With the annual congress behind us I look back on the ever increasing success of our EUROTOX Congresses. The 55th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology, EUROTOX 2019, held recently in the beautiful city of Helsinki was, I believe, one of the most successful to date. It was a truly international Congress with more than 1600 delegates from 63 countries. The carefully crafted scientific programme was inclusive and the industry sessions added value to the congress. The social programme was also a great success and a special thanks to the City of Helsinki who hosted us at the City Hall on Monday evening. Such success takes hard work and effort and I thank the Finnish Society of Toxicology for hosting this great event. A special thanks also to Professor Kai Savolainen from the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, ably assisted by Dr David Bell from ECHA for their excellent organisation and planning.  Looking forward, EUROTOX 2020 will be held in Copenhagen, September 6-9, 2020, and I invite you all to participate in our next congress.

EUROTOX is undertaking a project to map the training of toxicologists across Europe, and I ask everyone to try to help by sending comments and participating in our employers survey. The Executive Committee is continuing to progress the concept of the EUROTOX Faculty and details on how to help will be released soon. EUROTOX is now part of the Scientific Liaison Coalition (SLC)  giving us access to webinars and training opportunities worldwide. The call for proposals for scientific sessions at EUROTOX 2021 in Ljubljana will be open soon and I encourage you to submit your ideas for innovative and exciting scientific symposia and workshops and become part of the ever growing EUROTOX family.