"A report on functoriality" J. Cogdell Recently, with P-S and Shahidi, we have established the stability of certain gamma factors for quasi-split groups G under highly ramified twists. This is used in the proof of functoriality from G to GL(n) to finesse the lack of a full Local Langlands Conjecture for G. In this lecture I will review the ideas in the proof of functoriality from G to GL(n) via the converse theorem to place our stability result in context. Then I will outline what results we expect to follow from this stability in terms of functoriality and global and local applications. Finally, time permitting, I would like to speculate on what we need to be looking at if we expect to push these methods further.