The Seventh International Workshop on Tau Lepton Physics (TAU02) was held on the UC Santa Cruz campus from Tuesday, September 10 through Friday,  September 13, 2002.  The Workshop was organized by the Santa Cruz Intitute for Particle Physics (SCIPP) and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). 

At the Workshop, the full range of physics accessible through the study of the tau lepton and its neutrino was  systematically explored. This includes physics from the B factories, based on very high integrated luminosity running, as well as results based on the full data sample from LEP. Also, precision physics topics where the tau data have an impact, for example g-2, R and the running of a, were presented and discussed.  A full session covered the status of neutrinos and their oscillations. 

As with previous Tau Workshops, significant time was allowed for people to talk with each other about the physics, its implications, and how the experiments can make the most of the large data samples to be accumulated in the future.