The Japan Titanium Society (JTS) will hold its 50th anniversary conference at the Shinagawa Municipal Hall, Kyurian, Tokyo, on 18 November 2002. The JTS was founded in 1952 as an official non-government non-profit organisation and has been working for the steady growth and development of the world’s titanium industry. The conference aims both to review the past history and to look forward to future possibilities for the world titanium industry.