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At thisyear’s Tensions of Europe conference, we had the opportunity to present ourprogress in our research together. Two presentations on a similar topic – thismeant very intensive preparation so that we would be able to develop twomatching presentations. &#160;We werevery happy that many people visited our panel; almost as much as we werenervous. Valentine presented first and laid out the scope of our project andresearch. She then focused on power asymmetries and scientific diplomacies asimportant factor not just for telecommunications but also for postal services. Sabrinathen went into the ways in which different national postal administrations usedthe European Postal and Telecommunications Union for different purposed. Forinstance, the French administration tried to use the possibility of an entry torenegotiate the demarcation line in the sense that the line should become easierto pass for communication purposes. The audience asked many questions. For example, the power differences in symbolic and technical aspects were mentioned, the national differences underlined and the role of the union during the war sparked vivid interest. In sum, we were very happy how the panel went and we are looking forward to our next conference in September in Warsaw. (SP)