Models and Methods: Can Theory Meet the B Physics Challenge?

I am skeptical about the likelihood of significant theoretical progress over the next few years in reducing the hadronic uncertainty in B decays. While it is not difficult to establish that new physics is present in the B system, its identification will almost certainly require direct observation at high-energy colliders. On the other hand, B experiments will be necessary to probe the CP nature of the new physics couplings. Thus, B physics experiments and high-energy experiments are complementary, and I hope that experimentalists in these two areas will coordinate their efforts