Report on the ESO/MPE/MPA/ExcellenceCluster/LMU Joint Astronomy Workshop The Formation and Early Evolution of Very Low-mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs

The topics discussed at the workshop ranged from the structure and fragmentation of molecular clouds to the formation of individual very low-mass objects, their multiplicity, physical structure, mass distribution and early evolution. Each topic was introduced by two reviews on the status of our theoretical and observational understanding of the field, followed by presentations of new results and discussions. In this report we provide a brief summary of some of the areas discussed at the workshop.