OCHER members have made successful contributions to the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare in Montreal this fall. One symposium on conversation analysis submitted by Arnstein Finset was accepted, and several of our members also contribute to the Cues and Concerns symposium submitted by Lidia del Piccolo. Jennifer Gerwing and Karen Shklanka will run a workshop. Of six submitted scientific abstracts, five were accepted as orals, and one as poster. Submitting authors were Jennifer Gerwing, Pål Gulbrandsen, Tonje Stensrud, Arnstein Finset, Hanne-Lise Eikeland, and Knut Ørnes.