On 13 June, the Accounting Standards Committee of Germany (ASCG) celebrated its 15th anniversary. It did so with a symposium entitled ‘National standard-setting in the national, European and international context’ which saw a presentation by Prof. Dr. Christian Leuz of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, followed by a round of questions and answers and a panel discussion with IASB chairman Hans Hoogervorst and the chairmen of the national standard-setters of France, Italy and the United Kingdom: Jérôme Haas, Angelo Casò and Roger Marshall. The discussion was moderated by the president of the ASCG, Dr. Liesel Knorr.