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WELCOME

Dear members of the World Muscle Society, friends and colleagues,

Welcome to the 27th annual congress of the World Muscle Society in Halifax.

This is a very special congress for me, as it is the first in-person congress while in post as President of the Society.

The last two congresses, while successful, felt extremely different from the traditional format of WMS congresses.

Many of us will have missed the lively discussions at the poster boards, informal networking at coffee breaks, the opportunity to make new friendships and refresh old ones, and being immersed for 4 days in the latest scientific and clinical developments in the neuromuscular field. Nevertheless, COVID has changed the world and the WMS had to adapt.

For our first congress in Canada, we decided to offer a hybrid format that would allow colleagues around the world to either join us in person or online. It is great to see more than 1,000 participants did make use of this offer, with a majority choosing to travel to Halifax.

On behalf of the board, our thanks go to our sponsors and exhibitors for their support in enabling this congress to go ahead, as well as our local organising committee and management team for their hard work behind the scenes.

I’m very much looking forward to either interacting with you virtually or to seeing you in Nova Scotia!

With very best wishes,

Volker Straub President of the WMS