The 15th Annual conference of IPHA was held at the historic Metropole hotel in central Brussels from 8th – 11th May and was attended by about 45 delegates plus their guests and partners Though most attendees were from a variety of about a dozen European countries there were also delegates from the USA and Australia. The event which is designed to bring together a wide range of companies engaged in the prestressed hollowcore industry is an ever more important opportunity to receive the very latest technical information and participate in debate about many other topics relevant to the current market and general economic conditions.