Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- J. Hastings, C. Pellegrini and A. Marinelli - Preface -- Course group shot -- Gennady Stupakov - Electron beam physics -- Zhirong Huang - Introduction to the physics of X-ray free-electron lasers -- Luca Giannessi - Seeded free-electron lasers -- Nina Rohringer - Introduction to the theory of X-ray matter interaction -- J.B. Hastings - X-ray scattering, optics and imaging -- C. Masciovecchio - Free Electron Laser based non-linear spectroscopy -- J.S. Wark - High energy density science with X-ray free-electron lasers -- Andrea Cavalleri - Nonlinear phononics -- Franz X. Kartner - Ultrafast optics for X-ray free-electron lasers -- M. Altarelli - Present status and development of X-ray Free-Electron Laser facilities -- R.W. Schoenlein - X-ray FELs: Current and future research topics -- List of participants.