Introduction including meetings run by the Sections and courses run by the Education Committee. I hope you will show your appreciation by visiting their stands in the Medical and Trade Exhibition during the week. We have scheduled times into the programme to allow you to visit the exhibition hall. I would like to thank Paul Jones (Honorary Secretary) and Asif Muneer (Honorary Secretary Elect) for leading the development of an exceptional and highly relevant meeting programme. Our thanks also go to members of the Programme Committee and Section Executive Committees for their hard work in putting together excellent sessions, to our Abstract Reviewers for reading and marking all the submitted abstracts, to Mr Sam Hampson for proof reading 3 the abstracts, to Maelstrom, our Exhibition Managers and, most importantly, to Hannah Doyle (Events Manager) and Harry Heald (Events Co-ordinator) in the BAUS Office for the enormous amount of work they have put into planning this meeting. 'Scouse BAUS' always proves to be popular - and I hope you will join me for my second, and final, meeting as BAUS President. I will be handing over the Presidency to Duncan Summerton at the meeting and would like to wish him every success in this most prestigious role. I look forward to seeing you at the meeting. Kieran O'Flynn President, BAUS