The world of wounds comes together

We are fast approaching the fifth World Union of Wound Healing Societies (WUWHS) conference, to be held in Florence next September 25–29 (www.wuwhs2016.com). The spirit of WUWHS was always to offer a valid opportunity to wound practitioners and other people involved to get together and exchange latest advances in the field of wound management. The scientific programme in Florence is exciting with over 300 confirmed invited speakers from all over the world and more than 1000 free abstracts, to be distributed as oral and poster presentations. The scientific sessions have been completely redesigned by the scientific committee, compared with previous WUWHS conferences and updated with brand new topics in basic and clinical science. The Rising Star concept will be introduced in Florence for the first time at a WUWHS conference and selected young scientists will be given the title Rising Star for their contribution to the scientific programme. We are also proud to announce another new event; the opportunity for the WUWHS sister societies to hold their sessions before the opening ceremony on sunday. Several new WUWHS consensus and position documents will be launched during the conference—an educational established opportunity to spread, on a global level, key messages in wound management.