One of the important challenges in nuclear physics is to understand hadron structure and reactions in term of the underlying theory of strong interactions. The main purpose of this workshop is to explore how the structure of baryon resonances and chiral dynamics can be studied with electromagnetic meson production reactions. In this informal workshop, we hope we can sharpen our understanding of the Delta, N* and Y* resonances from analyzing the precise and extensive data from JLAB, Mainz, MIT-Bates and Spring-8, and discuss future developments.

Topics included are :

• Meson production Reactions
• Baryon resonances and Chiral Dynamics
• Axial Anomaly and the pi0 lifetime
• Theta+
• Lattice simulations
• Hadron properties and interactions in nuclei