The Chairman said that the main object of the Symposium was to present the various facets of technological education as they exist today and as they seem likely to develop, having regard to those factors which were likely to influence technological education in the foreseeable future.

Inevitably there would be some bias towards the training of men and women for the aeronautical industry but this should not adversely affect the value of the discussions, for much of what applied to the aeronautical industry applied equally well to other engineering concerns.