The central mission of the Centre is to carry out research activities in the forefront of the fields of theoretical nuclear and particle physics with special emphasis on the strong interactions and their importance in determining the nature of matter. The Centre is one specific research based activity of the National Institute for Theoretical Physics (NITP). The NITP is a more broadly based networking centre, which serves the interests of the whole of the Australian theoretical and mathematical physics communities by holding and coordinating a number of workshops and conferences in a variety of areas each year