Introductory overview of the EFC -- Corrosion inhibitors in the mirror of five decades -- The past, the present and the future of high temperature corrosion research : an EFC view -- Fifty years of nuclear corrosion in Europe : from the pioneering period to a safe and mature industry -- Corrosion education : the contribution of the European Foundation of Corrosion -- Physico-chemical methods of corrosion testing -- The history of Working Party 9 on Mine Corrosion -- Microbiologically influenced corrosion -- Report on the work of EFC Working Party 11 on Corrosion in Concrete -- Corrosion in oil and gas production -- Corrosion control by coatings -- Fifty years of progress in the management of corrosion in the refinery industry -- Half a century of progress in cathodic protection -- Corrosion and its manifestation in automotive structures