A compilation of presentations on programs for the gifted includes the following: increasing opportunities for education, notes on Project Talent, talent development and national goals, talent identification in California, problems and recommendations in the area of the talented, innovations in talent development, issues and problems in modern education, influencing educational change, the California state organization for programs for the gifted, the development of Project Talent, a summer school program for the gifted in elementary schools, a counseling instructional program for the gifted, and special classes for the gifted. Also discussed are technology and program development, utilization of community resources, Project Discovery, Project Prometheus, an accelerated primary program, student response systems, and the design of an automated counseling system. (RP)