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Concluding Remarks Lawrence Jones University of Michigan

• It has been a pleasure to be here again (my 11 th Vulcano Workshop), to see many old friends and to make new friends; to climb the vulcano, weim and to enjoy the comforts of the Eolian Hotel.

• To be sure, I was reminded again that I am not an astronomer, and am ignorant of galactic dynamics, galactic clusters, etc. etc. However I did learn a good deal and appreciated the talks on this lively field of physical science.

• Closer to my own fields of particle physics and cosmic ray physics, I was very pleased to be brought up to date on the news from Pamela, the ARGO-Yangbajing detector array, AUGER and the status of our understanding of the highest energy cosmic rays, Ice-Cube and other neurtino astronomy activities, the status of LIGO, VIRGO, and other gravity wave searches, and of many other on-going programs and studies.

• Indeed we still have many unsolved problems. I appreciated the up-date on the DAMA/LIBRA dark matter research program, but confess that I feel it necessary to see evidence of dark matter in at least one other, independent search before I can feel confident that we have indeed solved this problem. • It is noteworthy that we did not have a dark-energy search experiment reported at this meeting. Hopefully, in two years there will be searches worth discussing.

• We all look forward to results from the LHC experiments; not just the inclusive data which will be invaluable for improving our Monte Carlo models (for interpreting air shower data), but also the searches for the Higgs particle, Super-Symmetric particles, and other new physics. • And in cosmic rays, AUGER and the Telescope Array will have relevant new results, while at lower energies, AMS will be operating (due to be launched in November).

• Finally, I would like to thank Franco Giovannelli, Gianpaoloo Mannocchi, and Maria Cristina D’Amato for the excellent organization, program, and arrangements. I am sure that we all look forward to another pleasant week here in 2012!