Preface. Bill Bright memorial lecture: Electrostatics - Then, now and maybe (D K Davies). Section A. Fundamental physics (10 papers). Section B. Bioelectrostatics. (7 papers). Section C. Atomization and EHD. (17 papers). Hop topic discussion. MECA electrometer: initial calibration experiments (M Buehler, L-J Cheng, O Orient, M Thelen, R Gompf, J Baliss, R Rauwerdink). Section D. Hazards (8 papers). Section E. Applications and processing. (13 papers). Section F. Materials evaluation and applications. (6 papers). Section G. ESD/EOS. (4 papers). Section H. Scanning probe microscopy. (7 papers). Section I. Atmospheric electrostatics and environmental aspects. (4 papers). Section J. Instrumentation. (7 papers). Author index.