Overview of NNLO QCD corrections

Abstract

We discuss the motivation for making predictions for jet cross sections at next-to-next-to-leading order. We describe the theoretical ingredients needed for such a calculation and briefly review the progress in the field.

4 pages, Latex with Moriond.sty, one postscript figure, Talk given at 36th Rencontres de Moriond on QCD and Hadronic Interactions, Les Arcs, France, 17-24 Mar 2001,reference added