Outstanding speakers formed the backbone of the IMP opening conference: recruited among alumni, past and present Scientific Advisory Board members and other friends of the IMP, their talks addressed topics such as immunology, cancer, epigenetics and gene regulation, development, neurobiology, as well as molecular and cell biology. The IMP Opening Conference featured some special events outside of the academic and social programs, most importantly the award ceremony of the Beug Foundation for metastasis research. Richard Moriggl and several otehr LBI-CR members are IMP ALumni and attended the Conference to mix with former colleagues and present collaborators. Congratulations from the LBI-CR to our partner IMP for this outstanding event, which was a big success.