Fourth International Conference on Cryocrystals and Quantum Crystals (CC 2002): Preface

The conference on Cryocrystals and Quantum Crystals, CC 2002, was a continuation of a series of conferences started in 1995 in Almaty, Kazakstan by Prof. Andrei Drobyschev. The original intent of the conference was to provide a platform for scientists from the former Soviet Union and the countries of Eastern Europe to meet and exchange information with their Western colleagues, and, in particular, to make it possible for the younger investigators to become acquainted directly with the most recent research and results in their respective fields from elsewhere in the world. With nearly a hundred participants, the conference was a resounding success, and it was therefore decided to organize a second, similar conference two years later, this time chaired by Prof. Andrzei Jeżowski in Polanica-Zdroj, Poland.