Dear WYP coordinators, First of all, we would like to inform you that the World Year of Physics has been declared by the UN General Assembly "International Year of Physics 2005" (http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/r58.htm) . The launching of the Year will take place at UNESCO headquarters in Paris from 13 to 15 January 2005 (http://www.wyp2005.org/unesco/) The European Physical Society tries to regularly update the web pages of the international website for the World Year of Physics 2005 (http://www.wyp2005.org). For this purpose, we kindly ask you to send us new information (dates, places, links, contacts) which are not yet listed for your events. We remain to your disposal for comments, suggestions and help. Looking forwards to hear news from you, Best regards, Mrs Ophélia Fornari European Physical Society, Mulhouse, France EPS13 Conference manager http://www.eps13.org http://www.wyp2005.org