A conference to discuss space‐charge effects in dielectrics was held in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., on June 13, 14, and 15, 1962. Such a conference was originally proposed by Marvin Silver of the Office of Army Research (Durham) and Abraham Many of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. A committee consisting of Many, Silver, David Fox, Albert Rose, Fritz Sto¨ckmann, and George Warfield was formed to help in selecting the papers and planning the details of the meeting.