31 participants attended the conference in Halifax.  6 from Canada, 11 from USA and 4 from Europe. The conference was held in the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. This gave us the opportunity to see some of the exhibitions as well as the possibility of enjoing the excellent restaurant belonging to the gallery. David Man stepped down as chair. Julie Murphy took over as new chair and Meg Brunner was elected chair-to-be. The presentations ranged from the AOD situation in Canada to Web 2.0. We were introduced to the approach to substance abuse and the alcohol history of Canada. Several presentations on Web 2.0 showed us how blogs, wikis, Flicr, LinkedIn, Facebook and social bookmarking can be used in the AOD library. As usual, the atmosphere was warm and friendly. Also as usual, the European participants were made feel especially welcome. Once again it became clear that we are part of the same professional scene. 
As cultural events, we had a tour of The Legislative Library of Nova Scotia and visited the Immigration Museum ending with a fabulous lobster dinner served in the museum.