The volume contains the Proceedings of ESOMAT 2000, held on 4-8 Septembre, 2000, Como, Italy. Scientific sessions include fundamental aspects and physical properties of martensitic transformations in Cu-based, Fe-based alloys, martensites and magnetoelastic phenomena in NiMnGa, shape memory properties in NiTi and NiTiCu alloys, shape memory thin films and high temperature alloys, composites and applications of shape memory alloys.