Tunneling phenomena are ubiquitous in an enormous number of fields in contemporary science. They range from the macroscopic, many-particle states (glasses, quantum magnets) to the microscopic (molecular and atomic), and cover the physical, chemical and biological sciences, as well as the applied sciences. Although the unifying theme of the conference is tunneling phenomena in the solid state, the organizers recognize that cross fertilization by advances in observing and interpreting tunneling in other phases is critical to progress in the field. Therefore, at this meeting, we also encourage contributions on all phenomena where tunneling plays a role, including not only processes in solids and matrices, but also organic and organometallic reactions in liquids, tunneling processes in clusters and nanoparticles, and enzyme-catalyzed reactions. The QAMTS conference will bring together researchers and students at the forefront of all these fields to review topics of high current interest.

Experimental and theoretical aspects of quantum atomic and molecular tunneling phenomena will form the main theme of the workshop. The scientific program will encompass the following:

• Rotational tunneling
• Proton tunneling in hydrogen bonds
• Atomic and molecular tunneling on on surfaces, glasses and amorphous systems
• Tunneling in porous materials
• Tunneling diffusion phenomena
• Spin-tunneling problems
• Tunneling studied by diffraction techniques
• Advances in spectroscopic and other experimental techniques
• Tunneling in biosystems
• Kinetic isotope effects
• Multidimensional tunneling theories
• Advances in computational methods and software updates