title: Congress highlights.
abstract: as ICN Executive Director Constance Holleran points out: Nurses from the UK have always been at the forefront of the work of ICN, starting with Ethel Bedford Fenwick in 1899. The Royal College of Nursing is the largest member of ICN and RCN President Dr June Clark is working with the ICN Professional Services Committee on the Classification of Nursing Practice project. Former RCN General Secretary Trevor Clay is first vice president and Robert Tiffany [formerly Chief Nurse at The Royal Marsden Hospital] is a member of the Board of Directors.'