Abstract
The outline of the XXIV CIOSTA-CIGR V Congress (Aug. 27-Aug. 30, 1990, at Helsinki) was reported. It consisted of eight sessions. One by one paper in each session was briefly commented. Also, the circumstances of the round table discussion on the role of work study and labour management in agriculture, the celebration meeting to commemorate CIOSTA fourty years and CIGR sixty years, and the one day excursion to visit three institutes and one private farm were added.