My experience of the NETNEP2016 conference started on Sunday 3 April at the conference 'Welcome' drinks. Like most conferences, this was an opportunity to mingle, meet colleagues and make new friends. It was also an opportunity to visit some of the trade displays before they got too busy. Day One on Monday 4 April commenced with an opening session that set the scene for an engaging and interesting conference. Days Two and Three were similarly engaging and informative and the quality of presentations was very high. I took the opportunity to attend several presentations from International speakers. Gaining exposure to research from around the world is one of the major benefits of attending an international conference. As a University educator I was particularly interested in the sessions relevant to my teaching context and it was interesting to note the commonality of themes, from the challenges of empty classrooms to providing feedback on clinical placement and managing cheating or coercive student behaviours. Many of these presentations were thought provoking and stimulated much discussion amongst attendees.