Welcome to the website of the international conference on the formation and evolution of galaxy disks organized by the Vatican Observatory
in Rome at the Centro Convegni Matteo Ricci on 1-5 October 2007.

Topics Properties of nearby galaxy disks Star formation laws, chemical evolution Outskirts and environment, disk edges Accretion onto disks, mergers Secular evolution of disks Evolution of disk structural properties Disk formation in a hierarchical Universe

SOC: Eric Bell (Germany), Francesco Bertola (Italy), Daniela Calzetti (USA), Francoise Combes (France), Enrico Corsini (Italy), Kenneth Freeman (Australia), José Funes (chair, Vatican), Robert Kennicutt (UK), John Kormendy (USA), Julio Navarro (Canada), Vera Rubin (USA), Yoshiaki Sofue (Japan), Rachel Somerville (Germany), Piet van der Kruit (Netherlands), Jacqueline van Gorkom (USA), Dennis Zaritsky (USA).

LOC: George Coyne (chair, Vatican), Monica Fucci, Giuseppe Koch, Elizabeth Maggio, Nicola Riva, Francesco Rossi.