This Workshop in nonlinear dynamics and mathematical physics, organized by the Italian Nuclear Energy Agency (ENEA) in Bologna, is intended to give an updated overview of modern trends in the field of nonlinear dynamics with emphasis on applications to physics, quantum theory, plasma physics and fluid dynamics, optics and electrodynamics, computer simulation, and neural networks.Contents:Pattern Formation and Transition to Spatiotemporal Chaos in Thermal Convection (S Ciliberto)Numerical Simulation of the Statistical Properties of Fluid Flow: A Comparison of Dynamical Systems and Stochastically Perturbed Systems (A Speranza)Fractal Fluid Parcel Trajectories and Chaos in 2D Turbulence (A R Osborne et al)Multifractal Aspects of Three Dimensional Fully Developed Turbulence (A Vulpiani)Solitons in Stratified Shear Flow (V Artale & D Levi)Intuitive Phenomenological Models with Pathology: The Navier-Stokes Model (C Lo Surdo)Stability of Global Modes in High Temperature Plasmas (F Pegoraro)Nonlinear Interactions of a Plasma with a Radiation Beam (R Pozzoli et al)On the Applications of the Theory of Dynamical Systems to Magnetic Confinement Fusion Problems (F Romanelli)Coherent Structures and Anomalous Energy Transport in Ion Temperature Gradient Driven Turbulence (M Ottaviani)Cross Field Particle Diffusion in Regular and Chaotic Electric Fields (M Ottaviani & M Pettini)Chaotic Transitions and Anomalous Diffusion in a RFP-Confined Plasma: Dependence from the Spectral Data (M Malavasi et al)Existence of Analytic Invariant Curves for a Generalized Complex Standard Map (S Marmi)Readership: Physicists, mathematicians and engineers.