The IAEA Technical Committee Meeting on Negative Ion Beam Heating, held in Grenoble (France) from 20–22 March 1985 was initiated by the International Fusion Research Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency. This meeting was organized by the Département de recherches sur la fusion contrôlée (Euratom-CEA Association) of the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique with the support of the Centre d'études nucléaires de Grenoble.