2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/48620This Fifth International WEIN Symposium is devoted to physics beyond the standard model. This talk is about tau lepton physics, but I begin with the question: do we know how to find new physics in the world of elementary particles? This question is interwoven with the various tau physics topics. These topics are: searching for unexpected tau decay modes; searching for additional tau decay mechanisms; radiative tau decays; tau decay modes of the W, B, and D; decay of the Z^0 to tau pairs; searching for CP violation in tau decay; the tau neutrino, dreams and odd ideas in tau physics; and tau research facilities in the next decades.21 pages, 10 figuresHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyThe Tau Lepton and the Search for New Elementary Particle Physicstext