Journal of Singularities Managing Editors:

The conference was focused around recent developments in Singularity Theory, including topics such as: fundamental groups of algebraic varieties, topological and Hodge-theoretic aspects of singularities, characteristic classes of singular varieties, etc. The meeting was attended by about fifty participants from all over the world. The papers in this volume cover the various subjects discussed during the conference. All manuscripts have been carefully peer-reviewed. I would like to express my gratitude to the authors for their contributions, as well as to the referees for the high quality job. I also thank all the participants – especially the speakers – who made the meeting both successful and fruitful. I am very grateful for the financial support received from the National Researc