During the report period (1982–1984) several symposia, colloquia, and workshops in the field of stellar classification were held. These include: IAU Symposium No. 111 ”Calibration of Fundamental Stellar Quantities” (Como, May 24 29, 1984, ed. D. S. Hayes et al.), IAU Colloquium No. 76 “The Nearby Stars and the Stellar Luminosity Function” (Middletown, June 13-16, 1983, ed. A. G. Davis Philip and A. R. Upgren), IAU Colloquium No. 78 “Astronomy with Schmidt-Type Telescopes” (Asiago, August 30-September 2, 1983, ed. M. Capaccioli), the workshop “The MK Process and Stellar Classification” (Toronto, June 6-10, 1983, ed. R. F. Garrison), the Colloquium ”Cool Stars with Excess of Heavy Elements” (Strasbourg, July 3-6, 1984).