Summary and outlook

The main problems discussed during the Conference were connected with the following topics: 1. Deep inelastic scattering at low x. 2. Deep inelastic diffraction. 3. Nuclear effects in deep inelastic scattering. 4. High energy limit of QCD and formal theoretical issues. The experimental data have been reviewed in talks given by Barbara Badelek, Albert De Roeck, Witek Krasny and Andrzej Eskreys. Barbara Badelek reviewed the fixed target data which, thanks to their precision, are the basic source of experimental input for the QCD improved parton model analysis. Several new data are available on F2p, F2d, F2A as well as on the spin dependent structure functions g1p and g1d. Several experiments cover the very interesting transition region of low Q2 and low x. The HERA data have been reviewed by Albert De Roeck, Witek Krasny and Andrzej Eskreys. The highlights of HERA results are: increase of the structure functions with decreasing x and the large rapidity (or diffractive) events. The new preliminary results on the charm component F2c of the proton structure function F2 from HERA have also been for the first time reported at this Conference. The experimental data from HERA on the structure of the final states in deep inelastic scattering and in photoproduction have also been reviewed. They play important role for revealing the details of the underlying dynamics