For the fifth time, more than eighty participants from ten European countries (and even one from Africa) gathered at Zuoz i n the upper Engadine Valley, Switzerland, forthe 1997 Summer School on Neutron Scattering held from August 9–15, 1997. The traditional school was organized by the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) whose spallation neutron source SINQ went into operation a few months ago. The sponsorship by the PSI, the Swiss National Science Foundation, and the Swiss Society for Neutron Scattering is gratefully acknowledged.