Report on ICFA

A general review is made on the ICFA (International Committee for Future Accelerators). It is a sub-committee of the IUPAP (International Union of Pure and Applied Physics)-Commission on Particles and Fields. The origin of ICFA stemmed from series of East-West meetings of senior or leading physists among various regions to review future perspectives in high energy physics and to promote international collaborations. It was established in 1977 and already held twelve meetings in the past. Presently, following four ICFA panels are established : Panel I ; Super Conducting Magnets and Cryogenics : Panel II ; Beam Dynamics : Panel III ; New Accelerator Schemes : Panel IV ; Instrumentation. The lists of panel members are given in this report. According to the new guidelines, the construction of VBA (Very Big Accelerator Complex) could be the project in the next century. With respect to international collaborations, the ICFA activities are compared with other fields of big sciences such as space research and fusion project. It is emphasized that in high energy physics, we have the best freedom in performing international collaboration among all sciences. (Aoki, K.)