International Union of Crystallography Nineteenth General Assembly and International Congress of Crystallography Geneva, Switzerland, 6–15 August 2002

By invitation of the Israeli Crystallographic Society, the Nineteenth General Assembly and International Congress of Crystallography were held at the Palexpo Conference Center, Geneva, Switzerland, 6±15 August 2002. The meetings were attended by over 1,950 participants. The General Assembly and Congress were opened on the evening of 6 August at the Noga Hilton Hotel. The Opening Address by Professor H. SCHENK, President of the IUCr, was followed by Welcoming Addresses by Professor J. BERNSTEIN (Chair of the Organizing Committee) and Professor M. KAFTORY (Chair of the Programme Committee). There followed a musical interlude performed by the Klezmer Pau-Wau. The Ewald Prize was then accepted by Professor M. M. WOOLFSON, who presented the Ewald Address. The evening ended with a Welcoming Reception.