  The 1895 gathering of the Naturforscherversammlung in Lübeck (the annual meeting of physicists, chemists, biologists and physicians) was programmed to devote special sessions to the state of the art of energetics. Boltzmann, who was member of the programme committee, had already shown interest in the development of energetics in private correspondence with Ostwald. Georg Helm was asked to prepare a report, and at Boltzmann's own suggestion, Ostwald also contributed a lecture.  All agreed that the meeting should follow the “British style”, i.e.,  manuscripts would be circulated beforehand and there would be ample room for discussion, following the example of the British Association for the Advancement of Science meeting that Boltzmann had attended the previous year.