Dear Colleagues: This is to inform you that we recently received approval for a workshop on "Descent Theory", to be held September 17 - 23, 1995, at the Mathematical Research Institute in Oberwolfach, Germany. It will be a specialized meeting with the aim to bring together people actively working on different aspects of descent theory. Unfortunately we got only a small portion of the space at Oberwol- fach, which means that this workshop can host only about 25 participants. It will therefore be a very small venture, not at all intended to compete with the more general conferences on category theory to be held in July and August in Halifax and in Cambridge, respectively. Following the usual Oberwolfach procedure, the Institute will sent out invitations for the meeting soon. Regards, George Janelidze Ieke Moerdijk Walter Tholen.