Conference report : Vicenza

Two IIR conferences on Thermophysical Properties and Transfer Processes of Refrigerants and on Commercial Refrigeration took place in Vicenza (Italy) on August 30-September 2, 2005. More than 250 participants from 29 countries attended the conference. It was a great success and a very pleasant and fruitful event at which numerous papers on CO2 were presented. It included meetings of Commissions B1, B2, D1 and of the ASHRAE-IIR Liaison Committee. The proceedings will be available soon on CD-ROM.