Energy Release and Magnetic Reconnection.- Magnetic Reconnection on the Sun and in the Earth's Magnetosphere.- Magnetic 3-D Configurations of Energy Release in Solar Flares.- Theoretical Models of Magnetic Configurations Relevant to Energy Release.- The Energy Release Process in Solar Flares; Constraints from TRACE Observations.- Radio Diagnostics of Flare Energy Release.- Signature of Energy Release and Particle Acceleration Observed by the Nobeyama Radioheliograph.- How Well Do We Understand Magnetic Reconnection?.- Energetic Particles at and from the Sun.- What Can Be Learned About Competing Acceleration Models from Multiwavelength Observations?.- Transport of Energy from the Corona to the Chromosphere During Flares.- On the Origin of Solar Energetic Particle Events.- Acceleration and Propagation of Solar Energetic Particles.- Particle Acceleration by Magnetic Reconnection.- Particle Acceleration Processes in Cosmic Plasmas.- Aspects of Current Research.- Recent Progress in Understanding Energy Conversion and Particle Acceleration in the Solar Corona.- Solar Observations at Submillimeter Wavelengths. sakriti opis