Introduction (J.B. Mullin) -- CdTe-based materials: Band Structures and Binding Properties (Arden Sher) -- Optical phonon spectra in CdTe crystals and ternary alloys of CdTe compounds (B.N. Mavrin, E.A. Vinogradov) -- Band structure and Electrical Properties (C.R. Becker) -- The Optical Properties of CdTe (V. Consonni) -- Mechanical Properties of CdTe and Alloys (J.C. Moosbrugger) -- CdTe-based nanostructures (H. Mariette) -- CdTe-based semimagnetic semiconductors (R.R. Galazka and T. Wojtowicz) -- Macroscopic defects (K. Durose) -- Inclusions and precipitates in CdZnTe substrates (J.-O. Ndap) -- Theoretical calculation of the formation energies of point defects and of their energetic levels in CdTe (M.A. Berding) -- Experimental identification of intrinsic point defects; Characterization of intrinsic defects levels in CdTe and CdZnTe (K. Lynn) -- Experimental identification of native point defects in CdTe (P. Fochuk and O. Panchuk) -- Doping (O. Panchuk) -- Impurity compensation (Y. Marfaing).