To start things going, the following topics were suggested:* 1. Reliability of abundances Stars vs H ii regions H ii classical diagnostics Effects of shocks and inhomogeneities on H ii-region diagnostics H n new diagnostics Can reliable H ii-region diagnostics be developed for high metallicity? Y p and dY/dZ nLTE and inhomogeneity in stellar atmospheres O/Fe X-ray abundances Abundance inhomogeneities Division between galaxies and 1GM What is the yield?** SFR history and IMF Z(L) relation for galaxies; origin of scatter dG problem Thick/thin disk dichotomy Field stars versus globular clusters Mg/Fe in E-galaxies Rates of galactic evolution Does SFR(z) account for existing stars and cosmic chemical evolution? Nature and chemistry of DLA systems Composition of Lyman break galaxies 2. Inventory of heavy elements in the universe Division between galaxies and 1GM What is the yield?** 3. Population effects and global galactic properties SFR history and IMF Z(L) relation for galaxies; origin of scatter dG problem Thick/thin disk dichotomy Field stars versus globular clusters Mg/Fe in E-galaxies Rates of galactic evolution 4. Abundance effects on spectrophotometric properties 5. Dust properties and dependence on metallicity 6. Topics related to high red-shift Does SFR(z) account for existing stars and cosmic chemical evolution? Nature and chemistry of DLA systems Composition of Lyman break galaxies