Ismael Perez-Fournon is a Lecturer in Astrophysics at the Departamento de Astrofisica, at the Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife. Marc Balcells is a research scientist at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias. Fernando Moreno-Insertis is Professor of Astrophysics in the Departamento de Astrofisica, at the Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife. Francisco Sanchez is Professor of Astrophysics and Director of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife.

• Participants; Group photograph; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Galaxy formation and evolution: recent progress R. Ellis; 2. Galaxies at high redshift M. Dickinson; 3. High-redshift galaxies: the far-infrared and sub-millimeter view A. Franceschini; 4. Quasar absorption lines J. Bechtold; 5. Stellar population synthesis models at low and high redshift G. Bruzual A.; 6. Elliptical galaxies K. C. Freeman; 7. Disk galaxies K. C. Freeman; 8. Dark matter in disk galaxies K. C. Freeman.

Ismael Perez-Fournon is a Lecturer in Astrophysics at the Departamento de Astrofisica, at the Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife. Marc Balcells is a research scientist at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias. Fernando Moreno-Insertis is Professor of Astrophysics in the Departamento de Astrofisica, at the Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife. Francisco Sanchez is Professor of Astrophysics and Director of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife.

• Participants; Group photograph; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Galaxy formation and evolution: recent progress R. Ellis; 2. Galaxies at high redshift M. Dickinson; 3. High-redshift galaxies: the far-infrared and sub-millimeter view A. Franceschini; 4. Quasar absorption lines J. Bechtold; 5. Stellar population synthesis models at low and high redshift G. Bruzual A.; 6. Elliptical galaxies K. C. Freeman; 7. Disk galaxies K. C. Freeman; 8. Dark matter in disk galaxies K. C. Freeman.

Ismael Perez-Fournon is a Lecturer in Astrophysics at the Departamento de Astrofisica, at the Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife. Marc Balcells is a research scientist at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias. Fernando Moreno-Insertis is Professor of Astrophysics in the Departamento de Astrofisica, at the Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife. Francisco Sanchez is Professor of Astrophysics and Director of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife.

• Participants; Group photograph; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Galaxy formation and evolution: recent progress R. Ellis; 2. Galaxies at high redshift M. Dickinson; 3. High-redshift galaxies: the far-infrared and sub-millimeter view A. Franceschini; 4. Quasar absorption lines J. Bechtold; 5. Stellar population synthesis models at low and high redshift G. Bruzual A.; 6. Elliptical galaxies K. C. Freeman; 7. Disk galaxies K. C. Freeman; 8. Dark matter in disk galaxies K. C. Freeman.