Dear Friends

At the end of our 6th Annual EPUAP conference I left Budapest with a great happiness deep in my heart. Over the three days of the conference, we had the opportunity to discuss major advances and issues in pressure ulcers, to exchange information across nations and continents, to identify the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead and to renew old friendships and initiate new ones. The world of pressure ulcers has been strengthened by modern methods of communications, such as the internet and e-mail, which allow us to communicate rapidly and thus to exchange ideas throughout the world. However, the classic methods of scientific communication, like journals and conferences, remain indispensable and it is appropriate that face to face meetings retain their importance. The main goal of our annual meeting is always to promote the best possible level of discussion at an international level. We believe that this is the optimal way to advance knowledge. After Budapest contacts will be strengthened in the future between different groups and between different colleagues, who will get to know each other better and thereby enrich each other's experience. The Budapest meeting was also very successful socially with delegates receiving a very warm welcome from the Hungarian Wound Healing Group, and I would especially like to thank Dr Laszlo Gulacsi for the hard work produced in preparing this outstanding meeting. I also would like to thank both Dr George Cherry and Dr Mike Clark for their huge dedication to make this meeting so successful. Finally, I want to recognize the contributions made by the other members of the Executive Committee as well as the Board of Trustees who have given freely of their time and ideas to help develop and strengthen the EPUAP.

Marco Romanelli
President of the EPUAP