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This article reports on the International Federation for Information Processing's (IFIP) 74 Congress held from August 5 to 10, 1974 in Stockholm, Sweden. It is of course an understatement to term the IFIP Congress 74--or indeed any of its predecessors--merely a "meeting." Conferences in the United States may have more attendees, and/or more sessions, but the flavor imparted by the international character of these triennial events sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing makes them unique. The congress had 88 sessions, in which were scheduled 41 invited papers and 174 contributed papers, the latter selected from among more than 600 submitted. There were also 18 panel sessions on the program, and a fair number of additional informally organized discussions were held. The Congress was distinguished by considerably more interest in the social problems connected with computers than was evident in its predecessors. Its setting in Sweden was particularly appropriate for this.