Venue Vulcano is one of the Eolian Islands which are famous not only for their beaches and natural beauty, but also for their vulcanic activity (generally mild). The temperature in May usually ranges between 17 and 25° C.
The Workshop will take place at the Eolian Hotel which can also accommodate all participants. The Hotel faces the sea with a sandy beach. It also has a tennis court and a swimming pool. Foreword The meeting will focus on discussing the chemical enrichment of clusters of galaxies as revealed by the large amount of X-ray data now available for the ICM, as well as on the connection between the abundances in the ICM and IGM at high redshift. Both hold vital clues to the history of star formation and chemical enrichment in the universe, as well as tracing the evolution of galaxies and galaxy clusters. Main Topics (a) X-ray abundance data on the ICM in clusters (ROSAT, ASCA, Beppo-sax, XMM and Chandra) (b) Data on abundances in the IGM and high-redshift objects (c) Models for the chemical enrichment of the ICM (chemical evolution of galaxies with particular emphasis on ellipticals, energetics of the ISM) and implications for the formation and evolution of galaxy clusters. (d) Cosmic evolution and metals in the universe. Proceedings will be published by the Astronomic Society of the Pacific Conference Service. We plan to have reviews on the following subjects: -- Intracluster medium abundances -- Models for the chemical enrichment of the ICM -- Abundance gradients in the ICM -- Metallicity of galaxy groups -- Structure formation at high redshift -- Galactic winds -- Population III and chemical enrichment of the IGM -- Chemical enrichment history of DLA systems -- Connection between SNe, stellar populations and chemical enrichment of the ICM -- Energetics of the ICM -- Stellar nucleosynthesis -- Cosmic evolution