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The article provides information on the International Town-Planning Congress organized from July 2-9, 1924 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The congress was arranged by the International Garden Cities and Town Planning Federation. Over 600 members attended the congress representing countries from all over the world. The volume of reports and papers is not only of good quality, but also included an increasing range of vision and promise. From drainage to open spaces and nature reserves and from transport to satellite towns, each paper was treated in a comprehensive regional fashion. Also the contributions were presented in Associated Exhibition of Plans, held in the city's galleries, which vividly illustrated the growing advance of large-scale treatments. One of the most important aspects that emerged at the congress was economic vision, as it was no longer in the terms of the "price-system" which has so long suffocated economic thought, but on the lines of "life-system," whereby economics can alone attain deliverance and renew progress.

This article reports that the European Society for Dermatological Research and the Society for Investigative Dermatology will hold their second joint meeting in the RAI Congrescentrum in Amsterdam, Netherlands during June 9-13, 1975. Attendance at the scientific sessions will be open to all members, contributors and guests. Non-members who wish to present a paper are kindly requested to submit an abstract. They will be invited to attend the meeting as either contributors or guests.

This article focuses on the Seventh International Congress of Accountants held in Amsterdam, Holland. The program of this event, which is held every five years, was filled with interesting and unusual features. The Dutch people extended their traditional hospitality to all the visitors at the Congress and brief introductions soon ripened into friendships. The Congress was attended by about 2,850 delegates and visitors coming from 40 countries and representing 140 different accounting organizations. Thirty-one formal papers were presented by experts from 13 countries. Eight additional countries were represented on the panels. Four official languages were used: English, Dutch, French, and German. The 31 formal papers had been written months ahead of the Congress, translated into the four languages mentioned above, then printed and mailed to each delegate last June. The authors did not read their speeches at the meeting. The 31 authors, plus several more delegates, were divided into six panels of about twelve to fifteen men each. The six panels, meeting at varying times during the week, discussed the following subjects: Principles for the Accountants' Profession, Verification of the Existence of Assets, Budgeting and the Corresponding Modernization of Accounting, The Internal Auditor and the Internal Audit Function, Business Organization and the Public Accountant Ascertainment of Profit in Business