Round table discussion

Abstract

To summarize the progress that has been made since the laststrangeness conference and to focus on the ourstanding questions whichremain to be addressed, the organizers of the conference decided tohold a `round table' discussion with some of the chairman of theindividual sessions.The goals of the presentations were not simply to recapitulate thepresentations in the various sessions but to present the views of thechairmen as to the significant advances reported, to place them in abroader context, and to emphasize those aspects which in their viewrequired additional attention.In addition to the chairmen, the conference organizers asked twoadditional physicists to join the round table, Jan Rafelski and Nu Xu.Most of the round table participants submitted summaries of theircomments as noted in the following. They varied considerably innature, as could be expected from the different state of the researchin the various areas. In some cases the chairman felt that theircomments did not add sufficiently to the work presented in theseparate sessions for their contributions to be useful.In perusing these contributions the reader will undoubtedly concludethat although much has been accomplished, there are still crucialoutstanding questions. One of the concerns which, in the view of thiswriter, was brought into sharper focus than previously, is the factthat we do not yet understand the nature of the p-A interaction. E.g. to interpret one of the most striking strangeness signals, theenhancement of strange particles as a function of their strangeness,it has become very clear that related effects in p-A must be studiedand understood.