2nd Workshop on Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era Scientific Program 1. Global properties of the GRBs 2. X-ray spectral features and afterglows 3. Afterglows of GRBs: Optical/IR/radio observations 4. Afterglows of GRBs: GRB/SN connection 5. Host galaxies of GRBs 6. GRBs and cosmology 7. Theories for GRBs 8. The close environment of GRBs 9. Theories for GRB afterglows 10. Experiments: present and future