The key feature at this conference was the 33 invited papers from the world's leading number theorists. Talks were in three sessions: analytical number theory; arithmetical algebraic geometry; and diophantive approximation. Speakers included: F.Beukers (University of Utrecht); R. Heath-Brown (Oxford); H.L. Montgomery (Ann Arbor, Michigan); T. Nakahara (Saga University, Japan); Y. Zarhin (Academy of Science, USSR).