The meeting was a forum to discuss our current understanding of the lunar surface and atmosphere, and share results from past and still ongoing missions. It  focused on the open science questions, the status of our modeling and laboratory experimental capabilities, required measurements, and instrument capabilities for future investigations on orbit, or to be deployed on the lunar surface.

The special issue of Planetary and Space Sciences (Volume 59, Issue 14) "Lunar Dust, Atmopshere, and Plasma: The Next Steps" has been published in November, 2011

Workshop was hosted by A. Stern and M. Horányi, and supported by the NASA Lunar Science Institute: Colorado Center for Lunar Dust and Atmospheric Studies, the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, and the Center for Integrated Plasma Studies of the University of Colorado.

Follow-up meeting: Dust, Atmosphere and Plasma: Moon and Small Bodies, June 6-8, 2012