Fukuoka 2023 - sayonara and arigatou gozaimasu
We are now back to our countries and our cities, but we still have a beautiful memory of the great days we have had in Fukuoka! We are so pleased to have watched an excellent scientific show, with hundreds of nice posters and podium presentations, remarkable awarded studies, and stimulating key-lectures. Particularly inspiring were the two sessions for the celebration of the 50 years of ISB; we are now thrilled to go through the Special Issues in preparation for this anniversary in the major biomechanical journals (if you want to contribute, please write to us). Our colleagues in the Conference Organizing and Scientific committees and the entire local staff have done a great job in organising perfectly all that, in addition to the lively and lovely social events, and to the direct contacts with our sponsors and their fascinating new instruments. We all enjoyed a wonderful stay, feeling like at home, finally meeting again after years colleagues and friends. Well all of us have contributed to the success of the Congress, participating in person with passion and enthusiasm to the most important traditional event of ISB, after years of remote connections. The entire past Council have also worked hard and in harmony to achieve this result. The past and current Council members are thus so pleased to have found such an active, vigorous and energetic community, despite the many problems we all have had worldwide. We shall congratulate to each other for this overall triumph.
We are proud to report that ISB/JSB Fukuoka 2023 had >1000 abstracts and >1300 registrations from 46 countries. Some other highlights included the pre-conference workshops (with one of the highest attendances ever), mentoring lunch with an inspiring and passionate group of students, the AWB workshop, and the conference dinner. The conference dinner was not the traditional style of banquet, but instead was held in a novel venue (a shopping arcade) with food from a range of street stalls. It was a hot night, but the drinks were cold and it was great for networking and socialising – walking through the arcade, shopping, and sampling a variety of foods and drinks and seeing friends at every stop – what a great night.
ISB have already secured the Congress in Stockholm on 2025, and we are already in the search for a new inspiring locations for 2027 and 2029, for continuing this fantastic journey.
Alberto (Past President) and Liz (President)
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