The above workshop and symposium continue a series of biennial meetings initiated by Karl Strnat and intended for researchers working in the field of rare-earth transition metal magnets and their applications — an area of rapid growth. The workshop will concentrate on the processing, characterization and applications of rare earth magnets. The symposium will concentrate on the more fundamental aspects of the solid state physics and materials science of rare-earth transition metal alloys and magnets. The topics include: raw materials, HDDR processing, new magnet compositions, nanocrystalline materials, gas phase interstitial modification, and micromagnetic modeling.