The Engineering Integrity Society’s 6th International Conference on Fatigue: Fatigue and Durability Assessment of Materials, Components and Structures has confirmation of keynote speakers. “We are delighted with the quality and range of the abstracts received so far; we are putting together an exciting programme of speakers from around the world with authors working and studying in wide ranging sectors of industry and academia,” said Convenor, Martin Bache. An intensive programme of oral and poster presentations is planned to cover the three-day event and plenary speakers so far scheduled are: Prof Paul Bowen, (University of Birmingham, UK), Prof Jean-Louis Chaboche (ONERA, France) and Prof Gregorz Glinka (University of Waterloo, Canada). The conference is sponsored by Instron, Safe Technology Ltd, TWI and nCode International and co-sponsored by the Institute of Physics, IMechE and Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. The event will take place 26–28th March 2007, Queens’ College, Cambridge, UK.