Summary: THE third World Power Conference wiU be held in Washington, U.S.A. on September 7-12, 1936. This will be the third plenary meeting of the World Power Conference, the first plenary meeting having taken place at Wembley in 1924, and the second at Berlin in 1930. There have, in addition, been a number of sectional meetings. The Chemical Engineering Congress of the World Power Conference, to be held in London next June, ranks as one of these series of sectional meetings. The general subject to be discussed at the Third World Power Conference is “National Power Economy”. Among the aspects to be treated are the following: physical and statistical bases; technical, economic and social trends; organisation of fuel industries and of gas and electric utilities; public regulations; national and regional planning; conservation of fuel and water resources; rationalisation of distribution; national power and fuel policies. The second Congress of the International Commission on Large Dams of the World Power Conference will be held in Washington at the same time. Further particulars regarding the plenary meeting of the World Power Conference and the second International Congress on Large Dams will be issued in due course. British participation will be organised by the British National Committee of the World Power Conference, 36 Kingsway, London, W.C.2.