 I am Antonio Ventosa, and I am the current president of the Spanish Society for Microbiology. It was a great honor to organize, to be involved in the organization of the last Congress of FEMS in Valencia, in Spain, and I would like first of all to express that and to encourage people, scientists, not only from Europe, but from all over the world, to attend the next Congress in Glasgow, 2019, and also I would like to invite you and to ask you to participate actively, organizing sessions, attending the sessions or just contributing to the science.