JUST TWO YEARS agothefirst annual meeting ofthe IEEEIndustry andGeneral Applications Groupwas held. Thesuccessofthis meeting proved that a real need existed for a forumatwhichengineers andexecutives from theelectrical equipment manufacturers, fromconsulting engineering offices, plant engineering offices, andtheuser industries, as wellas theeducational institutions, could meetanddiscuss mutualexperiences. Theannual meeting isgeared specifically totheneedsofthisindustrial group andallthepaperspresented are relevant toitsneeds. Specific sessions are sponsored by individual industry committees. Thesubject matterofsome sessions cuts acrossallindustries; forexample, thosesponsored bythe Industrial andCommercial PowerSystems andtheIndustrial ControlCommittees; otherspresent papers directed toward a specific industry, suchas theglass industry. Somany problems ofone industry aresimilar tothose in another. Thesolution toaproblem inapapermill may suggesttheanswer toa problem encountered ina chemical plant. Itisthispossibility forcrossfertilization ofideas andupdating ofknowledge thatmakesattendance atthe IGAGroupAnnualMeeting a mustforany engineer concerned withindustrial applications. The1968IEEE IGA GroupAnnual71Ieeting iscosponsored bytheIEEEChicago Section andwillbeheld intheLaSalle Hotel, Chicago, Ill., fromSeptember 29to October 3. Theprogram continues toexpand and this yearincludes twenty-four full sessions andfourhalfsessions. Thehalf sessions are an innovation toprovide a forumforthose committees unabletoprovide enough papersfora full session. Thereare some new features thisyear.The Glass Industry Subcommittee ismaking itsdebutattheannual