This special issue of the ISSMGE Bulletin, published in September 2013, celebrates the 75-year anniversary of the ISSMGE (1936-2011). It contains the President 1400-day Report by the Immediate Past President Pedro Sêco e Pinto, a comprehensive retrospective on the ISSMGE on the occasion of the 75th platinum jubilee anniversary by the Past Presidents Kenji Ishihara and Michele Jamiolkowski, the State of the ISSMGE (2009 – 2013) by the President Jean-Louis Briaud, an overlook on the future of ISSMGE by Dr. Imen Said, Member of the Student and Young

Members Presidential Group, as well as a number of contributions on Past, Present and Future activities from all the Regions of ISSMGE.