A forum for scientific discussion of optical phenomena in the atmosphere and the natural environment,
sponsored by the Optical Technology Center at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana.

This international meeting is being organized under the direction of Dr. Joseph Shaw, Director of the Montana State University Optical Technology Center, by the international organizing committee:

Dr. Stanley Gedzelman                  Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, City College of New York, USA
Dr. Javier Hernandez-Andres        Optics Department, University of Granada, Spain
Dr. Philip Laven                            Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. Raymond Lee                          Mathematics & Science Division, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
Dr. William Livingston                    NOAO/National Solar Observatory, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Dr. David Lynch                            Thule Scientific, Topanga, California, USA
Dr. Walter Tape                            Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Dr. Michael Vollmer                      Physics Department, University of Applied Sciences, Brandenburg, Germany