The symposium on Low Cycle Fatigue: Directions for the Future was held in Bolton Landing (on Lake George), New York, 30 September to 4 October 1985. It was sponsored by ASTM Committee E09 on Fatigue, with support from the Hudson-Mohawk Chapter of AIME and the Eastern New York Chapter of ASM. The symposium was organized by Harvey D. Solomon (chairman), Brian Leis, Gary Halford, and Leonard Kaisand.