A conference on quantum kinetic theory was held on the campus of Colorado Mountain College in the town of Breckenridge, August 4–13, 1997. The first conference in this series was held in Victoria, BC in August, 1995; a report on that meeting can be found in this journal.1The conference in Breckenridge, organized by your author and Carl Gardner of Arizona State University, perhaps might better be called a “workshop” as there were, disappointingly, only twelve participants. As a result, there were (virtually) no time limitations on the presentations; there was extensive time for discussion; and four of the participants gave second talks, for a total of 16 presentations. These papers will (hopefully) all appear in the Conference Proceedings to be published inVSLI Designwith Carl Gardner as guest editor. There was a maximum of three talks per day, allowing plenty of time for the previously-mentioned discussions as well as free time for enjoying the many attractions which Breckenridge, one of the premier vacation destinations in the western United States, has to offer.