Later this month the Alliance of CME annual meeting will be held in New Orleans. This year our office is sending a reduced number of attendees given the economy. Importantly, one of our new staff members who works as one of our accreditation and compliance specialists, Etta Bates will be attending. In addition, I will be attending and have been fortunate to have been asked to participate as a presenter in the program. I will be presenting a session on CME as a value center on the 29th. I will also be participating in a Plenary session with Ed Dellert and Dave Davis on the 30th In this session, my role will be to discuss some research opportunities for CME providers.