The International Summer School program for 2001 was organized by the Germany geothermal organization “Geothermische Verinigung GtV” (Prof. Dr. Burkhard Sanner, Geeste, Germany) and the International Summer School on the Direct Application of Geothermal Energy (Prof. Dr. Kiril Popovski of Skopje, Macedonia). The meeting was held in Bad Urach, Germany, a small geothermal spa community in Southern Germany on the edge of the Black Forest. The site was at the Graf Eberhard hotel and conference center adjacent to the Thermal Baths