THE PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, PRINCE PHILIP

The purpose of the conference is to study and discuss the human consequences of industrialisation........... On each occasion the emphasis has been on selecting the next generation of leaders in industry, trade unions and public administration, exposing them to the widest possible aspect of the human problems in industrial communities and encouraging them to compare and discuss their ideas and reactions. The purpose of the Conference is to study. There will be no resolutions about what others should do, there will be no high sounding recommendations. The intention is simply that, with the experience of the Conference to guide them, the members will be better informed and better equipped to make wise decisions and balanced in the interests of the people for whom they become responsible and the communities in which they live."