QEP: Quantum degenerate gases
Chair: S Barnett, University of Strathclyde (UK)

10:45	INVITED: Quantum degenerate gases J Dalibard Laboratoire Kastler Brossel (France)
11:15	Gauge potentials in bose-einstein condensates D R Murray, P Öhberg, D Gomila, S Barnett^1 Instituto Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB) (Spain) ^1University of Strathclyde (United Kingdom)
11:30	Coupled Light-BEC Dynamics in Optical Cavities G R M Robb, N Piovella, R Bonifacio^1 Universita degli Studi di Milano (Italy) ^1INFN (Italy)
11:45	INVITED Formation of bright matter-wave solitons during the collapse of attractive Bose-Einstein condensates S L Cornish, S T Thompson^1, C E Wieman^1 Durham University (United Kingdom) ^1JILA, University of Colorado (USA)