This meeting is meant to be different than other more formal meetings. We feel there is a need for an affordable arena for young plastic surgeons and colleagues from related specialties to discuss current and future research in plastic surgery, including works in progress, in an atmosphere that is informal and friendly. This would allow both an opportunity to make new friends and gain potential partners in a genial environment. This arena would allow the flow of the knowledge and ideas across the European Union. The aim is not to insulate European research from the world but to proliferate our efforts internationally through union. For a symbol, we decided on a classical European lighthouse surrounded the stars that represent the Europe nations.