Societies and health care systems in Europe are faced to many changes: Ageing, migration, increasing morbidity, shortness of financial resources. All these changes will influence the future care and research in general practice. It is conclusive that the main topic of the upcoming meeting is thereby of high relevance. For the upcoming meeting we want to motivate colleagues to contribute actively to the conference. Since we try to attract a broad field of participants, we did not limit the topic to a small spectrum.

The contributions should fit into the main topic and especially -but are not limited to- the following mentioned subtopics:

• General practice in a changing world (e.g. shortage of GPs, changing practice management).
• Innovations for future care & research (e.g. Ambient assisted living, European networking).
• Primary care for patients suffering from chronic diseases.
• The international development of professional & academic general practice.
• The education and support of future general practitioners by innovative solutions.