Old farming ladies such as the one smiling off the May issue cover are probably more commonly seen in the Baltic rather than the Nordic states now-a-days. The EBCOG congress is in Tallinn, Estonia in May, - a venue for European obstetricians and gynecologists to acquaint themselves with what is in the forefront of professional discussion and to visit this fascinating region of Europe. But this meeting also competes with the Nordic congress in Bergen in June. The large number of speciality and subspeciality meetings available, within countries, regions, continents and even world-wide (FIGO in Rome in October), coupled to more limited financial resources available to doctors and lesser possibilities for sponsoring, may require some innovative rethinking of how we keep up with the need for continued education and updating. Learning off and conferencing on the net are competitors to traditional conferences. At AOGS it is now becoming vital to move from the traditional print issue to more on-line based communication, using the many new possibilities that unfold to reach the readers in an effective way.
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