to discuss recent developments in this field with particular emphasis on the work done in the different groups invited;

to establish and/or tighten direct co-operation links in the framework of different common projects (DFG, BMBF, DAAD, QSIL etc.);

to bring together a number of leading scientists in the field of the theoretical description and experimental investigations of first-order phase transformations of the member countries of JINR, Germany and beyond in order to perform or develop new research projects in this field;

to check whether the experimental facilities available at the JINR in Dubna can be utilised for an experimental investigation of the kinetics of phase transformation processes in different systems of interest.