The aim is to review the current status of experimental and theoretical efforts in compound-nuclear reactions and related areas, discuss new developments and needs for improvement, exchange ideas about how to address these needs and share perspectives on the future of the field.
Topics: Nuclear reaction mechanisms (direct, compound, pre-equilibrium, other), Nuclear fission, Statistical Hauser-Feshbach theory, Surrogate methods, Optical model, Level densities and photon strength functions, R-matrix theory and connecting resolved resonances with statistical regime, Nuclear structure for nuclear reactions, Measurements relevant to compound-nuclear reactions (direct and indirect), Nuclear data, Applications in nuclear astrophysics, energy, medical physics etc., Experimental facilities