About 1,500 participants and exhibitors from more than 80 different countries, five full days with a program of 27 sessions and over 500 papers sum up the World Geothermal Congress 1995 at Florence's Palazzo of Congressi. At the closing session, U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary addressed the Congress. In addition, she met with a group of mainly U.S. conferees. The following is a summary of the U.S. round-table as it appeared in the WGC Congress Daily News