The Zakopane Conference on Nuclear Physics, 41st in the series of Zakopane Schools of Physics, was held in Zakopane, Poland, on September 4 - 10, 2006.

The conference was organized jointly by The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, The Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics of the Jagiellonian University, and The Committee on Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Lectures and seminars covered new developments in the study of nuclear structure and nuclear phenomena: from shell model states to highly collective excitations, from light to superheavy nuclei, from the exotic proton drip-line nuclei to the very neutron-rich nuclear systems. We will discuss the role of todays nuclear structure research in the understanding of the astrophysical processes. A review of latest experimental methods and apparatus will include presentations of new opportunities and challenges arising at the radioactive ion beam facilities.

   The 13th Nuclear Physics Workshop "Maria and Pierre Curie" organized by the Department of Theoretical Physics of the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (UMCS) of Lublin and the Institute of Subatomic Research (IReS) of Strasbourg, took place in Kazimierz Dolny, September 27th - October 1st, 2006. One central subject of the conference was "Pairing & Beyond - 50 Years of the BCS Model"

The main topics which was presented on the Workshop were:

• new aspects of pairing forces in nuclei and other mesoscopic systems;
• nuclei at the limits of stability;
• superheavy elements;
• dynamical correlations in ground states;
• fusion and fission reactions;

Seminars were devoted both to theoretical and experimental problems of nuclear phenomena.