This Proceedings volume contains extended abstracts of all the papers presented at the Microscopy and Microanalysis 2002 meeting held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada on August 4-9, 2002. This major international gathering of microscopists in both the materials and life sciences was a joint event comprising the 60th Annual Meeting of the Microscopy Society of America, the 36th Annual Meeting of the Microbeam Analysis Society, the 29th Annual Meeting of the Microscopy Society of Canada / Societe de Microscopie du Canada and the 35th Annual Meeting of the International Metallographic Society. The Proceedings consists of both a printed volume containing the extended abstracts of all invited papers as well as a searchable CD-ROM containing the extended abstracts of all papers presented at the meeting - whether invited or submitted, platform or poster.