This biennial meeting is sponsored by the Institute. of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The 13th Symposium on Fusion Engineering was attended by about 450 persons from nine different countries. About 370 technical papers were presented, including 5 plenary talks, 120 oral presentations and 245 poster presentations. The emphasis was on practical results for magnetic and inertial fusion engineering. Also covered were technical results from operating experiments in two invited oral sessions. Other invited oral sessions were devoted to the design status and development issues in next-generation devices (CIT, ITER) and fusion reactors (ARIES).