IUPS and the future of physiology.

What on earth does IUPS exist for? We need to give back to you, to the young and upcoming physiologists the conviction that we are creating the environment in which our subject can flourish, and flourish effectively. What we are going to do with regard to the activities of IUPS is to greatly expand the outreach to the community, not only to our fellow physiologists but also to the general public, and for that reason, we have taken decisions at Council meetings here to see how we can expand our membership. It would be good to target to ensure that at least half of those we have lost in recent years are back in the fold by the time of the next Congress and that at least some of the countries that have never interacted with us come to the next Congress. We are working on ways in which that might be done.