Setting the scene: CFD and symposium overview

The present situation of CWE(Computational Wind Engineering) and the papers presented tornthe CWE 2000 Symposium are reviewed from the following viewpoints; 1) topics treated, 2) utilization ofrncommercial code (software), 3) incompleteness of CWE, 4) remaining research subjects, 5) predictionrnaccuracy, 6) new fields of CWE application, etc. Firstly, new tendencies within CWE applications are indicated.rnNext, the over-attention being given to the application field and the lack of attention to fundamentalrnproblems, including prediction error analysis, are pointed out. Lastly, the future trends of CFD (ComputationalrnFluid Dynamics) applications to wind engineering design are discussed.