This publication covers the abstracts of the conference proceedings including: Nanoindentation of Magnetic Storage Materials by Richard L. White; The Use of Instrumented Indentation in the Design of Multilayer Coating Structures for Imaging Applications by Kevin M. O’Connor; Micromechanics of Thin Films in Electronic Devices by Harry H. Fujimoto; The Use of a Nanoindenter I: Case Histories and Lessons Learned by Clark V. Cooper; Indentation Techniques for the Measurement of Several Mechanical Properties by Warren C. Oliver; Simple Procedures for Obtaining and Analysing Force Displacement Data with Small, Spherically Tipped Indenters by Michael V. Swain; Controlled Indentation: A General Approach to Determine Mechanical Properties of Materials by David J. Rowcliffe; Procedures for the Nanoindentation Testing of Coated Systems by Trevor F. Page; Determination of Thin Film Properties Using Nanoindentation and Microscratch Techniques by Neville R. Moody; Multiple Yield Phenomena Under Light Contacts by William W. Gerberich; Some Measurements of Viscoelastic Properties with the Help of Nanoindentation by Jean-Luc Loubet; Indentation Creep in Amorphous Selenium by W. Howard Poisl; Effects of Residual Stress on the Measurement of Mechanical Properties Using Instrumented Indentation by George M. Pharr; Measuring the Indentation Modulus of Elastically Anisotropic Solids by Joost J. Vlassak; Three-Dimensional Finite Element Modeling of Sharp Indentations by Antonios E. Giannakopoulos; Modeling Stresses at the Film-Substrate Interface – Significance to Indentation Testing by Subbiah Ramalingam; Nanoindentation Using the AFM: Considerations for the Quantitative Measurement of Mechanical Properties by Steven M. Hues; Interfacial Force Microscopy Measurements of the Nanomechanical Properties of Materials by Jack E. Houston; Development of Traceable Calibration Guidelines for Load Displacement Instruments, and Their Validation by an Intercomparison Test by Stuart R.J. Saunders; Determination of Thermodynamic Response of Polymers by Micro-Indentation Rate Changes by W.R. Newson and S. Saimoto; Artifacts in Nanoindentation Procedures by L. Riester and M.K. Ferber; Development of Standards for the Validation of Hard, Thin Coatings by Th. Dietz, A. Schultz, H. Vetters and P. Mayr; Growth and Mechanical Anistropy of TiN Thin Films by W.J. Meng and G.L. Eesley; Adhesion of Metal Interconnects by Microwedge Indentation by M.P. de Boer and W.W. Gerberich;Assortment of Techniques in Instrumented Indentation by K.B. Yoder, M.F. Tambwe and D.S. Stone; In Situ Imaging of Ultra-Light-Load Indents into GaAs and Fe-3wt% Si by E.T. Lilleodden, W. Bonin, J. Nelson, J.T. Wyrobek and W.W. Gerberich; Modification of the Nikon QM High Temperature Microhardness Tester to Obtain Load-Deflection Curves by D. Zirkin, B. Farber and A. Heuer; New Analytical Procedure to Determine Stress-Strain Curve and Elastic Modulus From Instrumented Ball Indentation by B. Taljat, F.M. Haggag and T. Zacharia; Dynamic Hardness Testing of Infrared Materials by S. Joshi and K.A. Richardson; Effect of Indenter Shape, Yield Stress and Modulus on the Indentation Process by Kangjie Li and J.C.M. Li; Viscosity Measurement by Impression Test by F. Yang and J.C.M. Li; Contact Stress Analysis of a Layered Solid Under a Rigid Indenter by L. Zheng and S. Ramalingam; Measurement of Sttain-Rate Sensitivity by Nanoindentation Techniques by R. Upadhyaya, S. Saimoto and R.S. Timsit; Analysis of Nanoindentation Load-Displacement Loading Curves by S.V. Hainsworth; H. Sjostrom, J.-E. Sundgren, H.W. Chandler and T.F. Page; Measurement and Theory of the Orientation Dependence of Knoop Microhardness in a Layered Single Crystal by J. Marschall and F. Milstein; Indentation and Strength of Fiber-Reinforced Aerogels by K.E. Parmeter and F. Milstein; Study of Rock Indentation Fracture in Mechanical Excavation by Y. Abd Al-Jalil and P. Nelson; Indentation Testing of the Magnetic Thin-Rilm Head Alumina Substrate by A.S. Chekanov, T.S. Low, S. Alli and B. Liu; Bulk and Interfacial Crack-Propagation Behavior in CVD Diamond by A. Kant, R.O. Ritchie, M.D. Drory, R.H. Dauskardt and I.G. Brown; Residual Stress Fields at Indentations by K. Zeng, D.J. Rowcliffe and P. Meier; and Interfacial Force Microscopy of the Nanomechanical Properties of Thin Films Formed on Carbon Steel from Zinc Dialkyl Dithiophosphate Antiwear/Extreme Pressure Oil Additives by O.L. Warren, P.R. Norton, W.K. Wan, J.E. Houston, C.A. DiRubio and T.A. Michalske.