The European Society for Engineering Education is holding its eighth annual Conference in Paris this year. Our capital is greatly honoured to welcome for a few days the qualified representatives of a great number of European countries. This is the first SEFI meeting in France since your very first Conference in 1973. It is fortunate that this Conference is being held in Paris and that it has been possible to organize it with the close collaboration of the Engineering Schools (Grandes Ecoles) and the active help of the Study Committee for Engineering-training.