The speakers and topics for SUSSP71 are: Sir Peter Knight, Imperial College, UK Introductory Quantum optics Peter Zoller, University of Innsbruck, Austria Quantum Information Philippe Grangier, Institut d’Optique, Palaiseau, France Quantum Photonic Systems Gerd Leuchs, Max-Planck-Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany Advanced Quantum Optics Ed Hinds, Imperial College, UK Testing Fundamental Physics with Atoms and Molecules Howard Carmichael, University of Auckland, New Zealand Open Quantum Systems Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler, University of Mainz, Germany Quantum Information Processing with Trapped Ions Miles Padgett, University of Glasgow, UK Orbital Angular Momemtum Leticia Tarruell, Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain Optical Lattice Experiments Randy Hulet, Rice University, Texas, USA Ultracold Atoms and Quantum Simulation Giovanna Morigi, Saarland University, Germany Self-Organisation of cold atoms Joachim Brand, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand Solitons