The file contains the draft minutes of the meeting (Chairman: Werner Rathmayer) including list of participants and draft agenda.

Topics discussed include: NSF Long-Term Ecological Research Program (LTER); Large Scale Facilities; Review of the needs for European Synchrotrons and related beamlines for biological and biomedical research; new scientific programmes pending and proposals (cyanobacterial Nitrogen Fixation, GEODE, Earthquake scenarios for European cities, Forest soil response to forest ecosystem restoration, systematic knowledge and phylogeny, the horizontal gene pool in bacteria, optimality in bird migration); LESC Exploratory Workshops; ESF Plan.

Working documents included: notes, circular letters, forward look, proposals.

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