systems, M. Fujiwara; the status and future plans of the helical system research, M. Fujiwara; nuclear fusion research and the JET project status and plans, A. Gibson; the first fusion experiments using deuterium-tritium plasmas in the JET tokamak, A. Gibson; trajectories in magnetic configurations, L. Laurent; physics of long pulse experiments and Tore Supro results, L. Laurent; the origin of edge turbulence, C.S. Liu; theory of plasma rotation, C.S. Liu; refractometric techniques in plasma diagnostics, H. Soltwisch; overview on internal magnetic field measurements in tokamaks, H. Soltwisch; the physics of the H-mode, F. Wagner; confinement in tokamaks and stellarators, F. Wagner.