  The Adriatico Research Conference on Superconductivity, Andreev Reflection,
and Proximity Effect in Mesoscopic Structures took place at the International
Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, July 8-11, 1997. The
organizers were Elias Burstein, Leonid Glazman, Teun Klapwijk, and Subodh R.
Shenoy. We describe some of the central issues discussed at the conference,
along with more personal reflections prompted by new developments.
