A big thank-you to Professor Jos T. Puthur and Dr. Om Parkash Dhankher for organizing/hosting the 18th IPC Conference ! And thank-you to Barb and Liz and others from the IPS organizing team for putting in so much work to prepare and represent the Society ! Special appreciation goes to Prof. Puthur's students for their hard work contributions in making the event enjoyable for everyone. The Dept of Botany at the University of Calicut and the University Administration provided such warm hospitality. It was a fantastic Conference and scientific meeting. Let's keep the connections going!