KEYNOTE LECTURE; The Use of Raman Transitions in Laser Cooling and Atom Intererometers (S. Chu); PLENARY LECTURES; Resonant Raman Spectra of Carbon Nanotubes (M. Dresselhaus, et al.); THEORETICAL ADVANCES IN RAMAN SCATTERING: VIBRATIONAL ANALYSIS / MOLECULAR DYNAMICS AND STRUCTURE / BAND SHAPE / BAND INTENSITY; Peak or Dips: Optical- Phonon Raman Scattering Theory in Semiconductor Multiple Quantum Wells Revisited (B.-F. Zhu & S.-F. Ren); RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS (PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE, HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD, etc); Understanding the Structure of Conjugated Molecules (Polymers) Under Pressure (H. Chandrasekhar, et al.); NEAR-FIELD / ADVANCED TECHNIQUES / INSTRUMENTATION AND NEW APPLICATIONS OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; Scanning Near-Field Raman Microscopy with 244 nm Ultraviolet Laser Excitation (S. Webster, et al.); ULTRA-FAST PHENOMENA / TIME-RESOLVED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; Applications of Femtosecond Coherent Raman Spectroscopy (W. Kiefer, et al.); SURFACE ENHANCED SCATTERING; Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Metal Nanorod and Naowire Arrays (J. Yao, et al.); NON-LINEAR EFFECT / CARS / RIKES; Transient Nanosecond Resonance CARS Spectroscopy on Triplet Excited Anthracene: Excitation Profiles (A. Materny, et al.); BRILLOUIN SCATTERING AND RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; Brillouin Light Scattering on Nonlinear Spin Waves and Microwave Magnetic Solitons in Thin Films (C. Patton); X-RAYS AND UV RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; Applications of UV Resonance Raman Spectroscopy in Catalysis and Materials Science (C. Li); PHASE TRANSITIONS; Coherent Phonon Excitation by Ultrashort Laser Pulses and Its Application for the Phase Transition Study (T. Yagi); ADVANCED MATERIALS: FULLERENE AND CARBON NANOTUBE / DIAMOND / SUPERHARD MATERIALS / OTHER NANOSCALE MATERIALS AND OTHER NEW MATERIALS; Raman Scattering in Ferroelectric Relaxor Materials and Related Thin Films (R. Katiyar & I. Siny); SEMICONDUCTORS AND RELATED LOWER DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES / 2-D ELECTRONIC GAS; Raman Scattering by Electronic Excitations in Semiconductor Wires (B. Jusserand); SUPERCONDUCTORS; Raman Spectra of YBCO Superconductor with Hot Ultrapressing Treatment (H. Yang, et al.); THE SOLID STATE: NON-CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS / MOLECULAR CRSTALS / OTHERS; Raman Spectroscopic Studies of Aluminum Oxides (C. Zuo & P. Jagodzinski); SURFACE / INTERFACIAL PHENOMENA; Chemical Enhancement in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering: Cross Sections (A. Campion); APPLICATIONS OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Raman Spectroscopic Imaging on Heterogeneity of Materials (S. Zhang, et al.); INORGANIC / ORGANO-METALLIC / ORGANIC SYSTEMS; Raman Studies of Hydrogen Bonding in Aqueous Salt Solutions (N. Goutev, et al.); MACROMOLECULES AND POLYMERS; On-line Polymerization Monitoring by Light-fiber FT-Raman Spectroscopy (F. Bandermann, et al.); THIN FILMS AND MEMBRANES; Raman Spectroscopy of Confined Organic Films (S. Haydock, et al.); PROTEINS / PEPTIDES / AMINO ACIDS; The Raman Studies of the Interac...