26¿July 1, 1999, at the Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, with the undersigned serving as Co-Chairs. The fortunate coincidence of the calendar allowed us to set as the theme ¿Peptides for the New Millennium¿, and in our judgment, the approximately 1200 participants [2] who converged in the Twin Cities from academic and industrial institutions in 36 countries were treated to an exciting and stimulating conference that left most everyone with an enthusiastic vision for the future of our field. The present Proceedings volume should serve as a handy reference source and succinct snapshot of peptide science at essentially its century mark ¿ the clock having started with the initial contributions of Emil Fischer and Th. Curtius.