The IVLA2022 conference I organized in August as Chair of the Local Organizing Committee just received the Special Mention as the Best Congress that took place in 2022 in Jyväskylä. Together with IVLA2022, only four events were awarded by the City of Jyväskylä and the Jyväskylä Convention Bureau. The press release from the award ceremony can be read HERE (in Finnish).

I am extremely proud of this recognition, especially that this was the first event of this kind that I was fully in charge of as a Chair. Enormous work was involved in planning and managing the whole event, and I would not make it without my wonderful team: Terhi, Rasa, Judit and Anne.