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Preface; Conference participants; Conference photograph/poster; Part I.Physics of H2 and HD: 1. Astrophysical importance of H2; 2. Radiative andelectronic excitation of Lyman and Werner transitions in H2; 3. The coolingof astrophysical media by H2 and HD; 4. Highly excited singlet ungeradestates of H2 and their theoretical description; 5. Laboratory studies oflong-range excited states of H2; 6. A model of interstellar Dark Matter; 7.Mass of H2 dark matter in the galactic halo; Part II. Formation -Destruction: 8. Experiments with trapped ions and nanoparticles; 9.Laboratory studies of modular hydrogen formation on surfaces of astrophysicalinterest; 10. The formation of H2 and other simple molecules on interstellargrains; 11. The interaction of H atoms with interstellar dust particles:models; 12. The energetics and efficiency of H2 formation on the surface ofsimulated interstellar grains; 13. Probing the connection between PAHs andHydrogen (H, H2) in the laboratory and in the interstellar medium; Part III.Observations and Models: 14. Non stationary C-shocks: H2 emission inmolecular outflows; 15. The Ortho/Para ratio in C and J-type shocks; 16.Theoretical models of photodissociation fronts; 17. ISO spectroscopy of H2 instar forming regions; 18. Observations of the H2 Ortho-Para ratio inphotodissociation regions;19. H2 emission from CRL618; 20. Hydrogen inphotodissociation regions: NGC2023 and NGC7023; 21. A pre-FUSE view of H2;22. H2 absorption line measurements with ORFEUS; 23. Ultraviolet observationsof molecular hydrogen in interstellar space; 24. FUSE and deuteratedmolecular hydrogen; 25. ISO-SWS observations of H2 in galactic sources; 26.H2 in molecular supernova remnants; 27. 3D integral field H2 spectroscopy inoutflows; 28. Near-infrared imaging and [OI] spectroscopy of IC443 using2MASS and ISO; 29. ISOCAM spectro-imaging of the supernova remnant IC443; 30.Spatial structure of a photo-dissociation region in ophiucus; 31. Tracing H2via infrared dust extinction; 32. The small scale structure of H2 clouds; 33.Hot chemistry in the cold diffuse medium: spectral signature in the H2rotational lines; 34. H2 observations of the OMC-1 outflow with the ISO-SWS;Part IV. Extragalactic and Cosmology: 35. The role of H2 molecules incosmological structure formation; 36. The role of H2 molecules in primordialstar formation; 37. Evolution of primordial H2 for different cosmologicalmodels; 38. Dynamics of H2 cool fronts in the primordial gas; 39. Isreionization regulated by H2 in the early universe?; 41. Transformation ofgalaxies within the Hubble sequence; 42. Extragalactic H2 and its variablerelation to CO; 43. The galactic dark matter halo: It is H2?; 44.Observations of H2 in quasar absorbers; 45. H2 emission as a diagnostic ofphysical processes in starforming galaxies; Part V. Outlook: 46. H2 in theuniverse: perspectives; Author index.