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By Ben Ainsworth (University of Southampton)<\/div>\n
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What a weekend.Kick-off for me was in the middle of last week \u2013 an overnight flight from London meant that I arrived in Cape Town with a day to spare before the International Anxiety Disorders Conference 2013<\/a> (IADS) \u2013 which was lucky, as my poster presentation was left in Gatwick departure lounge, and I had time to contact the helpful guys at Imago-Visual Printing<\/a> to churn out another copy!<\/div>\n
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I found time to make contact with JP Fouche at the CUBIC institute<\/a> in the afternoon, which turned out fantastically: it took a grand total of about 45 seconds in the building before I was observing a cortical thickness scan<\/a>, after which I was shown my desk and plans were made to share transport to the conference in the morning (something I was pleased about, as a good chunk of my Friday was spent sitting frustrated in Cape Town one-way systems, heading in the opposite direction to wherever I was trying to get to\u2026!).<\/div>\n
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IADS 2013 was by far one of the best conferences I\u2019ve had the pleasure of attending\/presenting at, ever. Having only one speaker at any one time meant that presentations were unilaterally interesting, smartly run, well-attended and all of the speakers were right at the forefront of their respective research fields (granted, there isn\u2019t yet a massive skin-picking field\u2026 but it\u2019s on its way\u2026). Tea and coffee (or a variety of refreshing produce from the free smoothie bar) was taken in the stunning backdrop of the Spier Wine Estate<\/a>, with the striking Stellenbosch mountain range looming in the backdrop. Evenings were spent enjoying the local produce!But for me, the best experience of IADS was, by far, being thrust into the vibrant, surprisingly large EUSARNAD research group that had descended onto Spier. On Saturday evening, at the first EUSARNAD colloquium, established leaders in their research fields were heavily outnumbered by researchers relating to each other on the skills they\u2019d learnt (in institutions all over the world), the relationships they\u2019d formed and the plans they had for continuing their work. As the \u2018newbie\u2019, I found it both inspiring and challenging \u2013 this lot were clearly no slackers!<\/div>\n
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Some of the researchers were coming to the end of their respective exchange postings, and about to move on to the next challenge \u2013 so the evening was spent enjoying the scenery while they passed on tips and advice they\u2019d learnt while here. For me, it really summed up the driving force behind the initiative: I\u2019ve only been here for 4 days, but I\u2019ve formed bonds with several researchers with totally different skillsets to me who are working towards the same goal \u2013 it\u2019s really exciting for the future!<\/div>\n
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– Ben<\/div>\n


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