Approximately fifty young researchers of a wide variety of ages converged on Cosener's House in Abingdon for the “New Perspectives in Neutron and Muons Science: A Young Researchers Meeting” held from September 23–24, 1997. The object of this meeting, organized by the Neutron Scattering Group of the Institute of Physics and The Royal Society of Chemistry and co–sponsored by ISIS and EPSRC, was to provide Ph.D. students and young postdoctoral researchers with an opportunity to present their work in an informal atmosphere. The meeting was divided into three sessions entitled “Structure, Including Surfaces and Interfaces,” “Vibrations and Excitation,” and “Muons.”