The International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) which is the head organisation of most of the existing national and international societies of mechanics, decided to sponsor a Symposium on METAL FORMING PLASTICITY. It was held near Munich (Federal Republic of Germany) between August 28 and September 3, 1978, in the "Evange­ lische Academy" in the Castle of Tutzing which is situ­ ated in a park at Lake Starnberg overlooking the Alps. The subjects of the Symposium were basic aspects of the theoretical and experimental mechanics of metal form­ ing processes rather than technological details, or plas­ ticity as such. Thus the spectrum of the Conference extended from necessary physical background, through ex­ perimental, analytical, or numerical methods, to appli­ cations to specific technological deformation processes such as rolling, deep drawing, extrusion, etc. The following persons were by the IUTAM-bureau ap­ pointed to membership of the "Scientific Committee" which was responsible for the nomination of participants as well as for the form of the scientific program: w. Johnson (U.K.), H. Kudo (Japan), H. Lippmann (F.R.G, chairman), G.S. Pisarenko (USSR), anc W. Szczepinski (Poland) . The technical organisation was in the hands of a "Local Organizing Committee" formed by VI F. Fischer, K. Heckel, G. Kuhn, H. Lippmann (chairman), K. Magnus, V. Mannl, G. Sonntag, all of them from Munich and K. Lange (Stuttgart), O. Pa'Nelski (DUsseldorf) . This committee was supported by two secretaries, i.e.

On the Prediction of Necking in Anisotropic Sheets.- On the Theoretical and Experimental Description of the Mechanical Behaviour of Metals during Metal Forming Processes.- Spin-Forging of Sheet Metal Cones Having Various Cone Angles from 70/30 Brass and Commercially Pure Aluminium.- Residual Stresses in Deep Drawn Cups and Sunk Tubes.- On the Complete Numerical Solution of the Axisymmetrical Deep-Drawing Problem.- Application of the Stereophoto- grammetric Methods to the Analysis of the Kinematics and Dynamics of Shells.- Deformations finies en coordonnées locales et application à un problème d'emboutissage.- Optimum Deformation Rate in Large Inelastic Deformations.- New Trends in Tube and Bar Processing.- Analysis of Large Deformation and Stress in Metal Forming Processes by the Finite Element Method.- Stress and Deformation Analysis of Metal-Forming Processes.- Inhomogeneity of Deformation and Tool Design.- A New Approach for Generalized Three-Dimensional Extrusion of Sections from Round Billets by Conformal Transformation.- Ideal Metal Forming.- The Application of Singular Perturbation Techniques to the Analysis of Forming Processes for Strain-Hardening Materials.- Allowing for a Variable Flow Stress in the Analysis of Metal Working Processes.- Plastic Deformations with Free Boundaries - A Finite Element Approach.- Finite-Element Formulation for the Analysis of Plastic Deformation of Rate-Sensitive Materials in Metal Forming.- Theoretical Solutions of Some Plastic Working Processes in the Light of Experimental Evidence.- Analysis of Metal Forming by the Rigid-Plastic Finite Element Method Based on Plasticity Theory for Porous Metals.- Mechanics of Creep in Metal Forming.- Modeling of the Tool-Workpiece Interface.- Drawing of Fiber Reinforced Tubes.- Stressesand Strains in Deformation of Clad Metals.- Joint Examination Project of Validity of Various Numerical Methods for the Analysis of Metal Forming Processes - Report Given and Comments Made at the Pound Table Discussion of the Symposium.