The age of automated optical and infrared facilities has ushered in a renaissance for science with small-aperture telescopes. The capabilities for exploring the transient Universe are now rapidly evolving to other wavelength regimes: in California, the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) and the Combined Array for Millimeter Astronomy (CARMA) will open new parameter space in frequency, sensitivity, solid angle coverage, and imaging quality that are likely to lead to new discoveries. But coordinated multi-wavelength studies hold the greatest promise of yielding the deepest physical understanding of new transients.

This one-day workshop at Berkeley was held on May 25th, 2005, bringing together those involved in current transient experiments and those designing the next generation of experiments and instruments to brainstorm on the future of transients.