International Numismatic e-News No. 1, April 2005 e-News of the International Numismatic Commission – INeN The International Numismatic Commission is launching a new instrument to provide informations about scientific numismatic activities. These e-News will be sent from time to time in addition to the International Numismatic Newsletter (INN). The e-News will inform about conferences and other events and will provide notes on museums, new websites and work in progress. PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS Ce premier envoi t€moigne de la volont€ du nouveau Bureau de la CIN de pouvoir vous informer plus rapidement que par le pass€. Avec bient•t la reparution de l'International Numismatic Newsletter (INN) sous une nouvelle maquette et la cr€ation d'un nouveau site web, la CIN aura tous les instruments pour communiquer mieux et pr€parer ensemble le XIVe Congr‚s International de Numismatique qui se tiendra, rappelons le, ƒ Glasgow en 2009. Dans quelques jours, le Bureau se r€uniera ƒ Moscou pour y tenir sa r€union annuelle statutaire. L'INN se fera l'€cho de ses travaux. This first e-mailing attests the willingness of the new Council of the INC to disseminate information more quicky and accuratly than in the past. In a few weeks, the International Numismatic Newsletter (INN) will be issued again with a new design and a new web site will be opened: therefore the INC will be ready for facilitating better cooperation and organising together the XIVth International Numismatic Congress which will be held, let me remind it, in Glasgow in 2009. The Council will meet soon in Moscow for its annual meeting. The next INN will echo its activities. Michel Amandry, Pr€sident de la CIN CONFERENCES British Art Medal Society (BAMS) The 2005 conference will take place 6-8 May 2005 in Manchester at Chancellor's Hotel and Conference Center, Moseley Way. The theme of the conference is "The Medal as Gift" and the talks will discuss historic and present use of medals as presents. There will be opportunities to see the newly extended and refurbished Manchester Art Gallery, Daniel Libeskind's Imperial War Museum North, the Lowry Centre, the Manchester Museum and the Whitworth Art gallery. For further informations contact Mark Jones, Victoria and Albert Museum, London SW7 2RL NEW WEBSITES Austria